Getting Into Guinness by Larry Olmsted

I've always enjoyed reading about the variouspoker session tale.
Guinness World Records, and because of this I foundThere are sections that are funny, some bizarre,
Larry Olmstead's "Getting Inot Guinness" enjoyable.some hard to believe, but definitely interesting. If you
The world of world records can be obsessive forare fascinated with the world of record breaking, you
those trying to break records and fascinating towill enjoy this book. If you're not fascinated with the
readers. I guess that is why the "The Guinness Bookworld of record breaking, you most likely would
of Records," after a couple name changes nownever read a book like this anyway. There are parts
"Guinness World Records" has been so popular.that are a bit dry or redundant, but there are still
For people that are fascinated with records, "Gettingenough interesting parts to keep you engaged. If you
Into Guinness: One Man's Longest, Fastest, Highestare thinking of doing something to join the ranks of
Journey Inside The World's Most Famous Recordthose listed in "Guinness World Records," you should
Book" will be a fun read. I especially liked the historyread this book first. It might not help you get listed,
of the book and learning a little about the text that Ibut it just might help you along the path. If not, you'll
read every year when young, and still take a peek atstill enjoy it anyway. Bottom line, it was fun and I
once in a while when I see one.enjoyed reading about some of the crazy and
It is also fun to read about Olmsted's journey towardimpressive records people have set and what it
record breaking with golf and especially his longesttakes to get there.