Friends? Romans? Countrymen?
You never know whom you’ll have to impress
at your next corporate shindig or keg party. Whatever the target audience, mental_floss knows staring facedown into the punch bowl isn’t the trick. In fact, that’s exactly why we’re handing you Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets—a totally effective, foolproof guide to starting and sustaining conversations on every topic under the sun. Want to wax wise about barbarians, socialist theory, … More >>
Mental Floss: Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets
I bought this as a gift, and of course, started to thumb through it. The trivia is interesting and humorous. It is a good leisurely dipping book. I didn’t read the whole thing, but enjoyed the excerpts that I did. Hopefully my friend enjoys it as much as I would have!
Rating: 4 / 5
Mental Floss- I haven’t picked up a book of theirs yet that I haven’t enjoyed-Definitely right up this knowledge junkie’s alley.
Rating: 5 / 5
Pretty typical Mental Floss book. Nothing like extremly cocktail about the book, but it the book is still entertaining none the less.
Rating: 4 / 5
My husband likes this for the bathroom. I like it for the waiting room at the doctor’s office, standing in line at the DMV, etc. There was so much stuff I didn’t know! I bought it because I really wanted some fodder for conversations at events and fundraisers. I think it will come in very handy!
Rating: 5 / 5
Somehow they really hit the nail on the head with this one—there are limited topics covered, but they seem to be exactly the topics you think you SHOULD know about but really don’t—the Hundred Years War, Samuel Johnson, Virginia Wolff and other like that! The coverage of the topics is light but not just fluff–you really do learn some history, but also learn tasty little facts that really would be fun to use at a party. I read straight through the book and enjoyed it all.
Rating: 5 / 5