baronessekat | 2018 reading challenge: book mentioned in another book

The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Contributor and Editor for Esquire Magazine, Jacobs recalls back to when when he thought he was the smartest boy in the world (as many elementary school kids think of themselves) and knew that he was not anywhere near the smartest person in the world. So he endeavors to make himself smarter by reading the ENTIRE Encyclopedia Britannica from cover to cover.

I first encountered Jacobs with his book "The Year of Living Biblically", which I greatly enjoyed. So I figured I should check out his other work. While entertaining and actually, rather informative (I answered 3 Jeopardy questions correctly thanks to this book), I did not care for it as much as his Biblically book. I do still intend to find his other books and read them as well, but it was clear to me that this was his first book, as I saw more growth as a writer in his second book.

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