The Book of (More) Delights

 The Book of (More) Delights by Ross Gay, 304 pages.

This follow-up to Gay's The Book of Delights comes five years after the first volume, and follows the exact same formula. Poet Ross Gay handwrites a new essay everyday about something that delighted him that day. Some of these are things that are very obviously delightful, such as the joy of shared fruit and tiny dogs, and some of them are things that take a unique perspective to find delight in darkness.  

I found this volume a little less focused then the first one, but still (if you'll forgive me the pun) delightful. I continue to find Gay's perspective inspirational, to the point where I've decided to try this project for myself this year. I do think there was a little more darkness in this one, to the point where it was sometimes easy to miss where the delight was supposed to be in the entry. That being said, even the less delight-full entries were still solid essays that were good to read. I would recommend this to fans of the first book, but I do think I would still recommend starting with that one.  

P.S. I love this book cover so much. Please take a moment to admire it.