Uncle John's Bathroom Reader WISE UP!: An Elevating Collection of Quick Facts and Incredible Curiosities

My husband and I both love these books. They are full of short stories,and weird or useless (but cool) facts.

I own several Uncle John's Bathroom Readers, and this one is just as good as the others I have. The stories are short, so you can read them in one "sitting." Sometimes I like to flip through the pages and find something that interests me at the moment. Other times I just start where I left off and work my way through. I have learned a lot of interesting facts from this bathroom reader. When I spout off some random fact to my friends, they just ask, "Did you learn that from one of your bathroom readers?" Indeed I did.

I like almost all of the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader books and this one is no exception. Packed from cover to cover with bite-sized tidbits of information this is one of those books that you can pick up and spend one or two minutes or a couple of hours enjoying, then lay it down for awhile without losing the story. If you read the Uncle John's books then you are familiar with the "footers" on each page. This book is a collection of this kind of information and may, in fact, be a compilation. It is a fun read.

I love trivia and those little bits of information that seem to pop into your brain at random times to make a dinner party more interesting! As such, I was hoping more more of the same when I purchased my unknownth book from Uncle John's Bathroom Reader.The stories are shorter in this one, and there are more that require you to turn to four or five sections down farther in the pages to reach the eventual conclusion of the story. I, for one, am not a big fan of that. There was a bit of recycling from other prior Uncle John's Readers in the book, which for me made it harder to stay focused and keep reading well into the wee hours of the night. It may possibly be just me, but I felt this book was a bit of a throw away. Many of the stories/legends/trivia bits didn't have the same flourish to them. Often they were dry and poorly worded whereas they should have been at least snicker worthy. In the past while I would read these books I often shared parts with my husband, knowing he would find them as interesting or amusing I as had. There were very, very few opportunities within this book.Go ahead and borrow this one from a friend or a local library. While it does have a couple of bright spots, there aren't enough to allow this book to take of valuable real estate on your book shelf.

Love the Uncle John Series. The books are not only fun, they are very informative. Will continue to purchase.

Good.

This book is full of fun and interesting facts about everything from the super serious to the wholly hilarious. Fair warning, though! Not all of the tidbits are 100% true: I've spotted urban legends, outdated data, and outright errors. Still worth the read, though!

Yet another entertaining book of facts from Uncle John. Read this if you're going to appear on Jeopardy! A very easy and fun read.

VERY GOOD

Ok

pure entertainment....

great!

This book was a request from a grandchild who delights in quoting facts learned from Uncle John to the whole family.