I have been a fan of the Ripley’s Believe It or Not since I was little girl. I have visited their locations in Myrtle Beach, SC and Toronto, Canada and totally enjoyed them. Unfortunately, I have not been able to take my kids to these awesome locations. When I was given the chance to review the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Book Reality Shock, I jumped at it!
I love how this book is divided up into different sections instead of mixing everything together. It’s broken down into world, animals, sports, human bodies, pop culture, transport, feats, art, food, and beyond belief. This book was even more enjoyable than I figured it would. I love reading these interesting facts. My kids enjoyed them as much as I did. I even got Del interested in a few facts.
Del and I have gone to Perkins in Summerville, SC as our restaurant of choice for ages, but then we went one day and it was GONE. It was replaced with the Mellow Mushroom. I’ve heard from MANY people in Summerville that this new place is a really good place to eat. I haven’t had the pleasure of going there, but I was tickled pink to see that they were mentioned in this book. Their tie-dye cheesecake literally caused someone to go into shock.
I don’t want to give away too much from this book that captured our attention. I assure you though that there is something for everyone’s interests in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Reality Shock! I literally was going from one person to the next reading off different sections of this book with them. Everyone was in amazement over something! I would recommend this for anyone who loves to read unique facts. I know that it will be one of those books that is picked up many times over. Plus the information we learned definitely makes for good conversation too.
You can enter to win this book on my blog by clicking HERE.
Also, If you visit Ripley’s website you can earn your chance to win this book before it hits the stores on September 9, 2014 for $21.11. You can find more information by checking out Ripley’s Believe It or Not’s website. You can also connect with them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.
What is the most interesting thing you’ve seen in your life?
These books are always shocking, I collect them and love reading them!
Do you have this one yet? I really like this book a lot.
My son would love this book! So many unusual things.
It’s true your son would love it.
This sounds like it would be a fun book to sit and look through with my daughter.
It is a really good book. Of course, I love seeing all of these interesting facts.
My kids love any books like these! They go around spouting the facts and trying to one up each other on the odd things they know.
My kids do the same thing. It’s fun to show off your knowledge on things that people normally don’t know.
I remember these books from when I was a kid! Me and my brothers would have a blast finding the weirdest and grossest facts! Thanks for sharing; it was a blast from the past!
I’m glad I was able to give you a blast from the past.
My boys would love this book. They really enjoy Ripley’s Believe it or Not.
I’m confident they would too. 🙂
My daughter would totally love this! She enjoys Ripley’s Believe it or Not.
I recommend you get it.
I love the books much as I love their museums. I went to one in Branson, MO last year. Such a fun experience!
I am glad to hear you had the chance to check out the Branson, MO location. I would love to go to that one too.
We’ve always enjoyed visiting Ripley’s locations as well. My husband and I went to the one in Orlando on our honeymoon – I have some great pictures from it! The book sounds like it would be great for kids and adults who enjoy learning about the oddities of life and circumstances!
I am totally enjoying it. It mad for a great break today to share some new tidbits of information with them. (They hadn’t had the chance to read the whole book with me.)
My first graders love these. I need to get this new one for my classroom!
Oh my goodness, you’re students would love you for it.
This looks like a fun book to have. I’ll have to check it out.
I hope that you do. I hope you entered my giveaway for it.
I’ve got to get this one, since my son has every single Ripley’s Believe It Or Not books. He loves them!
This is such a great book. I am a huge Ripley’s fan so I was thrilled to be one of the ones able to review this. Don’t miss your chance to enter the giveaway.
The kids would be enamored with this book. They love the bizarre and strange.
I know they would be too. I hope you entered the giveaway to win this awesome book.
Some of the things in these books freak me out but my boys love them!
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