I laughed through a lot of this book. A.J. Jacobs makes really funny observations and I found myself laughing out loud many times. I was a little confused by his approach to "living biblically." It seemed a little hodge-podge in a way. Kind of "well, now I'll try this and I should probably stone...
Oh how I wish I had the desire and motivation to do something like this - learn all about healthiness and then do something with that knowledge. But, I don't so I read about someone else doing it, instead.As usual, Mr. Jacobs is delightful and sometimes irritating in his quest to learn all about a t...
This was fun, light, humorous and engaging. Now I want a treadmill desk, though. I liked the authorial voice enough that I will likely pick up his other books.
Thanks to Simon and Schuster for sending a copy of this ARC to the Barnes and Noble where I work part time. I was so thrilled to see this, as I loved The Guinea Pig Diaries by this same author. Although, when I went to Goodreads.com to see what I had rated that book, I found I'd never marked it re...
Yeah, I know, it took me a freakin'-long time to read this. That had very little to do with the actual book, other than the content was the type I like to read slowly and carefully. I just couldn't get through it quickly and I kept having to return it to the library so other people could read it. Th...
I like to rate books the way I rate food; books and food can be (1) delicious and (2) nutritious. Some books, like chick lit and mysteries, are mostly just delicious. Some books, like history books, are mostly just nutritious. A. J. Jacobs’ books are a little of both. Yummy and good-for-you. Especia...
The book excels when the author is laughing at himself and when he gives the best lines to his wife or family. I did laugh out loud multiple times. He does jump around frequently from fad to fad and even with that there is some good random advice. Best advice of all, he mentions that he listens to N...
A. J. Jacobs is an excellent guinea pig - trying odd experiments (only tell the WHOLE truth for a month; outsourcing his life to assistants overseas) and writing about them in a witty, enticing way. The only downside was that a lot of these essays I had previously read, so that was a bit disappoint...
Filled with wonderful and practical advice, this book takes a humorous look at becoming healthy from the perspective of a slightly over weight, non-healthy person. Reading the book provided both education and enjoyment; highly recommend.
I didn't love love this book, but I find myself (three years later) still often bringing up little vignettes from it in conversation- definitely taught me a lot in an enjoyable manner.
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