The Book of Awesome was not awesome (or AWESOME! as Neil Pasricha ends each entry, part of the decidedly non-awesomeness for me). I grabbed it on a whim - a BookBub $1.99 download, thank you very much - on a day when I could have used a little awesome in my life: 2 flight delays + 1 cancellation = 0 on the awesome scale. Unfortunately, many of what Pasricha considers awesome I consider irrelevant or, worse, gross. The perfect wings partner is the former for me, while putting potato chips on a sandwich definitely falls into the latter category. I simply cannot imagine hanging my head out of the car window or sneaking McDonald's and hiding the evidence.
That said, I am always grateful when a cashier opens a new lane, I have fond memories of watching the Price is Right as a kid, and who hasn't felt the tremendous relief that comes from successfully removing an eyelash that's wandered onto the eye? While I didn't care for many of Pasricha's examples, and his writing style itself grated on me after five minutes, he did succeed in upping my level of gratitude for the small things in my life that are pretty wonderful. For that, I'll give him two stars.
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