mouserie says

I loved this book. The funny anecdotes and witty comments had me laughing out loud. I agree with Jennifer though that it does get a bit tedious as you move along. It's definitely not one you can sit down and read all the way through. It's a good book to read on the side.

posted Saturday, May 31 2008

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jennifer says

I am in the process of reading this book now. I have found it quite humorous thus far. However, now I feel I am going along at a slow pace and it seems a bit tedious. I am in the Gs I believe and while I find him funny it just seems to not be engrossing enough to hold my attention. I fun side read if you want a good laugh though.

posted Saturday, November 10 2007

tomoko says

Also, the more you know the more you forget, at least this seems to be the pattern in my case...
But I love words so I tried to read dictionaries when I was younger. Never got far though.

posted Sunday, April 22 2007

booklady says

maggie--that's so cool!

I started one time with I think World Book, never made it halfway through A! My mom told me when she was a little girl, she would cry because someone told her she could not read everything in the library. What a nasty person that was. But knowing my mom, she made a great effort!

posted Sunday, April 22 2007

maggiethecat74 says

You know why we all are KNow it alls? Because we read all the time and the more you read, the more you know, the more you know, the smarter you grow,, the smarter you grow, the stronger your voice, when speaking your mind or making your choice.

posted Sunday, April 22 2007

sarah says

I have definitely thought about reading the Britannica. I think I even attempted it as a kid, but my attention span was a little shorter back then. We also didn't own the Britannica, so I was reading it at the library at school.

I actually really wouldn't mind reading the encyclopaedia now. It's the monetary investment is a little daunting right as I head to grad school, but I don't think the reading is that daunting, even after finishing Jacob's book. He was really set on reading straight through, but I don't feel like I have to read it straight through in order to finish. I would probably read other books while I was reading the Britannica. But then I think of that kind of thing as fun reading.

posted Saturday, March 31 2007

alicia says

I grew up in a house where my dad collected sets of encyclopedias. Yes, really. We had 4 sets of them, ranging from a children's set called The Books of Knowledge on up to the Britannica's. He loved learning & wanted all of his children to be well informed & use them in school. I used to read them like they were short stories & one bit of info would lead to another, like the Internet does for us nowadays. I never finished reading a whole set though! I don't think I'm a know-it-all (my father was though!), but I do have lots of little bits of info floating through my head & I am just so sure everyone wants to know them, too! Thanks Future Author23 for letting me know about this book. It will go on my TBR list.

posted Thursday, March 29 2007

aimeesue says

I just have the attitude sometimes -- this overwhelming desire to INFORM people of stuff they probably don't care about.

Iwant to spread the knowledge, particularly if I find it amusing, which is why I loved this book so much!

posted Thursday, March 29 2007

futureauthor23 says

I agree! One path leads me to another, then another and suddenly I'm off reading something completely unrelated to what I started out with. This happens to me on the internet all the time. I look up information on something....then there's links for something else that catches my attention, and so on and so on. I love it.

posted Thursday, March 29 2007

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futureauthor23 says

I think of myself as a know-it-all compared to the people in my life. But I know that I DON'T know it all. : )

posted Thursday, March 29 2007

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