Non-Essential Mnemonics : An Unnecessary Journey into Senseless Knowledge

from TheDivineOomba

Meh. I was hoping for interesting Mnemonics for lists of things of items you would want to remember- like maybe the Nobel Gasses, or the signers of the Declaration of Independence - things that are unnecessary to know, but awesome to be able to recite... instead, I get a book written by some guy ...

from ferness

I'm a huge fan of wordplay, so I had pretty high expectations for this book. Unfortunately, I felt it was more "meh" than masterful. It's a blisteringly quick read (as would be expected) and some of the mnemonics/acronyms were amusing (using the acronym for the Screen Actors Guild as a mnemonic f...

from Mebru001

The actual mnemonics were sometimes extremely amusing and I've actually tried to commit a couple to memory, because despit their silliness, I actually wanted to commit to memory what they might help me remember. However, there we're also "humorous" paragraphs after each mnemonic that I didn't fin...

from ladycato

I was provided a copy of the book through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers Program. This is a small, hardcover book, the kind of unusual format that sets it aside as a gift book. Indeed it is, though for a particular niche of geek. The title is pretty up front in establishing that the book is abs...

from empress8411

If I could, I would give this book two ratings, one for humor and one for content. I cannot deny that I laughed will reading it. Laughed a lot. I would give this an 4, maybe even a 5, for humor. At least a dozen times I had to set the book down so I could stop laughing long enough to breath. But ...