Melissa Clark is a diehard foodie, freelance columnist and the author of over 29 cookbooks --- including IN THE
Ryan Donovan is a senior librarian at the New York Public Library. He's reviewed youth fiction and graphic novel titles for Booklist and School Library Journal. He also presented on a panel entitled Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga for Adults at the New York Comic-Con 2010. A longtime comic fan, he often writes about comic books on his personal blog, Ryan, the Librarian.
December 2010
It’s December!? Where did this year go? I can’t believe this is our last ReadingGroupGuides.com Monthly Newsletter of the year. Looking back through this year’s newsletters, I found myself reminiscing about the books we shared with you. It was quite a year!
Does your book club meet during the holiday season?
December 1, 2010, 324 voters
Three years ago, comics and graphics novels first grabbed a significant presence at the Miami Book Fair International. I actually was at the meeting when Mitch Kaplan, one of the founders of the Fair and the owner of the fabulous bookstore Books & Books, asked John Shableski from Diamond Book Distributors to create programming and booth presence for comics creators and publishers. And oh, how the idea has grown since then. This year, there were more than 50 comics folks participating and there was a Comix Galaxy track of programming throughout the weekend, as well as a two-day School of Comics—which used to be one day.
