Hi, my name is Carrie Slager and I’m a bathroom reader.

There, I’ve just admitted it and I realize that I don’t want to be cured.  So, like Shaun in Deadline, I’m going to nurture my madness and to heck with what other people think.  What to know what the best books are for bathroom reading?  Read on!

1.  Any of the Bathroom Reader series.

This is what started it all: a birthday present from my uncle.  He gave me a Bathroom Reader and I’ve never looked back.  Each of the numerous books the Bathroom Reader’s Institute produces is filled with bizarre trivia that is conveniently divided into sections depending on how long each article is.  Some articles are only one side of a page while the longest are three or four pages.  Along the bottom of each page are little ‘running feet’, which are basically random facts for you to spout at parties to impress everyone. Continue reading →