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I’m a listmaker, don’t you mess around with me
Mother Knows Best — [image] I’ve always loved lists. As a child, I made lists of the 45 rpm records I owned and all the stamps in my collection. As a teen, I made lists of the outfits I wore each day so as to maintain a regular rotation. And in college, I made a list of all the guys I mashed with at fraternity parties. It wasn’t a long list, but I’m still not exactly proud of it. So when I had the opportunity to check out a new title from Chronicle Books - My Listography: My Amazing Life in Lists - I jumped at the chance. How I would have loved to have had this book as a child! It’s such a neat ...

Making A List, Checking It Twice
superdumb supervillain — My goddaughter turns ten this week. Amazing and frightening at the same time! What kind of present do you get for a ten year old girl? A smart, funny, slightly tomboyish one? My Listography: My Amazing Life in Lists is a journal. Sort of. It's kind of a journal for people who don't necessarily like to keep journals but like to compile lists. Featuring spaces for almost every kind of list you could imagine, plus witty illustrations, it's the ideal precursor to a writer's journal or artist's sketchbook and one that doesn't make you feel guilty for skipping a day. I would have ...