It's the Ho, ho, ho countdown Mario here:

I've got a running start on my New Year's resolution which is reading more books. Just finished a great young adult fantasy, Devilish by Maureen Johnson.


Four-and-a-half Wows. We authors are told to keep our writing fresh (like grocery produce) and Maureen gives us fresh prose by the basketful. To show that talent has no age limits (forwards or backwards), here's the headshot of Maureen that I lifted from her website.



How many of you are in the throes of Holiday gift shopping? Raise your hands. Make it easy on yourself and shop UFO to GO. Tell your significant other that you could've gotten her (or him) a new car but that seemed way too tacky so you decided on this classy present instead.

  ¶ posted by Mario Acevedo @ 8:08 PM