BEST BOOKS 2013

BEST OF THE BEST

As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling by Anne Serling

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

BEST FICTION

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Me Before You by JoJo Moyes

Big Brother: A Novel by Lionel Shriver

BEST NONFICTION

As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling by Anne Serling

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

VERY HONORABLE MENTION

Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective by Pat Head Summitt and Sally Jenkins

Fosse by Sam Wasson

Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld

The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro

HONORABLE MENTION

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach

Yes, Chef: A Memoir by Marcus Samuelsson

Let the People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards by Jan Reid

The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug by Thomas Hager

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink

Wool by Hugh Howey

The Round House by Louis Erdrich

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright

Coreyography by Cory Feldman

People Who Eat Darkness - The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished From the Streets of Tokyo - and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up, By Richard Lloyd Parry

Heads In Beds - A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality By Jacob Tomsky

Fatal Vision by Joe McGinniss

Our New Home

We recently sold our home of 24 years and moved into an apartment overlooking Town Lake. It has been a terrific challenge and adventure. Here's the view from our living room - curtains open, curtains closed. Still unpacking boxes. No art hung, but I am really enjoying decorating.  As we say in West Texas, "Ya'll come see us sometime." New address available upon request.

My New Favorite Home Decorating Website - Dot & Bo

I have been doing a lot of indulging, splurging decorating from this newly discovered website, Dot & Bo. Check them out - A very fun site with and eye for the extraordinary.

For example, these fabulously comfortable chairs, and adorable little bird votive centerpiece!

Can't wait to receive my little owl bookends, my white rocking chair, and my Frank Gehry-style silver twist cube ottoman.

Groovy Baby!!