Guinness World Records 2012 (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
For Genre De Jour I read Guinness World Records 2012 which is an annual compilation by the Guinness World Record Organization. This book is an eye widening, head turning, thought provoking read. It captures the amazing feats of the daring individuals that perform them. This book is one of the better books I've read in a long time. From death defying cable walks at over 10,000 feet to the fastest time to eat a raw onion, which is (just in case you are wondering) 1 minute and 22 seconds, but whatever. This book is well thought out. They don't put the most interesting stuff in the beginning, they put it in the middle so you are wanting more. Not only the strategy, but the organization is amazing. The table of contents tells you where everything is from cover to cover. On each page, in the top corner, there is a caption for what the page is about. Every fifty or so pages, there is a ‘preview’ page which keeps you interested in continuing through the book. One of my favorite things about this book, is the variety. There are many different types of records. Some are more common and sought after, like fastest mile, most goals scored by an NHL player in a season and most points scored by an NBA player in their career. Some are more unusual and even hard to believe. For example, tallest man, shortest woman, largest feet, largest hands and most tattooed man. For the more extreme records, I really like that they put pictures with the captions. They capture my attention and make me want to read about it. This book is intended for all ages. The young can enjoy the pictures and have their parents explain the captions. Anyone around my age and older can enjoy it themselves. It never gets old. Sometimes when friends are over, cough cough, Jack Lembeck, they will browse through it just like a magazine. There is always something interesting and unbelievable to read and see. I enjoy this book and look forward to it every year waiting to see what old records were broken and new records made. I would rate this book 5 out of 5 world records. I highly recommend this book, I promise you won’t regret reading it! Why I decided to read this book: I decided to read this book because my cousin got it for me for Christmas. Which category on the bingo board this book completes: A book that teaches you about a culture other than your own, this was interesting because of all the places the records are from and certain rituals that certain cultures do. My favorite quote from this book: "Most T-Shirts worn at once - It was made by Krunoslav Budiseli on May 22, 2010 for wearing 245 T-shirts at the same time." This is my favorite quote because I find it interesting and reasonably amusing. I don't get why someone would even take the effort to do it.Something new I learned from this book: The fastest 100m hurdles wearing swim fins is 19.278 seconds and was done by Veronica Torr from New Zealand. A character or setting in this book that was interesting to me: Dorothy de Low who is Australian. This is interesting to me because she was 97 years and 232 days when she played for Australia at the XIV World Veterans Table Tennis Championships.
What do You think about Guinness World Records 2012 (2011)?
It has lots of weird things, i can picture me and my dog doing flips breaking a record.
—alexandra
I own this book i currently red this book is great. i love these books .
—Mick
Cool facts and amazing world record holders.
—jblover786
