It needed to be in a well structured paragraph including an introduction and conclusion sentence, as well as three well-developed supporting details on what made that thing so awesome. The students quickly got down to work explaining why running to the swings was awesome. Or, why the skatepark was so awesome. Even why birthday cake was awesome. Shoot, I am really sorry. It looks so great too! I love the time and effort you put into it! We live in the best country in the world — and we won a 1 in humans-on-earth lottery to be here!
I can join your classroom virtually! My students were so excited to get this email back from him! We especially loved the stories about the knitting football player and mangos. I think what I like most about this assignment is that the students created something with a purpose. I would definitely do this assignment again! I just got around to looking at them! It makes it all so much more relatable! They clearly took away how powerful a positive attitude can be!
I will definitely be stealing this one next yeaR! A happy cat equals a happy human. Finishing a good book Finishing things in general is a pretty great feeling. You get that feeling of success, of accomplishment, of productivity. Sure, the next book you pick up may not be as awesome. And you may not find another book like it. But reading a good book is a great experience, and you know you can always return to it should you need to.
In any case, when delivery day comes, you get all excited, because you get new stuff. View all 8 comments. This book reminds me a lot of the website "stuff white people like. The beauty of this book is that you'll find yourself nodding your head vehemently, saying "Yes.
That is awesome. I can't. This is a great book to just have laying around when you're bored for a few seconds. You can read a little snippet and feel pretty darn awesome. The real reason this book was so amazing, though? You know how you have an inside your head narrator-voice when you're reading something?
Like it reads the words out loud in your brain, but it's different depending on what book you're reading? Well, at least I do.
I seriously laughed out loud every time I got to the word awesome, which was at the end of each selection. So even though this book only deserves about 3 stars, it gets 2 extra for the surprise narrator s inside my head. I'm not crazy. I'm awesome. View 1 comment. Dec 10, Buggy rated it liked it Shelves: help-yourself , shelf , lmao , blah.
Opening Line: "Polar ice caps are melting, hurricanes swirl in the seas,wars are heating up around the world, and the job market is in a deep freeze. It's getting pretty ugly out there. I get it. The same goes for popping bubble wrap.
This is a feel good book that will make you smile and is fun to read out loud with friends because everyone can relate but at pages! Entries include: Old dangerous playground equipment, Wearing underwear just out of the dryer, Being the first table called up for the dinner buffet at a wedding, Watching The Price Is Right when you're home sick, When the vending machine gives you two things instead of one, The first shower you take after not showering for a really long time, When cashiers open up new checkout lanes at the grocery store, Sleeping in new bed sheets, Waiters and waitresses who bring free refills without asking, Finding an old mixed tape, The moment at a concert after the lights go out and before the band comes on stage, Fixing electronics by smacking them, The smell of rain on a hot sidewalk, and hundreds more.
View all 9 comments. May 01, Alea rated it it was amazing Shelves: read-for-review. If it is not obvious already, The Book of Awesome is Whenever you need a laugh, a giggle, a smile a little pick me up, The Book of Awesome is right there waiting for you. The format of the Book of Awesome is sort of an extended list.
Each title describes the awesome thing and then the actual body copy ranging from a word to a few pages details the awesome. Pasricha goes off on a lot of tangents and tells a lot of stories and gives a lot of scenarios but his way with words made me fol If it is not obvious already, The Book of Awesome is Pasricha goes off on a lot of tangents and tells a lot of stories and gives a lot of scenarios but his way with words made me follow him everywhere he went and it was very satisfying.
It's like one of my very clever and funny friends wrote it, seriously! Some of my favorites include: Fixing electronics by smacking them, When you're really tired and about to fall asleep and someone throws a blanket on you, and Terrible businesses run by children.
There is so much here! This is a book that should be kept around forever and always. Who doesn't need a dose of positive attitude or memories of happy moments. This book is happy making and it's Mar 05, Greta is Erikasbuddy rated it it was amazing. Is life getting you down? Did you have a bad day? Then you need the Book of Awesome!! What could be better than taking the simple average every day things in life and rediscovering how awesome they really are?
From bakery air to cat naps. Hitting all the green lights to trick or treating. View all 6 comments. Apr 21, Christina rated it did not like it Shelves: quit-without-finishing. Some of the items mentioned are just that, pleasant. Other items, I found myself wondering What is the author talking about?
I think these things are pretty universally accepted as nice things. We all understand what it is to flip our pillow to the cool side. Given the book's title, we've already got the point.
Mar 09, Karen rated it it was ok Shelves: at-bjhs. This book should be read in small doses - essays about various everyday occurances that the author finds "awesome", such as "Perfectly Popped Popcorn", "The feeling of scrunching sand in your feet", and "Sweatpants".
These are all great things and this is a fine idea for a blog which is how it started out , but, as you can imagine, they don't all really lend themselves to great essays. I, too, can appreciate "When there's ice cream left at the bottom of the cone" - I just don't think it warrant This book should be read in small doses - essays about various everyday occurances that the author finds "awesome", such as "Perfectly Popped Popcorn", "The feeling of scrunching sand in your feet", and "Sweatpants".
