Staff Book and Media Recommendations

Post-It Note Diaries

Arthur Jones

We all have those friends that have the craziest stories, like the time they got lost at Sooner Fashion Mall or that one time when they fell in the middle of the street doing the Chinese Fire Drill. What if these friends included John Hodgman, Neil de Grasse Tyson, or Chuck Klosterman? Post-It Note Diaries is that book of crazy stories all entertainingly illustrated on Post-It notes.

Arthur Jones, editor, created the idea of Post-It Note stories when he was bored at an office job. Jones wrote witty stories and the illustrated them with Post-Its. He eventually took the show on the road outside the office where the stories became a regular reading series with both famous authors and regular people all telling a variety of works. This book is an extension of the series.

If you are interested in a quick, yet very entertaining read, this is the book for you. It is made up of humorous fiction and non-fiction tales and reads like you are sitting around a campfire while each author is trying to one up the other's previous story. Enjoy John Hodgman's subway ride, or David Ree’s friendship testing trip to China. Hopefully, these yarns will inspire you to illustrate your crazy tales. ~ Dana Jackson -Hardwick

Reviewed May 2012