Never Shower in a Thunderstorm

Never Shower in a Thunderstorm: Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths About our Health & the World we Live in - Anahad O'Connor 

From Amazon: "For more than two years, the New York Timess science and health columnist Anahad OConnor has tracked down the facts, fictions, and occasional fuzziness of old wives tales, conventional-wisdom cures, and other medical mysteries. Now in this lively and fun book, he opens up his case files to disclose the experts answers on everything, from which of your bad habits you can indulge (yo-yo dieting does not mess up your metabolism and sitting too close to the television does not hurt your eyes) to what foods actually pack the punch advertised (you can lay off the beet juice!). A compendium of answers to the curious and nagging questions of how to keep healthy, Never Shower in a Thunderstorm will provide guidance and amusement to anyone who has ever wondered if the mosquitoes really are attacking her more than everyone else. (Yes, they are.)"

Not the most exciting book I've read, but I suppose not the worst either. Sort of like mythbusters, but for old wives tales and myths. Unfortunately, it involves mostly health, with much less blowing up. It was fast to read because it was just a few pages on each question. I suppose I'd recommend it to someone who wanted to know the answers to these weird questions, but really, there's many better books out there...