I tried to find my Santa hat for this video, but couldn’t. Hopefully it’ll be in the next one, but in order to record this in time, I had to DIY!

My Top Eight New Reads of 2013:

Pushing the Limits, by Katie McGarry
St Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, by Karen Russell
Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City, by Kirsten Miller
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
The Princess Diaries, by Meg Cabot