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Summary: A Crowd Pleaser
Review: I teach high school special ed and my kids love when I ask them questions from this book. It gives them an opportunity to discuss issues that may otherwise not come up. As a teacher, it can give you great insight into your kids and allows a higher order of thinking. It creates a relaxing atmosphere and no one is wrong! CAUTION: Use discretion. I censor many of the questions or substitute to make it age-appropriate.
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Summary: Excellent conversation material
Review: I think this, as well as Dr. Stock's other question books, are wonderful for stimulating conversation between friends and those whom you are getting to know as friends.
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Summary: Conversation starter
Review: I thought this book, the book of questions, was a great book filled with beginning conversations. Gregory Stock asked questions from a large variety. From passion, friends, family and life itself. If you are looking for a conversation with yourself, friends, family or even strangers this book is the perfect beginning to a conversation with great intellect.
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Summary: Useful for journal writing in a composition class
Review: I use questions from this book as journal writing assignments at the beginning of my developmental writing class. Then I ask students to read their answers. The questions provoke wonderful discussion icebreakers. Even unenthusiastic and fearful writers find they have something to write about and perhaps go on to more confident writing as they learn they have a voice.I have recommended The Book of Questions to writing teachers everywhere.
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Summary: A relationship builder
Review: I'm in my forties and several months ago I met a great man who introduced this book early on in our relationship. We have committed time to reading and answering questions with each other so we have been able to get to know each other much faster and deeper than many people in relationships. And when you're in your forties, you don't have the luxury of time to do this! I've given the book to all my friends- single and married. Try it! And actively use the one on Love and Sex. It's well worth the price!
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Summary: Good Source of Conversation Topics
Review: I've used this book in my 4th grade classroom to prompt discussions. Many of the questions featured are pulled out of everyday life situations. --"What would you buy if you received a gift of $50,000 under the condition that you had to spend it all immediately?" Fourth graders would give you a "Christmas wish list" within 20 seconds. --"Which one of your senses would you miss the most if you lost it?" I can't believe anyone would give an answer other than "sight", but I was proven wrong on that one.Many of the questions listed here are simplistic, and nobody would have a hard time to come up with half of what is asked here, so the originality is not quite up to par. Of much greater concern to me are some "risque" questions focusing on sexuality, drug use and other very controversial topics. I certainly couldn't ask a 4th grader "what was your most satisfying experience with drugs?" or "have you ever had a sexual fantasy involving someone of your own sex?" Such questions are more befitting a stag party or even a bridal shower, but are certainly not suitable for "mixed company". I got plenty of mileage out of this book, but always felt like I had to "preview" the questions before I dared to read them out loud.****
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Summary: Others question book are imitations of this one
Review: If you could wake up tomorrow having acquired any skill or trait, what would it be? Would you like to know the precise date of your death? Questions like this ........................ make this book worth owning. I have 3 copies. I use it for long road trips by myself or with friends. (I have a first-run 10 year old copy in the glove box) Also acts as a great way to steer those lunchtime co-worker conversations from company politics to something more interesting. The companion Book of Questions About Love and Sex is a must-have. The Kids Book of Questions is not worth the ... price tag.
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Summary: a conversation starter
Review: If you have problems with topics for conversation keep this gem handy. There are some questions that are sure to peak everyone's talking bug. Some light hearted topics that will keep you talking for plenty of hours. Serious, humorous, thought provoking
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Summary: A useful book for composition teachers.
Review: In addition to being conversation-starters, the questions in this book can be a real boon to English composition teachers whose students complain that they "don't have anything to write about."
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Summary: You'll find yourself fascinating
Review: It's a little odd to try to rate a book that doesn't really have any content per se; it is simply filled with questions for YOU. How interesting you find the book, then, depends on how deeply you want to delve into yourself. The questions deal with everything from personal tastes and desires (such as whether you would prefer the free, unlimited services of an extremely good cook, chauffeur, housekeeper, masseuse, or personal secretary for five years), to personal behavior (when was the last time you sang to yourself, and to someone else? do you tend to listen or talk more in conversations?), to fascinating and challenging hypotheticals (what you would do if you could successfully wish people dead without getting caught, or whether you would leave the country forever for a million dollars -- although that was worth a bit more when this book first appeared, 13 years ago). The questions are nicely arranged in no particular order, so each turn of the page brings a surprise and a shift, from mere daydreams to extreme tests of personal values. It might make a great conversation starter -- I seem to recall discussing some of the questions and answers with my girlfriend at the time -- but some questions may be a little uncomfortable among relative strangers. If you keep a journal (or perhaps if you've had difficulty doing so), this book is an excellent spur to writing and thereby learning a little more about yourself. I answered most of these questions in my journal when I first got this book in about 1988, and I think perhaps now might be a good time to answer them all again (before reading what I wrote so long ago) and see how my answers compare. I recommend this activity to anyone....
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