by A.J. Jacobs
As insufferably annoying as the title implies, but it had at least two genuinely amusing scenes that kept me reading in hopes of more. Alas, it was not to be.
The Know-It-All is a classic stunt memoir, in which author A.J. Jacobs attempts to read the entire print version of the Encyclopedia Britannica… all 33,000 pages of it. Organized by letter, A.J. shares fun facts he learned in each section as well as words that were relevant to his life while he was ...
Interesting facts. Fairly well drawn together with personal insights.
A.J. Jacobs makes reading the Encylopedia Britannica so much fun and interesting! I can't wait for him to call up everyone in the NYC phone book or attempt to go around the world in 80 days. With him telling the story, it's sure to be wicked fun.
This was a little more like actually reading the Encyclopedia Britannica than I was really prepared for. I think it took me longer to read this book than it took Jacobs to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica, too. So, I’m not sure what that says about my reading stamina. It took Jacobs someth...
Humorous and informative. Lots of "Huh! What do ya know?!" moments. I would not put this up there as being as humorous as Bill Bryson's works, especially A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, but certainly as informative as his works. The narrator on this audiobook...
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