The Know It All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

I first saw this book at Border's and ALMOST bought it. BUT...then I was lucky enough to find it at the library (for free! whoohoo!)

This book had me laughing out loud on almost every page. I LOVE Jacobs' writing style. He's absolutely hilarious.

He picked up on what his father had done years before: try to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z. He comments on various things he's reading and it's just hilarious (I need a better word for "hilarious") He also keeps mentioning random things that connect to what he's reading to his life like he and his wife trying to have a child, competing with his father and brother-in-law in the battle of the wits, impressing friends and family with his new found information, etc. He's awkward and honest and funny and...I just loved this book.

Plus, I learned a lot of interesting and random facts to add to that over-flowing section of my brain: Random Facts No One Cares To Know Unless You're On Their Trivial Pursuit Team.

I like to collect useless information. :)