Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Plunges into History

I always buy one of Uncle John's Bathroom Readers for my husband at Christmas. We both enjoy them. The five stars are for the book, which is interesting and entertaining, as all UJBRs seem to be.I purchased this for my Kindle, though, and I don't like it nearly so well. I use a bit larger font than the default font. so maybe that is part of the problem, but all of the nice little bits of information that are on the bottom of each page in the printed book show up in random places on the Kindle page--I assume where the print page would have ended were it a book. There are no lines or other indications to separate these bits of information from the text of the anecdote, so I'll be reading an anecdote and suddenly there is a random bit of information, as if it were a part of the anecdote, and then the anecdote picks up again. It is very distracting.I find that I like to open the printed Bathroom Reader randomly and browse the topics. Can't do it easily on the Kindle, which sort of forces the reader into reading from the beginning to end. There is a good table of contents, but it's not that easy to go back and forth from table of contents to text. UJBRs don't fit well on the Kindle.Uncle John's Bathroom Readers are the best there is in this niche. For me, a lot of the pleasure of reading them lies in being able to flip through them and reading whatever catches my interest at the moment. I highly recommend them in the print format, but not on the Kindle.

All of these Bathroom readers are good, my kids went through a time when they read them a lot, especially my teenager.They're best for community bathrooms, or bathrooms where you have someone who already sits in their for a long time.However, they're also good for just your coffee table or library table. I even kept one in the car for awhile when my teenagers wanted something to read while he was waiting to pick my other kids up from school.They contain sometimes, interesting, sometimes intriguing, sometimes gross stuff to read. The length of stuff varies and you can pick and choose depending on how long you have to read something.I was never overly impressed with these for myself, but everyone else in my family really seemed to love them.

I love reading the Bathroom Reader Books and have been wanting a Kindle version of the books for a while. After buying this one though I think I'll stick to the actual books. I liked the fact that the stories were all together so that you did not need to go flipping through pages, but had problems trying to skip the pages of stories I did not want to read. Another reason I did not like it on kindle was because at least one of the articles did not have the whole article, it just ended. At first I thought I just needed to flip the page, but when I got to the next page there was a new article. Better off just getting the actual hard copy of the book.

I own many of these books and share them with my friends. I usually, don't accept them back knowing that they probably handled these naked and on the toilet. It usually comes up from them the things they learned reading these books. Two of my buds keep asking when I'm gonna finish this one. When I'm damn well ready. Even though I don't require extended periods of time on the throne, I do read through these rather quickly and always catch myself saying "hmmm, interesting".But anyhoo, these books are all crammed full of interesting tidbits of life in general and I just wish I could remember all of it because I would dominate Trivia Night.I will eventually own and read all of these books

Chalked full of interesting facts and stories. Great book broken down into small segments. Can read for 5 minutes or 2 hours without feeling that you can’t find a good stopping point.

I like it but don't love it. It is not as amusing as the usual bathroom reader, and while it has a lot of info the articles they are a lot longer then I care for. I know it is history, so the format needs to be different, I expected more bits of info as opposed to long pages of details. We read the Bathroom Reader to the family at the dinner table so it doesn't work as well.

Absolutely enjoy this book. Was looking for something that included all kinds of odd trivia. All the other books I've found were boring one blurb write ups. The authors have created this in such a way that when you're reading about a queen or a pirate - it's a short story and leads into the next trivia tidbit. Very enjoyable to read and full of fun and interesting facts. I'll definitely be getting another Uncle John's Reader - trouble is, which one (there's so many of them!)

Very enjoyable reading. I keep it on my night stand and learn something interesting every night.

Yet another wonderfuk title in the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader surfaces then Plunges us into History.This time Plunges into History (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader) is all to do with history but not the stuff they bother to tell you in schools the really interesting, disgusting or down right fascinating facts.I'm a fan being entertained by these books for a few years.They are wonderful but if anything have got better and better as well as bigger over the years.Uncle John has a great style and panache to his writing. Never pandering to the typical 11 year old reading age of the Sun but being a worthwhile read for any well read individual.my latest Uncle John Book and it is just as good as all the others which is some praise indeed.I've acquired several of these Uncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Readers over the years and each one has been mightily entertaining and educational.As you may have guessed the book is designed to be read in the smallest room.John being the American word for toilet.Now some people may raise their hands up in the air and decry that reading on the toilet is a bad habit.Those of us with more enlighten tastes and others from life experiences. I was a working class lad and in a tiny 2 up 2 down house the only place I could get some peace and quiet was the toilet. Know that reading in the smallest room is enjoyable.I always seem to regret wasting time and having a read whilst answering the call of nature seemed a good trade off.Now we in the West have gone away from the communal even mixed toilets of the Roman Era were you would spend the time of day about your business chatting to the person next to or opposite you in communal toilets.This book is that rare thing.An entertaining, educational and amusing book that you can dip in and out of at random or read cover to cover.Each annual is new and different if you get a much earlier one than the latest it is still a brilliant read. And if you can get it for pennies is a great investment when you spend a penny.Think of QI and Uncle John, so to speak got there first.#For example what links a love of fish and the down fall of Napoleon?Well Nelson wanted to fight in a certain way but the 80 years old Admiral above him was dallying with his new bride of just 18. he had a love of Halibut so Nelson ordered his men to catch one then offer to the sexually distracted honeymooner. result Trafalgar.Don't believe me read it up.

Fantastic book if you like historic trivia. Plus will keep you busy for a while it’s a thick book!

Love it! Read this already... makes me stay in there a bit longer but hey the knowledge pays off lol

There was some content that i expected to be in the book that wasn't but other than that quite a fine publication