As Galley Cat pointed out earlier today, the NYT Book Review reveals its new format this week. It is slightly different, but still covers more non-fiction than fiction. Some columns’ names have been changed (‘Paperback Row’ instead of ‘New and Noteworthy Paperbacks’, etc. Why they felt the need to change this I don’t know) and the look is slightly different as well. What is new this week is the thorough bashing Joe Queenan gives A.J. Jacobs book The Know-It-All. “Deluded into believing that his enterprise has made him smarter, Jacobs constantly seeks to bedazzle the reader with his latest shocking discoveries, unaware that things he perceives as riveting arcana are common knowledge in many quarters.” Ow. “Far from becoming the smartest man in the world, Jacobs, at the end of his foolish enterprise, wouldn’t even be the smartest person at Entertainment Weekly.” Wow, that’s a kick in the crotch.