"The Book of Even More Awesome" by Neil Pasricha

390 pages

A few years ago, Neil Pasricha was struggling. Soon after his marriage failed, one of his best friends committed suicide. After feeling depressed for a while, Neil started a blog called 1000 Awesome Things (1000awesomethings.com) to celebrate the little things that make life better, such as the smell of bakery air, snow days, and finding money you'd forgotten about in your pocket. He did it to pull himself out of his funk, but it turned into much more than that. Before long he had a book deal for "The Book of Awesome," which became a bestseller, and now there's "The Book of Even More Awesome."

I totally love 1000 Awesome Things and "The Book of Awesome," and this second book didn't fall short of my high expectations. However, I think I liked the second "Book of Awesome" slightly less than the first because it seemed more cheesy at parts. I think a little cheese fits with the style of this book and I'm okay with that, but there's a line. Still, I loved this volume. Over and over I found myself thinking, "Oh yeah, I love that!" The little essays that Pasricha writes for each item on the list never fail to cheer me up when I'm having a bad day, and they've made me more appreciative of the little things in general.

Here's a little sample of the things you'll find in "The Book of Even More Awesome":

• When batteries are included
• When a cop finally passes you after following for awhile
• Getting in the fastest line at the grocery store
• Getting a hug from someone you didn’t know you were in a hugging relationship with
• When the person you're meeting is even later than you
• Finally peeing after holding it in forever
• Looking at how much dirt came off something you just cleaned
• When a work friend becomes an outside-of-work friend
• When a social event you didn’t want to go to gets canceled
• An extra hour of sleep for the end of Daylight Savings Time
• A day with nothing on your schedule