The Next Thing On My List by Jill Smolinski

June Parker is leaving a Weight Watchers meeting when she decides to offer a ride to a stranger. Marissa has just received a pin for reaching her goal weight (after losing 100 pounds!) and is walking toward the bus stop on teetering heels. They chat and Marissa tells June about a great soup recipe. She undoes her seatbelt to turn around and grab the recipe from her purse. It was then that a dresser falls off a truck in front of June. In the accident Marissa is killed and June is left with overwhelming guilt. Among the wreckage is a list of Marissa's - "20 things to Do by My 25th Birthday". Eventually June decides to fulfill the wish list in honor of Marissa and in doing so changes her own life. It's a good book. The characters were endearing and the story moves along at a good pace. Maybe we should all have a list. The act of doing so might make us think more deeply about our lives.