I read about this last week and saw the book in Waterstones this week. I genuinely thought someone was taking the piss, until the bookseller told me it was a best seller and gave me a look which just about said it all. I really wish bookstores would hide this kind of stuff and oblige people to ask for it.
Anyone else come across this ? It’s bloody priceless. I have had long experience of the oddness of Japan, but this tosh is a step too far.
Any other examples of the bleeding obvious you’ve come across lately ?
http://penguinblog.co.uk/2016/01/13/organise-your-bookshelves-with-spark-joy/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Penguin%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=New%20Year%2C%20New%20You%2C%20New%20Books
I gave this to my father-in-law last Christmas. Polite incomprehension would probably sum it up.
The book shops all seem to be full of ‘adult’ colouring books. What (in the name of all that is holy) is that all about?
Marie Kondo seems to suddenly be all over the place – her big bestseller is called the Magic of Tidying or some such. I saw an extract which involved the correct way to fold your socks. Seems rolling them into a bundle is a bad thing because the poor dears need space to breathe. Or something.
The weird thing about this Marie Kondo palaver – one of many – is that when I was in Japan, the country was notorious for never keeping hold of anything old, chucking everything and always buying new. If they are now keeping hold of old socks, then I suppose that is a good thing and we should all be grateful to her. However idiotic this all is, I would love to attend a workshop of hers where she can show us what we’ve been doing wrong. It has the potential to be absolutely hiarious. Her publishers really are missing a trick here.