The Book of (Even More) Awesome

by Neil Pasricha

Overview

IT ONLY GETS AWESOMER

Neil Pasricha of 1000awesomethings.com presents a brand-new collection of things that make you go AWESOME!...

• When a baby falls asleep on you
• The first couple hours of the road trip
• The smell of Play-Doh
• The sound of snow crunching under your boots

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425245552
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/03/2012
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Neil Pasricha gets stuck in traffic jams, eats entire tubs of ice cream in one sitting, and has terrible posture. He's just a regular guy who loves sneaking candy into movies, stomping dry crunchy leaves on sidewalks, and watching cream go into coffee. Visit the author's website at www.1000awesomethings.com.

Interviews

Forgetting you ordered something online and then having it randomly show up.

Good-bye, perfume.

When I was a little kid, I dreaded walking through Perfume Alley at the front of the department store. Holding my mom's or dad's hand, I'd squeeze my face real tight while walking past lipstick-smeared smilies standing in front of shiny glass-'n'-brass countertops holding tiny square Weapons of Mass Irritation. Yes, I dreaded those long walks through Stink Jungle, but they seemed necessary at the time. After all, sheets and toys and clothes for boys were all stationed behind those invisible clouds of strong smells and toddler migraines.

In those days, there wasn't an option.

But these days it's different.

Click, click, you're done. Click, click, that was fun. Click, click, back to reruns.

And when you turn off the computer, when you shut off that screen, when you put away your wallet, when you leave the machine—well, if you're like me, one thing happens immediately.

You completely forget about it.

So whether it's new books or concert tickets or video games or cricket wickets, the point is that you forget it's coming and you forget you bought it. This is the beauty of shopping in Your Own Smell, folks. Soon a day passes, then another, then another one passes, and then a package arrives . . .

And what a surprise!

In a cardboard disguise!

It's a feast for the eyes!

That makes you scream to the skies!

AWESOME!

Editorial Reviews

Pasricha was living in a "dusty suburb" and working an office job as the magic of his marriage sadly faded. So on June 20, 2008, he went online to recall bright moments: "I wanted to try to focus on the positive by writing about one awesome thing every night after I came home from work." His countdown of simple joys eventually resulted in 23 million hits at his award-winning site (1000awesomethings.com) and a bestseller, The Book of Awesome. Scheduled for publication the same week he completes all 1,000, this entertaining follow-up collection offers more reflections on life's little pleasures, such as "Getting the keys to your first apartment" or "Making it halfway." Not surprisingly, many of these short essays are food-related, such as "Eating cookies like Cookie Monster." With "The perfect egg crack" and "Kicking those clumps of frozen slush off the back of your car's mud flaps," Pasricha finds fun in frustrations, going from grit to wit. All 224 optimistic observations are neatly packaged in a great book design by Amanda Dewey. (Apr. 28)

Publishers Weekly