Every Day Is a Holiday

By: George Mahood

Narrated by: James Elliott

Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

George Mahood had a nice, easy, comfortable life. He had a job, a house, a wife, and kids. But something was missing. He was stuck in a routine of working, changing nappies, and cleaning up cat sick. He felt like he was missing out on a lot of what the world had to offer. He then discovered that it was Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. The day after that was National Curmudgeon Day, and the day after that was Inane Answering Machine Message Day.

In fact, the calendar is full of these quirky, weird, and wonderful events. He realized that somebody somewhere had created these holidays, believing that they were important enough to warrant their own official day. Surely he should therefore be more appreciative of their existence? So he decided to try and celebrate them all. As you do. He hoped that at the end of the challenge he would be transformed into a happier, more intelligent and more content person.

Follow George on his hilarious, life-changing adventure as he tries to balance his normal life with a wealth of new experiences, people, facts, and ridiculous situations. It's a rip-roaring, life-affirming, roller coaster of a ride, where every day is a holiday.

©2014 George Mahood (P)2016 George Mahood

Loved It

Great listen. I'm totally hooked on George Mahood's humor and storytelling. You get to learn a lot about his family and get to feel you know them at some point.

witty and entertaining.

it was great fun and enjoyed listening on my commute. made me forget about all the other bad news.

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Every Day is a Holiday

A very easy listen with several laugh at loud moments. Looking forward to his next audible book. I might have to give celebrating all the holidays a try! George does have a lovely family.

Loved it

even more in audible form (I bought the kindle version years ago). Usually I prefer the author to read his or her work, if possible, but I can't fault James Elliott on any level. I particularly admired how he handled women's and children's voices. A laugh out loud funny book, impeccably narrated. I wish Mr. Mahood would finish the project and do the rest of the year. Definitely recommend, and don't miss his other books, you won't regret it 🙂

Makes me laugh!

Another delightful listen! I usually listen on my commute to work and home. One day, I had to pull over because I was laughing so hard, I couldn't see to drive!

Every Day Is a Holiday

Pleasantly presented and captivating.I enjoyed celebrating the Holidays and am inspired by the unique and personal ways of so doing

A fun and sweet book by one my favorite authors

If you could sum up Every Day Is a Holiday in three words, what would they be?

Fun book, excellent narration and the concept is sweet

What was one of the most memorable moments of Every Day Is a Holiday?

Walking barefoot day...when he has to go to the chip shop barefoot

Which character – as performed by James Elliott – was your favorite?

George and Rachel

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

George's realization that he needs to see it through

Any additional comments?

George Mahood puts his heart in all his stories

A feel-good listen

After having had a huge lot of fun listening to Free Country, I was glad to find a new audiobook by George Mahood.

Although I must say that the premise of the book wasn't as exciting as Free Country, it was still an interesting idea. And knowing the author's sense of humour I figured that it would be a fun listen. I'm glad I tried: it was quite an unexpected ride, where each day could be fairly different from the one before. I grew very attached to his tone, with its naiveness and honesty, and wanted to hear more about George and his family's life.

The fact that the story is cut in days is both an advantage and a disadvantage: on the one hand it is not as exciting to follow the whole story as with a novel. But on the other hand its structure in small chunks is great for times when you don't have the time to listen to something longer. And there is some overall arc, even though it it not very obvious, especially at the beginning.

I enjoyed the narration as well, James Elliott making a very believable George Mahood.

On the whole, an nice, humorous read, that helped me feel good after each listen (and since I listened to it in many small chunks, that was a lot of feel good for one single audiobook!).

Wonderful!

George is a wonderful author! He has the humor and down to earth writing I enjoy! Can’t wait to watch your other book!

Very Enjoyable & Funny

I have enjoyed this lighthearted book. Gorge has a great sense of humour and managed to write an enjoyable book about an everyday life. I will check some of his other books!

Finding adventure in the mundane

Great listen for life when it is trickier to go away to have adventures. This book has shown how you can create fun and adventure in day to day life at home. I'd really recommend George's other books too!

A joy

I loved the book and loved the audiobook. Funny, quirky and life affirming. Gloriously uplifting.

laughing and nearly crying sometimes.

it's opened up my eyes to how we/the world can always find something to celebrate. Well-done George and your supportive family :)

I don't read a lot of non fiction but..

Great read (or in my case listen) totally got into the journey through the holidays. Unfortunately I read it in Sept so none of the holidays were now but there are a few to try for next year. We'll done completing the challenge

An unusual read (listen)

I was looking for something that would take me away from reality and this popped up. An unusual and wonderful read. Thanks GM!

Something for every day...

Having read the original book, it was interesting to get a different experience by listening to the audio version, albeit not with George's own voice

The fact that it is audio increases the circumstances in which it can be read - streamed to the car audio, for example, or as in my case, also whilst out walking the dog

It is the sort of book which, because it is effectively a daily diary, can be picked up at any point to see what ridiculous events have been selected for that day's enjoyment. Or you can take it day by day and read just the events for that day and go out and celebrate them (or not!) - there are certainly some ridiculous ones included!

James does a great job at bringing to life George's sometimes desperate attempts to re-enact the day's celebrations, sometimes involving his own poor family who by now should know better than to listen to a word he says in the knowledge that disaster inevitably looms, even introducing one of his own once he realises that there is nothing "official" about these official events and anyone can make one up...

Great everyday book

Loved the book. Its a great every day book about life ik Britain, with spices. I have never thought about the celebratory days and i probably wont in the future either. But the humour and family life/remarks make the book a great listen anyway.

Another witty and joyful book from George

Would you consider the audio edition of Every Day Is a Holiday to be better than the print version?

I have to say no. I loved the book, but having read a few of Georges other books beforehand it was difficult to get used to the voice reading the book.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Every Day Is a Holiday?

the most memorable moments in the book are when George tells Rachel what the holiday it is on that particular day. I laugh at almost all of them, George is so enthusiastic about each one and I get the impression that a lot of the time Rachel cant actually believe that he is going ahead with them. Sometimes she wants to kill him other times she cant help but laugh.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

The performance was a little children's theater which may well be the style with audio books, this was my first one. When reading Georges kids parts it reminded me of watching kids tv when i was growing up.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The snow day, brought back good memories of growing up.

Any additional comments?

I have now read 4 of George's books, i loved them all. They make you laugh and they are very easy to relate to. Operation Ironman even inspired me to complete a half Ironman after reading it. Looking forward to reading the most recent release

Travels with Rachel: In Search of South America

George Mahood does it again

Since coming across George Mahood in Free Country I have enjoyed reading all his other offerings and thoroughly recommended his work, you feel as though you are accompanying him through his daily adventures and there are some genuine laugh out loud moments I hope to see more off his books available on Audible.