Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by editrixie
The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment by A.J. Jacobs
3.0
This might actually be closer to a 3.5 stars for me -- it was a brisk, often funny read, and his chapters on meditation, George Washington's code of conduct, unitasking, and rational thinking gave me some things to ponder in terms of my own behavior and biases.
Less successful for me were the chapters on posing nude for Esquire, outsourcing his personal life to workers in India, and his one-month attempt to carry out "Operation Ideal Husband." I give him credit for being as honest as he is about his own character flaws, but at times he comes across as annoying, craven, and even (when obessessing about his kids' attractive nanny) downright creepy.
Less successful for me were the chapters on posing nude for Esquire, outsourcing his personal life to workers in India, and his one-month attempt to carry out "Operation Ideal Husband." I give him credit for being as honest as he is about his own character flaws, but at times he comes across as annoying, craven, and even (when obessessing about his kids' attractive nanny) downright creepy.