I don’t think this book is really aimed at a British reader as most of the facts are based on American sports. Consequently it was not to me taste.

Thank you, Cedar Mills Press, for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I just finished True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: Sports, by Shane Carley.

This book was published in November 2024.

I find that books like this have the potential to go in one of two directions: either they can very interesting or disappointing. Unfortunately, there was too much of the latter in this one. I found that, while facts were interesting, there were too many that weren’t. I also found several questionable ones in the baseball section. I don’t know other sports as well to be able to vouch for the credibility there, but those entries made me question the entire book.

I give this book a C.

Goodreads and NetGalley require grades on a 1-5 star system. In my personal conversion system, a C equates to 2 stars. (A or A+: 5 stars, B+: 4 stars, B: 3 stars, C: 2 stars, D or F: 1 star).

This review has been posted at NetGalley, Goodreads and my blog, Mr. Book’s Book Reviews

I finished reading this on November 20, 2024.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. I think many people will enjoy leaning these interesting facts about sports. I especially enjoyed going through the hockey facts.

True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: Sports by Shane Carley is such a fun, random ride. The book’s full of weird, surprising sports facts that had me laughing and thinking, "Wait, is that actually true?" It’s the kind of book you can pick up and read a few pages at a time, and every fact is more outrageous than the last. I loved how it mixes humor with trivia, making sports seem way more interesting (and way more bizarre) than I thought. If you're into sports or just enjoy random, mind-blowing facts, this one's definitely worth a read!

There were so many sporting myths or stories that I had heard over the years and questioned their legitimacy but this book definitely out all that to rest. So many new facts that i hadn't heard previously too!

This was a really cute book and some of the drawings made me LOL. I enjoyed learning about things that I’ve never thought about. I grew up in a semi-football-crazy home so this was a fun read.

Very interesting book that gives a lot of facts about most of the main big sports like football, soccer, basketball, etc. I did enjoy that there were a lot of facts about women who competed in men's sports because I didn't know how often it happened. If you like sports then you'll probably enjoy this book.

The drawings and format of the book were funny and refreshing. I really really liked the True or False portion. Still, I went into the book thinking this would be a fun trivia-worthy book of facts, but evidently it was not for a casual sports fan like me. The ones I know the rules, teams and players already, I found myself having a great time while reading the facts and assessing whether I knew about that or it was a surprise. But on those sports I’m not into, it felt repetitive and dragging, just because I wasn’t connecting it with past experiences and information on my mind. Still, I enjoyed many of the facts and didn’t know several of them, but I can’t say that I would buy this book for myself. It is a great gift for the right person though, just not up my alley.