The Guinea Pig Diaries : My Life as an Experiment (Hardcover)

from indygo88

I wasn't familiar with A.J. Jacobs, but when this audiobook came my way I thought it sounded intriguing, so I gave it a read. I ended up enjoying it quite a bit. This one is a collection of essays, not really with any central theme other than the fact that Jacobs uses himself to experiment & expl...

from bnbooklady

After reading the entire Encyclopedia Brittanica and living by all of the rules in the Bible, A. J. Jacobs found himself addicted to “experience journalism.” He couldn't get enough of putting himself (and his saint of a wife Julie) through odd, uncomfortable, horizon-broadening experiments. So he...

from MarciaDavis

A.J. Jacobs has created his own little niche market: conducting experiments in his life and then writing about them. The first of these books, The Know-It-All, chronicled his experience reading every single page of the Encyclopedia Britannica from cover to cover. He followed that up with The Year...

from irunsjh

I liked this book a lot. I wish I was creative and brave enough to come up with and do some of the crazy things that A.J. Jacobs put himself through. I like to see the life lessons he learns by doing each one. He has a funny way of recounting some pretty outrageous stunts.

from Jenners26

A.J. Jacobs has created his own little niche market: conducting experiments in his life and then writing about them. The first of these books, The Know-It-All, chronicled his experience reading every single page of the Encyclopedia Britannica from cover to cover. He followed that up with The Year...