Never fear — I will be back! You will see so many posts with January releases I’m excited about, the Seasonal Rewind, Top Five Books of 2015, Secret Santa, and the End of Year Book Survey. But because it will be silent on the blog for most of December, I wanted to let you know why.

December was always a crazy month in my life. Since childhood, December is the month packed with Christmas concerts — performing in, attending, or organizing. The entire week leading up to Christmas is blocked with rehearsals and parties and concerts on that front. It’s the most magical time of year! (And the perfect excuse to listen to Nutcracker over and over and over and over…)

But this December will be extra busy. I will be overseas for the first two weeks. With limited access to internet, it’ll be pretty hard for me to blog and/or promote posts. I’ll do my best to keep up with you on Twitter, but even that might be a bit touch-and-go.

Bloggers: I will see you soon! Can’t wait to chat books, be nostalgic about the great reads from 2015, and gear up for a fantastic 2016!!

Querying Writers: You will receive an automated response if you email me, but I’ll reiterate here as well.

• If you send a query between December 3 and December 15, I will respond to your query by December 23 if I wish to read more. If you have not received a response by December 23, I’m afraid it’s an automatic decline.
• If you wish to wait till I can respond to emails, I suggest querying me December 16 on to receive a guaranteed response. In other words, business as usual.
• NOTE: Please do not re-query.

Have a wonderful December, everyone! Will see you in a few weeks!