11. My interest in mummies and bog bodies as possible book subjects is slightly disturbing.
10. Bjorg jewelry.
9. Research proved that I am, much to my distress, not yet the geeky girl I hoped I had become.
8. G-Side, Lindi Ortega, Blitzen Trapper, Renato Carasone, Grouplove, Gyptian, Melody Gardot.
7. Laura Mercier Creme de Pistache Souffle.
5. I am not, contrary to Winston Churchill’s assertion, growing more conservative as I get older.
4. The Oz books, especially Ozma and the Patchwork Girl, never get boring.
3. Moving to Ireland is going to be more complicated than I thought, but totally awesome when it happens.
2. Much of the “Grownup” literature vaunted recently isn’t nearly as good as the YA I read this year.
1. We absolutely have to save independent bookstores, music/arts programs, polar bears, libraries and bees.
(6. I’m not getting smarter either, Mr. Churchill. Still can’t count.)