The Blue Day Book

My mum sent me this book a while back (presumably when I was bitching non-stop about my job), but I’ve only just gotten around to reading it now. It’s pretty cute, and it definitely falls on the silly side of so-called self-help books since it employs the tried-and-true method of pairing amusing animal photos with the text to parlay its advice. I wasn’t sad when I read this book, so I can’t fully judge its validity as a source of cheering up, but I still got a few laughs and that is enough.

It's definitely cute, but I'm not sure most people's depression is going to be fixed by this.

What a clever and funny book. Greive pairs well-known clichés (like "don't let life get you down") with pictures of animals in funny poses, and the pictures redefine the cliché and make you smile in the process. Fun and sweet.

A wonderful book. Great humor used, along with funny animal photos, to give those laboring under depression or just plain old blues a lift. (There is one photo that might be objectionable to some.)

Though not perfect, this is a book I turn to time and again when I am feeling blue. It's hard not to smile when looking at so many stunning photos of animals which remind me that I, too, am an animal. This book does indeed deliver what it promises: a lesson in cheering oneself up.

This was cute! The captions made the photos even funnier. It's the kind of book to read once to break out of a reading slump.

What an absolutely darling little book! I love it. And true to the jacket blurb, I was completely unable to read through it without smiling. Even giggling! Precious, just precious. And perfectly suited to cheer up anyone having a bad day.