The Next Thing on My List

The Next Thing on My List by Jill Smolinski

This is the summer read that I won’t forget. While June wasn’t directly responsible for Marissa dying in a car crash, she feels responsible. So when she finds Marissa’s “20 things to do before my 25th birthday” list, she decides that she will finish them for her. She hopes that this will give her closure. The story focuses on the 6th month anniversary of the car crash on, when June decides to take her decision seriously, instead of caving (as she always does) and forgetting the list. Obviously more on the chick-lit vein, it is well written and thought provoking on many levels-at the end you’re left wondering about yourself and what you hope to achieve. That is certainly one of the factors for making it one of my “it” books.