Review: Great read - don't judge by its cover!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2013
Or maybe I'm the only one wo thinks the cover is a tad lame. It does not do the book justice.Anyway.1) The best part of the book is not its content, although I hugely enjoyed it (more on that below), but its variety.Quotes alternate with riddles, jokes, brain teasers, amusing anecdotes about coincidences or quirky pieces of history... meaning it keeps your interest alive (say it was only quotes, you would not pay so much attention after the first couple dozen).So that really worked for me.2) The content. If you have an upcoming dinner or party where you don't know many people, the facts and stories told definitely will provide you with great icebreakers or dinner conversation launches. Maybe you will be familiar with a couple of them, but that's about it - th rest is pure enjoyable discovery.I read this on vacation and chuckled throughout the whole book, it was so funny!Only warning and thing I liked less : there are 2 short stories (meaning actual novellas) in the book. One is, well, really short, but the other is  about 14% of the book according to my Kindle, and I thought that was pushing it a bit.