Looking for a funny, thoughtful or slightly different gift? This growing collection of funny journals and word search books is packed with personality and created to be genuinely useful, entertaining and worth keeping.
I’ve spent a frankly ridiculous number of hours writing and designing every book here and loved every minute of it! From gratitude journals with attitude and safe places to rant, to gig, travel and reading journals plus British and American word searches, there’s something for readers, travellers, introverts, office workers and puzzle fans.
They make brilliant birthday presents, Christmas gifts, stocking fillers and Secret Santa ideas, although buying one for yourself is absolutely encouraged too. More books are already on the way, so keep checking back!
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Meet the Sim’s Life Book Collection
Funny, thoughtful and slightly different journals for relatives, friends, colleagues and anyone who deserves something better than another pair of socks.
Made in Manchester Notebook
A proper Manchester notebook for ideas, lists, plans, reminders and all the brilliant nonsense that deserves getting out of your head and onto paper.
Inside are 180 lined pages plus a special My Manchester section for favourite places, memorable days out, local food, bucket-list ideas and the bits of the city worth keeping.
A brilliant gift for proud Mancunians, Manchester lovers and anyone who appreciates a notebook with a bit more personality. Available in paperback and hardback.
Funny Line of the Day
Record the hilarious comments, accidental insults and completely random one-liners said by children, friends, family and strangers before they are forgotten.
A funny family keepsake that will become even better as the years pass and everyone continues denying they ever said any of it.
Get It All Out
An adult vent journal for the annoyances, frustrations and thoughts that are probably best kept away from the family WhatsApp group.
A cracking gift for stressed friends, overwhelmed parents and anyone currently dealing with far too many people.
This Could Have Been an Email
A 90-day work survival journal for meetings about meetings, ridiculous requests and someone asking for a quick chat at 4.58pm.
An excellent Secret Santa gift for colleagues and anyone whose face says everything during a team meeting.
Battery Low
A funny guided journal for people who genuinely like other people, preferably from a comfortable distance and with the option to leave early.
Perfect for introverts, homebodies and anyone whose social battery regularly flashes red.
Seen Live Gig Journal
Record artists, venues, set lists, support acts, favourite songs and the little moments that made each concert memorable.
A brilliant keepsake for music lovers, festival fans and teenagers attending their first gigs, with room for 40 concerts.
Add to Shelf Reading Journal
Track the books you loved, abandoned and immediately recommended to everyone you know, with room to record 50 reads.
A thoughtful gift for readers, book-club members and anyone whose “to be read” pile is now structural.
Wander & Note Travel Journal
Plan, organise and record six adventures in one travel planner, journal and keepsake.
A lovely gift for travellers, couples, honeymooners and anyone who is happiest with another trip on the horizon.
Chin Up, Love Gratitude Journal
A funny guided gratitude journal for adults who want to feel a bit better without pretending every day is magical. Across 91 undated days, it mixes gratitude with plenty of personality.
Expect weekly debriefs, a Complaints Department, Biscuit Barometer, Permission Slips, Gratitude Bingo and more. A brilliant gift for anyone who likes their self-care with a healthy dose of humour.
Home By Midnight Extreme Day Trip Journal
Made for travellers who think flying somewhere for the day sounds completely reasonable. Home By Midnight helps you plan, organise and remember your extreme day trips from the first flight to the journey home.
Keep plans, timings, costs and memories together in one place while recording how each adventure actually unfolded. Perfect for extreme day trippers determined to squeeze a whole holiday feeling into one day.
Available in paperback and as a special hardback edition. Simply choose your preferred format on Amazon.
British and American Word Search Books With Plenty of Personality
Large, clear puzzles with proper themes, plenty of personality and none of those baffling lists of completely unrelated household objects. From British grub and Northern sayings to European travels and coast-to-coast Americana, there is plenty here to keep a puzzle fan busy.
Great British Days Out Word Searches
A bumper collection of 120 large-print word searches inspired by seaside trips, castles, museums, steam trains, gardens and wonderfully odd British attractions.
Hours of screen-free entertainment for puzzle fans who enjoy travel, nostalgia and a proper challenge.
Great British Grub Word Searches
Tuck into 120 large-print word searches celebrating proper British grub, from fry-ups and chippy teas to Sunday roasts, puddings, biscuit tins and takeaway nights.
A cracking gift for food lovers and puzzle fans, packed with British nostalgia and no repeated answer words across the book.
Great American Word Searches
Take a puzzle-packed trip across America with 120 large-print word searches covering Route 66, classic diners, all fifty states, national parks, New York, the Wild West and plenty more.
With 2,160 different words and zero repeats, it is a brilliant gift for road-trip fans, Americana lovers and anyone who enjoys a proper word search challenge.
Reet Funny Word Searches
Northern words, sayings, places and traditions, from chippies and builders’ brews to Blackpool trips and expressions your nan still uses.
A nostalgic gift for proud Northerners, displaced Northerners and anyone who knows tea is both a drink and a meal.
Properly British Word Searches
Fifty-three puzzles celebrating British foods, places, habits, traditions and the little bits of nonsense that make life here what it is.
A fun stocking filler for parents, grandparents and puzzle lovers who enjoy a bit of nostalgia with their tea break.
Wish You Were Here Word Searches
A European escape featuring cities, foods, landmarks, journeys and familiar holiday moments, without the delayed flight or passport panic.
Ideal for travellers, cruise fans and anyone counting down the days until their next trip.
Which Book Should You Choose?
Not sure where to start? Here is the highly scientific Sim’s Life gift-matching guide.
- For the colleague who has survived another year of meetings, choose This Could Have Been an Email.
- For the introvert who has already considered cancelling Christmas, choose Battery Low.
- For someone who wants a gratitude journal without all the relentless positivity, choose Chin Up, Love.
- For the reader whose “to be read” pile is now structural, choose Add to Shelf.
- For the concert lover who wants to remember every gig, choose Seen Live.
- For the traveller always planning their next escape, choose Wander & Note.
- For someone who needs a safe and private place to have a proper rant, choose Get It All Out.
- For parents, couples and families who regularly say unintentionally hilarious things, choose Funny Line of the Day.
- For the foodie who can happily discuss fry-ups, chippy teas and biscuits at length, choose Great British Grub Word Searches.
- For the road-trip fan or anyone who loves a bit of stars-and-stripes nostalgia, choose Great American Word Searches.
- For a classic puzzle gift or stocking filler, explore the full word search collection — including Great British Days Out, Reet Funny, Properly British and Wish You Were Here Word Searches.
Find Your Next Book on Amazon
Every book in this collection has been created to be genuinely enjoyable and useful, not just another notebook with a fancy cover and a lot of empty pages inside.
Whether you are buying for Christmas, a birthday, Secret Santa or simply treating yourself, I hope you find something that feels absolutely spot-on.
More books are already in the works, so bookmark this page and pop back to see what appears next.
Now the only difficult bit is choosing which one to order first!