The Know-it-all by A.J. Jacobs
April 27, 2008
subtitled: One Man’s Humble Quest to become the smartest person in the world.
One word: funny.
Read this one for book group. It was my pick. I really enjoyed his humor and the amount of useless information he obtained. And I learned a few things along the way.
Basically the book chronicles A.J.’s attempt to read the Encyclopedia Britannica from A (or a-ak) to Z (Zywiec). Not to ruin it for anyone, but he succeeds, and along the way inserts various vignettes about his family and other tidbits from his life.
Entry Filed under: Book Group, Nonfiction. Tags: encylopedia, intelligence.
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