May 02, 2015vozzy rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
The premise of the book sounded really interesting, but the actual book was just okay. To me, Jacobs comes across as a bit of a pig (thus the title? "The Guinea PIG Diaries").
The guinea Pig Diaries is a hilarious read! In this book Jacobs goes through a series of thought provoking experiments and records the results of these experiments. Some of his experiments include hiring a team of people in India to manage…
Mar 01, 2012bbb1771 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
After three books of abusing his body, mind and relationship with his family, one worries the next thing we'll read about A J Jacobs is his obituary outlining how he took his next book too far.
But until then, Jacobs continues to write…
Nov 21, 2011karensd rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
AJ Jacobs writes with an accessible voice and shares the ups and downs of trying to live by the rules of others. I appreciate the honesty (not just the radical honesty) of his experiences.
Mar 10, 2011lilwordworm rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
His experiments on online dating and outsourcing are laugh out loud funny. The rest are not as good but still fun. I looked up his articles in Esquire, and they are significantly better than the garbage that is in Cosmo. I will now…
Nov 06, 2009Kaylya rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Jacobs is a very engaging writer. He gets very into his "experiments", with entertaining results when they're not necessarily so practical, and he usually draws some interesting conclusions from them.
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The Guinea Pig Diaries