10. Sail – James Patterson
11. Undercover of darkness – James Grippando
12. Choice – Gayton Mackenzie
13. Chill Factor – Sandra Brown
14. Quickie – James Patterson
Umnenga's Life List
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1. sleep under the stars
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2. Get SCUBA certified
294 people -
3. organize my photos
1,237 people -
4. transfer home videos to DVD
1 cheer46 people -
5. do the Special K 2 week challenge
1 cheer100 people -
6. Write a letter to myself that I'll open in 5 years
2 cheers58 people -
7. Have a BMI of less than 30
1 entry . 3 cheers3 people -
8. Take a whole summer off, like a kid from school
2 cheers5 people -
9. try snowboarding
1 cheer114 people -
10. Try Ethiopian food
1 cheer20 people -
11. experience a white christmas
1 cheer100 people -
12. Write a will
762 people -
13. Touch A Penguin
1 cheer19 people -
14. Clear my inbox
10 people -
15. Receive a postcard from all 50 states
1 cheer23 people -
16. Swim with dolphins
1 cheer7,149 people -
17. pay off my car
1 cheer529 people -
18. pay off my credit card
1,472 people -
19. do ten hikes near my house
1 cheer3 people -
20. Walk from London to Oxford
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21. try 30 NEW things in 2008
3 entries . 2 cheers1 person -
22. Read 101 books in 1001 days
3 entries . 1 cheer8 people -
23. eat no fast food for one month
26 people -
24. create my own advice column
833 people -
25. Host a garden gnome. Or some other warm and charismatic creature that wishes to be mailed around the world.
1 person -
26. leave a letter in a library book for someone to find
1 cheer196 people -
27. create an illustrated list of things that make me happy
2 people -
28. try vegemite
1 cheer9 people -
29. Sprinkles wants to see the world
4 team members3 people -
30. solve a crime
1 cheer47 people -
31. go to the movies alone
116 people -
32. see a meteor shower
145 people -
33. Do 20 touristy things in my town in one year
1 person -
34. Listen to Mozart's Requiem without interruption
1 cheer51 people -
35. Lose another ten pounds
3 people -
36. swim under a waterfall
1 cheer139 people -
37. hae my picture taken with a llama
2 people -
38. 200 crunches
1 person -
39. Eat Sushi from a Sushi Bar
1 cheer14 people -
40. take an IQ test
207 people -
41. get a magazine subscription
5 people -
42. run 5k
3 cheers69 people -
43. go to a German Christmas market
1 cheer8 people
How I did it: When you have a baby especially on national health in South Africa you have no choice. I even had to have three tetanus shots in case I rubbed cow dung on the baby's umbilical cord. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Found something we have in common - usually a compliment works or a you look .... (tired, happy).Then you just speak. Ask a question - certainly in my part of the world people are a bit friendlier. It did not work as well in London except with the foreigners and the elderly. Thankfully there were loads of those. Read how I did it…
10. Ate chilli
11. Watched an entire episode of a television program in a weekend
6. Prisoner at Birth – Jeffrey Archer
7. Obsession – Jonothan Kellerman
8. Red Dahlia – Lynda La Plante
9. Fractured – Karen Slaughter
