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Loading... Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection (edition 2012)by A. J. Jacobs
Work detailsDrop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection by A. J. Jacobs
None.  SqueakyChu | May 1, 2013 |  This was fun, light, humorous and engaging. Now I want a treadmill desk, though. I liked the authorial voice enough that I will likely pick up his other books. (  ) satyridae | Apr 5, 2013 | Having lifted his spirit in The Year of Living Biblically and sharpened his mind in The Know-It-All, AJ Jacobs had one feat left in the self-improvement trinity: to become the healthiest man in the world. He doesn't just want to lose a couple of points, or finish a triathlon, or lower his cholesterol. (  ) jepeters333 | Mar 9, 2013 | I listened to this as an audiobook while commuting, and it is pretty much the perfect book for that format-- very easy to listen to in short bits over the course of a few weeks. There is enough of a narrative arc to keep it interesting, but not enough for frequent interruptions to disallow following it (which is a struggle for me with audiobooks sometimes). Likewise, it was interesting enough to make driving less tedious, but not so interesting that I couldn't stand to get out of my car. Anyway, I can't say there was anything truly revelatory contained within Drop Dead Healthy, but it was enjoyable to listen to Jacobs navigate the process of figuring out how to be healthier. I particularly appreciated his experiences carrying around a decibel meter-- this is something I do too (sort of: an app on my phone), and I've never met anyone else who does, so I felt a bit of camaraderie there. If you don't already think/read about nutrition and fitness, perhaps there will be more new information contained within for you, but I feel like most people picking up this book probably do already read about those topics. (  ) kelsiface | Feb 16, 2013 | God, A. J. Jacobs is irritating! I really don't know why I keep buying his books, because they all follow the same pattern - - magazine writer picks a topic, then tries to milk the hell out of it, in bite sized snippets. Never developing any theme to any depth, his writing is like a hummingbird flitting from flower to flower. This latest book is narcissistic in the extreme, chronicling Jacobs' attempts to become "the world's healthiest man". By halfway through the book I was hoping for a medical emergency. Clearly, I am no longer empathizing with Jacobs the author. (  ) Meggo | Jan 12, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
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One thing I especially liked about this book was that the author was not a "health nut" which meant that he could look at many ideas of "getting healthy" with curiosity as well as skepticism. During this time, his wife was a patient partner, but sometimes merely an onlooker. What touched me most about this book, though, were the descriptions of the relationships he had with his grandfather and his eccentric aunt. What do they have to do with health? Read the book, and you will find out.
Drop Dead Healthy was such a fun read that I was sorry it ended. I had no idea that this book was going to be so funny. The only chapter that was not funny, oddly enough, was one about a laughing club. However, I thoroughly enjoyed all of the other laughs provided by this author and hope to pick up at least one more of his books soon. (