"The Next Thing on My List"

I read this book by Jill Smolinski this week. It was called
"The Next thing on my List" The list was entitled
'20 Things to Do by My 25th Birthday' and was as follows:-
1. Lose 100 pounds.
2. Kiss a stranger.
3. Change someone's life.
4. Wear sexy shoes.
5. Run a 5K.
6. Dare to go braless.
7. Make Buddy Fitch pay.
8. Be the hottest girl in Oasis.
9. Get on T.V.
10. Ride in a helicopter.
11. Pitch an idea at work.
12. Try boogie boarding.
13. Eat ice cream in public.
14. Go on a blind date.
15. Take Mom and Grandma to see Wayne Newton.
16. Get a massage.
17. Throw away my bathroom scale.
18. Watch a sunrise.
19. Show my brother how grateful I am for him.
20. Make a big donation to charity.

The main character June goes to Weight Watchers and on her
first night offers to drive another girl home. The second
girl is Marrisa and has just received her pin for maintaining
her weight loss of 100 lbs.

A set of drawers falls off a truck and June swerves to avoid it.
At that very moment the two women had been talking about Marissa's
weight loss and she had unbuckled her seat belt to reach into
the back seat where her purse was. As a result she is thrown
threw the front windscreen and then the car turns over and lands
on her. Naturally she dies.

Personally I don't know any woman who does not keep her purse
right next to her even in the tiny space of a car front seat.
Also if the driver swerves then the force of that would throw
a person sideways and NOT forwards. Even if somehow the
passanger DID go frontwards when the car is going sideways how
could the car then run over that passanger? as they are going in
two different directions. I can't believe that all these faults
were not picked up and corrected before publication. Or maybe I
am too critical, but there are 'correct' ways of killing off a
character.

Then for some unknown reason June goes through Marissa's purse
and finds the LIST. Who would do such a thing?

Feeling guilty she decides that SHE WILL COMPLETE Marissa's list.

Despite the glaring faults that it started with the story ended
up being an enjoyable read.