This Book: ...of More Perfectly Useless Information – The Bathroom Book of Celebrity Facts, Beatles, and Inventions

by Mitchell Symons

Did you know this ... Billy Crystal's childhood babysitter was the legendary Billie Holiday? It is physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky? The dot above the letter "i" is called a "tittle"? Would you like to know which celebrities died virgins, or which novel was the first written on a typewriter? Or are you simply looking for some way to entertain yourself in the bathroom? Would you like to know the working titles of the Beatles' songs, or what things were invented by women? Answer "yes!" to any or all of these questions and This Book —like That Book —is the book you've been waiting for!

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Humor, Trivia

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Ryk Stanton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basically a trivia book – definitely one for that "particular room" in your house – and worth having around just to keep on the shelf. I actually like this kind of book and would've given it a higher rating if it did not have sections like "Celebrities Who Dropped Out of High School" followed by nothing more than a list of names.

[Hamadryad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent bathroom book, but way too little bang for the buck. Pretty much The Book of Lists, but without all of the tasty, juicy detail. TBoL is packed tightly with as much as they could include, where this one looks as though it was stretched to fill space.

[Holli B · Rating 4 out of 5]

my-books

[Danielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

so stupid yet so good. one of those random books that you read when you have nothing else

[Eric · Rating 5 out of 5]

Standard (yet good), run-of-the-mill trivia book, quite entertaining. Not appropriate for younger readers/children, however. The book is laden with "adult" facts.

[Anne Marshall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anything by Mitchell Symons is an interesting read in my world and this one didn't disappoint!