The Wish List

By Barbara Ann Kipfer

Book Overview

The Wish List is a quirky little gift book that sounds an irresistible call to get out there and start living. In the same chunky format as the author's bestselling 14,000 Things to Be Happy About, The Wish List presents a compulsively readable list of unexpected goals. There are wishes large--retrace Odysseus' route around the Mediterranean--and wishes small--find a genuine arrowhead. There are artistic wishes--write a sonnet. Athletic wishes--learn to box. Practical wishes--master the rudiments of plumbing. Whimsical wishes--become a taster at Ben & Jerry's. And fantasy wishes--live in a Venetian palazzo. The Wish List is meant to plant seeds, jog us out of complacency, and articulate unspoken desires.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761107568
• ISBN13: 9780761107569
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 3.6" x 6.4"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful To Keep Going Back To...

This book made me realize two things when I received it in 1997. First, I need to remember how many things I have accomplished in my life. Second, what an accomplishment or "wish" is to one person is not to me. I define my own success.

great ideas

I have been keeping for sometime a notebook in which I write things that I want to do in my life from sailing, visiting Italy, and writing a magazine article to eating less fried foods, and stop worrying for once. I have about 500 entries and its a great feeling when I can slash them off after they are completed. I bought Kipfer's 14,000 Things to be Happy About and I liked the lists of things she mentions that make you happy since it was so diverse and amusing. When I saw The Wish list, I thought perfect for me because it was just lists of wishes like that of my notebook. I like this book a lot because its simply ideas and wishes that I would never have thought about. From simple wishes such as join a health food co-op, learn to play the piano, stand up for a friend to the challenging, have dinner with former governers, hike the Appalachian, sit next to Jack Nicholsen at a Lakers game, this book has tons of ideas. I have added many entries from it and have never failed to be entertained by Kipfer's ideas. This is a small thick book that would fit well in a stocking, on your desk, and in good reading spots such as an office or even a bathroom. I love to pull it out and pencil off or circle entries that I have done or wish to do.

Mid life crisis

I bought this for my friend who was suffering from a mid-life crisis. By marking the things he had done in red, he was able to see how many great experiences he had had in his life. More importantly, he saw how many more there were to look forward to experiencing.

Love This Book

My sister and I each received this book for Christmas, and I haven't been able to put mine down. I am amazed at how many things I can already cross off, and how many things I have left to do. When I saw "own a corgi", I knew this book was for me!

Fun!!!!!

Allows you to let your imagination go and dream BIG. You can even enter your own wishes. You don't have to accomplish each one, but let yourself go and DREAM!!!