On days when I'm either ill or sleep deprived I enjoy books without a lot of prose. Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life is just such a book. It is an alphabetical list of thoughts and memories from the Amy Krause Rosenthal's life. Some are tied to significant events but most are just the odd-ball memories.


Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life is an autobiography in alphabetical order and with illustrations. Amy Krause Rosenthal is six years older than I am so I found myself relating to many of her memories. My husband read some of the book too but found the entries "too ordinary" but it was exactly that ordinariness that so endeared me to the book and the author.