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The Primroses Were Over
The Primroses Were Over rated it 8 years ago
This took me an awfully long time to read, but not because I wasn't enjoying it. This is the kind of book you want to have around to read bits and pieces at a time, and it was a lot of fun to read that way. I did a decent amount of bothering people with random facts while reading through this as w...
Book Fay
Book Fay rated it 9 years ago
The fifth book in the popular Uncle John’s Briefs series contains the strangest short history articles from over 30 Bathroom Readers—along with 50 all-new pages. From the 20th century to the Old West, from the Age of Enlightenment to the Dark Ages, from ancient cultures all the way back to the dawn ...
Mystereity
Mystereity rated it 9 years ago
I love books like this where every page is a something new waiting to be discovered. I found it hard to put the book down and even when I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it. Inside, you can find historical facts encompassing everything from the longest unassisted solo cow flight in recorded ...
Degrees of Affection
Degrees of Affection rated it 9 years ago
I was introduced to Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series by a favorite teacher in high school. I was surprised at the information the books contained and liked the little quizzes that pepper the book. I own two books, one of them their history book, and couldn't say no to trying the audiobook. Like...
Jessica's Book Thoughts
Jessica's Book Thoughts rated it 10 years ago
Description: Uncle John got a Factastic facelift for the 28th all-new edition of this beloved book series — now with a classy cloth cover on the outside and a sleek style on the inside! All of Uncle John’s Bathroom Readerfavorites are packed into these 544 glorious pages – from little-known histor...
Mystereity
Mystereity rated it 10 years ago
This was a little break from my usual mysteries. Random trivia, served with no particular purpose in particular order. It was just begging for me to snuggle up to it. I was not sorry I did! Really fun book, covering everything from crime, science, humor to nauseating, queasy and squeamish. Great...
the reading spot
the reading spot rated it 11 years ago
Trivia is fun. Random small bits of information that can tell us more about our world. Or at the very least liven up a gathering. The other wonderful thing about trivia is it makes for light, fun reading. Which the Uncle John's Bathroom Readers seem to be the epitome of when it comes to trivia.I rea...
Dantastic Book Reviews
Dantastic Book Reviews rated it 12 years ago
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factoids: Bizarre Bites of Incredible Information is a collection of one or two line bits of interesting facts or trivia.This was a Netgalley find but I probably would have bought it anyway since I already have a substantial Bathroom Reader library.Here is ...
Timmeloche
Timmeloche rated it 12 years ago
I am a big fan of the Uncle John's Bathroom Readers. This volume is slimmer than the regular issues but still makes for excellent throne reading.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 12 years ago
Engrossing Snippets:•World’s largest butterfly: the Queen Alexandra’s birdwing from New Guinea, with a wingspan of 11 inches.---•Due to a birth defect, a Swedish police officer’s right leg was slightly longer than his left leg. So in 2008, he found a surgeon who agreed to shorten the right one so th...
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