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To-Do List: From Buying Milk to Finding a Soul Mate, What Our Lists Reveal about Us

by Sasha Cagen

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ISBN13: 9781416534693
ISBN10: 1416534695
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What Do Your Lists Say About You?

More and more, we are a nation of list-makers, from grocery lists, New Year's resolutions, and things to do before we die to DVDs to rent and people we've kissed. In To-Do List (based on the popular blog of the same name, todolistblog.com) Sasha Cagen celebrates the humble to-do list, exploring the ways these scribbled agendas reflect our personalities and passions.

To-Do List is both a celebration of lists and a peek at the lists that others create. Broken down by subjects like "Daily Lists" to "Sex Lists," it's a fascinating collection of lists from everyday people to the well-known:

  • Novelist Nick Hornby's list of desert island discs
  • A therapist's secret fears ("I HATE having to think about clients in relation to my hair or clothes")
  • A shopping list from chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse
  • A woman's accomplishments before her thirtieth birthday ("Hot air ballooned over the Serengeti," "Danced on a table in Vegas")
  • Qualities one man is looking for in a future wife, including "Chews with her mouth shut" and "Will let me give my first son the middle name of 'Jacob'"
With each list, Cagen offers the story behind it and a prompt for readers to compare notes and take their own stab at a similar list.

Voyeuristic and interactive, To-Do List will show you just how much — and what — your lists say about you.

Synopsis:

Cagen, author of the sleeper hit Quirkyalone, celebrates the humble to-do list, exploring the ways these scribbled agendas reflect idiosyncrasies, personalities, and passions. Included is a fascinating collection of 100 lists from everyday people and the well-known alike.

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About the Author

Sasha Cagen's essays have appeared in the Village Voice and Utne. She is the founding editor of To-Do List, a magazine that uses the idea of a to-do list to explore the details of daily life. To-Do List was named the Reader's Choice for Best New Magazine of 2000 in the Utne Alternative Press awards. A native of Rhode Island, Sasha Cagen lives in San Francisco.

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leslie obrien, January 10, 2008 (view all comments by leslie obrien)
Just when we thought there was nothing to buy the man who has everything, Sasha Cagen's "To-Do-List" was released. From the ordinary to the amusing, Cagen had us quickly sharing our own to-do lists as we chuckled and read aloud over the family table. Maybe not for everyone's tastes, but a definite buy for any list maker in the family.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781416534693
Subtitle:
From Buying Milk to Finding a Soul Mate, What Our Lists Reveal about Us
Author:
Cagen, Sasha
Publisher:
Fireside Books
Subject:
General
Subject:
Time management
Subject:
Americans
Subject:
Business Life - General
Subject:
Popular Culture - General
Subject:
General Humor
Subject:
Personal Growth - Happiness
Subject:
Identity (psychology)
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
November 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
9.13x6.08x.49 in. .93 lbs.

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