Reviews

Alien Hand Syndrome and Other Too-Weird-Not-To-Be-True Stories by Alan Bellows, Jason Bellows

intplibrarian's review

4.0

If you like websites like Mental Floss and Damn Interesting, this book is definitely for you. Since I'm really into that kind of trivia, I'd heard of most of the phenomena listed in the book, but there were some I hadn't heard of before, which is a nice surprise, and even the entries I already was familiar with were good reads.[return][return]I've passed the book on to my 66 year old mom after convincing her she'd be interested in it. She, in turn, has unsuccessfully tried to pass it on to a friend of hers who would love it. The problem is the title and the cover art. I guess it looks too National Enquirer and not Believe It or Not.[return][return]So, I guess what I'm trying to say is that if the cover or title are putting you off, give the book a chance! It's a lot of fun and you want someone you know to have read it, too, so you can talk about it with someone.