Monday, May 05, 2008

2008 Book Lover's Page-a-Day Calendar (Workman Publishing) 5/4/8: This Book Will Change Your Life

This Book Will Change Your Life, by Benrik (Ben Carey and Henrick Delehag) (Plume, 2003)
The title on this calendar page is "Sidesplitter", but the description seems vague: This is the original. The later books in the series don't have quite the same punch, but this one really could change your life if you let it. [ed. note—not seeing any humor so far] It's a sort of postmodern self-help book (a self-help book and a parody of a self-help book, all in one), and only those totally immune to whimsy could resist the zest for life that emanates from Benrik's 365 suggestions, or dares, or maybe they're Zen exercises [run-on?]: write only with your left hand, propose to a stranger, invent a new color . . . go on, get a life." I looked at the excerpts online at Amazon.com and I saw that there indeed is potential for sidesplitting humor. Rating 9/10 changes to your routine.
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