The Book of Awesome
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Sometimes it's easy to forget the things that make us smile. Sometimes it's tempting to feel that the world is falling apart. But awesome things are all around us:
Popping Bubble Wrap
The smell of rain on a hot sidewalk
Hitting a bunch of green lights in a row
Waking up and realizing it's Saturday
Fixing electronics by smacking them
Picking the perfect nacho off someone else's plate
*The Book of Awesome* reminds us that the best things in life are free. Based on the award-winning blog 1000awesomethings.com, it's a high five for humanity and a big celebration of life's little moments. With wise, witty observations, *The Book of Awesome* is filled with smile-inducing musings that make you feel like a kid looking at the world for the first time:
Awesome. --Publisher
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The Book of Awesome is a 1-book series first released in 2011 with contributions by Neil Pasricha.
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This one took me nearly a year to read, but only because it's not the kind of book one reads straight through; rather, you want to read just a bit at a time, enjoying each piece as you do. Partially this is because Pasricha started the book as a blog, but also because there's no narrative - instead it's just a list of things he thinks are awesome, and why.
In a way it's almost similar to one of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” books, in that the Book of Awesome asks you to find joy and contentment in the simple things in life, such as surprise snow days, finding $20 in a jacket that you hadn't worn for a long time, and afternoon naps. It's a lot funnier than the Chicken Soup books, though, and successfully uses that humour to avoid becoming cheesy or saccharine. Highly recommended.
Finding an uplifting book to share with your daughter during pandemic years?
Awesome!