I, too, can appreciate "When there's ice cream left at the bottom of the cone" - I just don't think it warrants four pages. It's a fine book to pick up occasionally and read a few pages, but, unfortunately, that's not how I read it. Jul 14, Jessica-Robyn rated it really liked it Shelves: non-fiction , nf-pop-culture.
Through lives small triumphs, moments of easily forgotten fun, guilty giggles, and the tiniest realizations, we spend our time going from one thing to the next and in the shuffle I sometimes forget to really enjoy the things I do.
The Book of Awesome goes through those seconds of daily life and finds those situations that we pass by and re-lives, examines, and champions them with all the humo The Book of Awesome is a page reminder that great, AWESOME things come in the most simple of moments. The Book of Awesome goes through those seconds of daily life and finds those situations that we pass by and re-lives, examines, and champions them with all the humor and lightheartedness you would expect.
I found this book to be really fun, so much so my list of favourite entries got too long and jumbled to keep track of. The Book of Awesome has this great combination of experience story-telling and humor.
This isn't something that you read through in one sitting though, it's the type of book that's great to just have around and read whenever you're in the mood for it. I think it can be best described as a mood booster and I definitely enjoyed it best in those moments where I needed something to give myself a little down time and LOLCATS just aren't doing it for me.
I'd mention the blog itself, but I'm sure I don't need to waste anymore time then I already do on the internet. If you're interested in the overall concept, it's a great book to at least flip through.
Jul 30, Rachel rated it really liked it Recommends it for: people who appreciate the little things. Shelves: library-check-out. May 16, Brandon rated it it was ok Shelves: I'm not going to go into a whole lot of detail as it's kind of hard to justify a really long review of this book considering the subject matter.
Just because I have given it 2 stars does not mean that I hated the book either. Judging by the GR rating system, I have selected "it was ok" and that's all it really was.
I did take pleasure in a few of the entries such as; "Obtaining the perfect milk to cereal ratio", "sleeping with one leg under the covers and one leg out" and "snow falling on Christm I'm not going to go into a whole lot of detail as it's kind of hard to justify a really long review of this book considering the subject matter. I did take pleasure in a few of the entries such as; "Obtaining the perfect milk to cereal ratio", "sleeping with one leg under the covers and one leg out" and "snow falling on Christmas eve".
About halfway through, I gave up reading Neil's write-ups and just read the subject lines. The write-ups were not really bad per say, they just didn't really add anything to the entry. It kind of felt like a waste of time. That being said, I still visit the website on occasion. I think it works much better that way. Feb 25, Amanda bookedwithamanda rated it really liked it Shelves: physical. A cute book describing things that are "awesome".
I found myself nodding along in agreement to most of them. It was a nice read to help remind me of the little things in life that bring joy. There's not a lot to this book but it's a nice bedside book that you can read a few "awesome" things at a time when you have a minute. It was enjoyable and I'm glad I finally got around to it as I've owned this book for years.
Dec 03, Michael rated it it was amazing Shelves: loved , books-i-own. The title is very full of itself. Well lemme tell you something, it wasn't wrong. It's not really a story but the way the things were written, was so magical! Let's bask in it's glory Awesom The title is very full of itself. That was nice. Look at all that awesomeness. Let's have fun! Can you find the awesome with out the second "e".
If you do that is so not awesome! Love, Michelle Mar 05, Erica Locke rated it really liked it Shelves: ebooks. Some of the things in this book was hilarious to read. Jun 10, Bunny rated it really liked it Shelves: read-in Something fascinating happened while I was reading this book. I started out just reading a few chapters in between the other books I was reading. It's hard to read a book like this straight through, cover to cover, so I was giving myself room, to keep from getting bored or having it feel monotonous.
Then I finished the book I was reading, and decided to try reading straight through, starting Friday morning. Sitting outside with my coffee, the dog running around and rolling in the sun. Being unempl Something fascinating happened while I was reading this book. Being unemployed as long as I have been, sitting outside and reading and smoking and watching my animals has become an every day, multiple times a day thing.
And I looked up from my book, and saw my big galoof of a dog basking in the sunlight, and I just thought, "Man, it is so wonderful to see a dog enjoying the sunshine. They're just so happy. As she trundled over and started devouring her lettuce and tomatoes, I sat for a second and grinned, watching how much she ate with gusto. And the wind blew, and despite the super Louisiana humidity, it felt nice, and the breeze smelled good. And everything And a few hours after all of this happened, I got a phone call.
I got the job I interviewed for last week. The job I wanted very much. This book gave me such a positive lift. Even the chapters I have absolutely no idea about snow, bowling were fun. Certainly, some of the chapters could've done without the explanation. I mean, Popping bubble wrap? But then he added in there that bubble wrap was originally intended to be a textured wallpaper. Martin Unveiled Courtney Milan.
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