EPIC TRUE TALES AND CRAZY STORIES

I great book, I would highly recommend, especially for those who loved reading books on useless information as kids, like I did. It’s spilt into different sections dealing with things like historical events, true crime, and urban myths etc. I really enjoyed this book, and would highly recommend to others. It would make a great gift, and is easy to pick up and put down so can be a great coffee table book

Fun book. Wide variety of topics.
Thanks to author, publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this. While I got the book for free it had no bearing on the rating I gave it.

I loved this book!! I am the kind of person who falls down the wikipedia rabbit hole and just reads a ton of random non-important wiki pages for fun and that’s exactly what reading this book was like! very short and fun stories! I will say I could do without the bonus interrogation and answers at the end of each chapter and after chapter 3 there was a random page about “if you are enjoying this book” I felt it was very out of place and ruined the flow. overall I enjoyed the book! thank you netgalley for the arc!

EPIC TRUE TALES AND CRAZY STORIES
A genuinely hilarious book of outrageous events, entertaining world history, and funny true stories for adults! With humorous questions and answers throughout
by Owen Janssen
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EPIC TRUE TALES AND CRAZY STORIESis packed with a series of fantastic true events that will entertain and astound you all at once. It is a carefully curated compendium of famous flops, curious crusades, criminal catastrophes, and baffling historical events to really spice up your day!
This book was pretty interesting. I laughed out loud at times. I also learned something. I loved the quiz at end of the chapters.

I live in a trivia fanatic household --- does anyone remember the game TRIVIAL PURSUIT?? People stopped playing with me as I would slay them. (I also loved" The Book of Lists"
......even today w hubby we talk trivia all the time: try getting through an episode of Cold Case with us on the telly without pausing and talking about stuff mentioned on the screen.

That aside, this is a fun little book that can keep your brain ticking and have fun playing games with. Start a sentence with "Did you know that ......" and this fact-filled, fascinating book will keep you entertained for hours. It is also what I would call the perfect "bathroom book" as you can read little bits here and there while you are in there taking a bath or doing your business. Okay..TMI

#shortbutsweetreviews

My thanks to NetGalley and Booksgosocial for a copy of “ Epic True Tales And Crazy Stories “ for an honest review.

I found this to be a really interesting , informative and entertaining book , that I found myself laughing out loud at .Its an ideal book to keep dipping in and out of .I have got another book by Owen Janssen on my Kindle to read so I’m hoping it’s as good as this one.!

A humorous collection of events, this will be inform and surprise you with the outrageousness that this was an actual moment in history.

I really enjoy this kind of book, it is a good way to increase our knowledge of useless information haha, in this book we have tales that almost happened last week at the same time we have others that happened centuries ago, for instance do you know that napoleon wasn't as short as you imagine him to be, yeah, do you want to know why? Just grab a copy and read for yourself.

What I thought it was a difference change from other similar books, was that in the end of each chapter you would get a couple of trivia and their answers about the tales that you just read. Yeah it was a refreshing way to dive into this stories.

Thank you NetGalley and BooksgoSocial for the free ARC and this is my honest opinion.

An informative, fun, goofy, entertaining book.

I love these types of books for the fun trivia contained within.

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the advanced copy of the book.

Good book. I like how it had the trivia questions at the end of each of the chapters. That was fun. I've never seen a; book like that before.

Fun, knowledgeable and amusing book. very entertaining. Short stories to read everywhere - on a bus, train or listen (audiobook) when biking. Recommend for lovers of trivia.

This was so fun to read! I love trivia and just learning things in general, so this book was perfect for me! I already know people who also love this type of thing and plan to gift this book to them maybe during the holidays this year. The stories are quick, fascinating, and weirdly funny even! I absolutley loved this. Thank you so much for this ARC!!!

Truth is stranger than fiction, as the old saying goes. The truth can also be far more entertaining than fiction because life gets really bizarre sometimes.”

What do you do when you only have a few minutes. Perhaps your brewing a cup of tea or sitting on the loo , then you need this book by your side.
Or like me you can just devour it in one hit!

These are fantastic little bite sized pieces of trivia and you will feel like you are watching QI whilst reading about crazy stories ranging from Julius Caesar to Taylor Swift!

I thought this would be a bit of a novelty read but actually I really enjoyed it l and learned a lot of great trivia .
I think it would be a great gift and I would highly recommend !

I love books like these, lots of odd little facts and amusing stories. What makes this book different from others I have read is that at the end of each chapter were 5 questions with answers on the following pages. Two benefits to this, firstly it helps check if you've been paying attention, secondly I read some of them out to my wife, unsurprisingly she had no idea to the answers, but was very interested in the answers, a great chance to encourage someone else to read it!

This book has super interesting stories, ranging from history to sports and celebrity trivia. However, my rating went down a bit because of the format. It is marketed as "A genuinely hilarious book of outrageous events, entertaining world history, and funny true stories for adults!", but the quizzes at the end of each section kinda throw the 'adult' part out of the window. I thought it was a bit silly and if it wasn't for that I would've given this 5 stars for the content and writing.

Super fun book! Anything that mentions the Great Emu War is good. There a lot of facts I didn’t know mixed in with a little more detail on things I already knew.

This was written in a fun, easy to read way. I liked the little quizzes at the end. I hated the “leave a review” part after chapter 3. I would have rated it higher if that wasn’t there, or at least at the end of the book. If I was the average reader, I might not review because of that.

Except for that, I recommend this to anyone who loves trivia.

Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this!

A page turner of true crazy tales that has you hooked with each turn of the page.I would recommend this book to everyone interested in tales far from the norm.

Brilliant book that is very easy to dip in and out of. Its well written and well researched, Janssen has a great way of writing and its perfect for those who love odd stories. The trivia questions were good fun too. Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the advanced copy of the book.

Really fun and enjoyable! Good as a present or coffee table book, and great to use as a conversation starter!

Full of interesting facts. I found this book to be charming. The author has a great sense of humor. I will recommend this book to others who love books like this.

A book that will not only make you giggle but proper belly laugh. I throughly enjoyed this book and the stories had me laughing out loud.
Thank you to both the publishers and NetGalley for gifting me this wonderful book

Epic True Tales And Crazy Stories by Owen Janssen is a very highly recommended entertaining collection of true stories, trivia, and trifles.

This is a good choice for those who love to collect and share interesting little facts. The short, pithy tales are told in an engaging manner with humor and details. As I was reading, I kept thinking that this would be an excellent choice for kids, upper elementary and up. It would captivate the younger group and could encourage older, struggling readers with the interesting stories. Each fact/story is presented in a succinct manner, fast and to the point. For the older crowd, the short selections make a perfect choice for quick reading while waiting or in-between tasks.

Chapters include: Histories Hidden Side; True Crime; The Famous and Their Little Secrets; Inventions; Stretching the Truth: Hoaxes and Scams; Sport and Sports; Science, Nature, and Animals; Pop Culture; and Fabulous Flops. Each chapter is followed by a Bonus Interrogation section (5 questions) and Answers to the questions.
Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of Owen Jannsen via NetGalley.
The review will be published on Barnes & Noble, Google Books, and Amazon.