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Jacobs, A. J.: The guinea pig diaries (2009, Simon & Schuster) 4 stars

A.J. explores the big issues of our time--happiness, dating, morality, marriage--by immersing himself in eye-opening …

Review of 'The guinea pig diaries' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

This autobiographical book is a collection of experiences of the author as he puts himself through all sort of new or just different experiences. These include: managing his gorgeous nanny's contacts on an online dating site and screening potential dates for her; trying to live by the rules that George Washington lived by; trying not to multitask at all for a month; outsourcing his life to India for a month; attempting to be perfectly honest for a month; and more. It's a short book and a quick read, consistently amusing and occasionally enlightening. More people should try experiments like this. I'd rate it higher, but I was disappointed how short it is, and I felt the author touched each subject a bit shallowly, it just felt as if there could have been more to it. Still, an enjoyable and occasionally thought-provoking read.