Daily Dishonesty: The Beautiful Little Lies We Tell Ourselves Every Day

by Lauren Hom

We’ve all had one of those you sleep through the three alarms you’ve set, you put your shirt on inside out, you burn your mouth on your coffee, and it’s only 9 a.m.! Daily Dishonesty pays homage to the little lies we tell ourselves just to make it through the day. Based on author Lauren Hom’s work from the blog of the same title, the book features a colorful collection of 150+ funny lies, beautifully illustrated by Hom. Covering topics such as diets, breakups, friendship, growing up, slacking off, guilty pleasures, and more, these hand-lettered, sassy mantras are both relatable and tongue-in-cheek. Daily Dishonesty is a stylish and chic feel-good gift book that reveals, plays with, and makes light of life’s little quirks. 


 

Genres: Humor, Nonfiction

96 pages, Hardcover

First published September 2, 2014

Reviews

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

The little lies we tell ourselves to get through the day - I will start my diet tomorrow - is one I have heard (and used) repeatedly. This book is filled with such sayings; a way that we all project into the future a situation we might not want to deal with today. This would be a fun gift for a person in your life that likes to procrastinate!

[Lia Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Artistic Irony

I want to print each artistically rendered "little lie" and post them around my home and office. It could be used as a humorous lesson differentiating between irony and just all out, "you've got to be kidding yourself" famous last words. Can't wait to share them with all my friends.

[Beka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and silly.

[Miranda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a longtime reader of the Daily Dishonesty blog, so I was super excited to be a First Reads book winner. Some of these typographic lies hit a bit close to home (i.e. I'm a great dancer, I will only have one glass of wine tonight) and others described my friends perfectly. Will look great on my coffee table (you know if I ever get around to getting one).

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this funny and beautiful book! On each page is a simple lie we tell ourselves (like "This is a fat mirror" and "I know exactly how you feel"). The typography is stunning, and I can't stop looking at it! I wish I could turn this book into a set of note cards to share with all my friends. Brava, Lauren!

[Fem loonieslibrary · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't exactly know if this is acceptable to put in my reading challenge but oh well! I LOVED this book! I got given Daily Dishonesty by my best friend. I finished this in less than 10 minutes I think but it's such a cool book to place on your table for guests to flip through. Beautiful illustrations and all these dishonesties are sooo true!

[Kerstin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a cute and lovely idea. As a female graphic designer I see myself in lot of these tiny every day lies and enjoy the peculiar lettering and the candy colours a lot.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a fan of this illustrator... I already had one of her prints hanging on my wall, and I loved seeing more of her work.

[☆Joycedale☆ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its cute. Some are really funny and true and some don't make much sense to me.

I received this from goodreads first reads.

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Heh.

[Sue Goult · Rating 5 out of 5]

Honesty in everyday. life

All the lies we tell our selves in our everyday lives in a designer fashion. A blog or yearbook set of lies we tell other people and ourselves.

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about all the "little" lies we tell ourselves to get through the day and cope with life. This is one of the best tongue-in-cheek book about being a person. I enjoyed reading the book.

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute, little book that combines the lies we say and beautiful typography.