This is Not a Book by Keri Smith

I first heard about this book - This Is Not A Book by Keri Smith - while I was putting together my Day Zero Project list. I found it quite difficult to come up with 101 things that I wanted to do, and so I spent some time browing other people's lists. This book, and others by the same author, were featured frequently, and so I added it to my Christmas list.

As the title says, it's not a book. Every page suggests something else that it could be instead. I've been flicking through it at random and picking things out to do. So far I have made a page into an origami boat ("This is a voyage"), stuck eyes and noses on things, including the book itself, ("This is a friend"), used a page to make very tiny books ("This is a factory") and slept with it beside my pillow ("This is a dream catcher").

Some of the things that it asks you to do are well outside my comfort zone, so I am going to find it a challenge to complete the book. But going outside your comfort zone isn't a bad thing, and one of the pages ("This is a camouflage") allows you to hide one of the things that you really don't want to do!

It's something that I'll be dipping in to from time to time over the year, I'm looking forward to having some fun with it, and if I end up doing anything too ridiculous I'll make sure I blog about it!

Has anyone else completed this book, or any others in the series? I'd love to hear how you got on with it!

This is Not a Book by Keri Smith

It's an Amazon Affiliates link, but I received the book as a Christmas present from my brother!