Goodreads synopsis: Based on the award-winning 10-million-plus-hit blog 1000awesomethings.com, The Book of Awesome is a high five for humanity and a big celebration of life's little moments:
• Popping Bubble Wrap
• Wearing underwear just out of the dryer
• Fixing electronics by smacking them
• Getting called up to the dinner buffet first at a wedding
• Watching The Price Is Right when you're home sick
• Hitting a bunch of green lights in a row
• Waking up and realizing it's Saturday
Sometimes it's easy to forget the things that make us smile. With a 24/7 news cycle reporting that the polar ice caps are melting, hurricanes are swirling in the seas, wars are heating up around the world, and the job market is in a deep freeze, it's tempting to feel that the world is falling apart. But awesome things are all around us-sometimes we just need someone to point them out.
The Book of Awesome reminds us that the best things in life are free (yes, your grandma was right). With laugh-out-loud observations from award- winning comedy writer Neil Pasricha, The Book of Awesome is filled with smile-inducing moments on every page that make you feel like a kid looking at the world for the first time. Read it and you'll remember all the things there are to feel good about.
The Book of Awesome reminds us of all the little things that we often overlook but that make us smile. With touching, warm, and funny observations, each entry ends with the big booming feeling you'll get when you read through them: AWESOME!
My rating: 5 stars.
Content warnings: PG. Some crass language.
Thoughts: It's good to be reminded of what's good in life, especially of the little things. They're so easy to forget and pass by, but if we can become more aware of them, and grateful for them in the moments, I think we could all be a little bit happier.
Even in terrible circumstances. Pasricha himself wasn't in a fantastic place when he wrote this book, or began the blog that started it all. And yet, here we are.
His writing is bubbling with enthusiasm, and his excitement for life is infectious. It may even challenge readers to start their own "book of awesome." But even if not, it's well worth the read.
Or the reread.
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