I HATED this book and would give it zero stars if I could. It's superficial, silly, and by no means worthy of the Beatles. The worst part of the book, though, is the absolute contempt that the author holds for Yoko Ono. I can understand not liking Yoko; many don't. But he is merciless: denigrating her art, mocking her writing, and making fun of her every chance he gets. Much of it is misogyninstic and quite frankly racist. In one passage he "quotes" her as saying "All audience get in bus. Then all people in bus allowed to come and open door..." Basically using an Asian stereotype style of speaking. Anyone who has ever heard Yoko speak knows she does not do this and is quite articulate (she's lived in the UK or the US most of her 88 years).

The author should be ashamed of himself for such writing and I can't believe that an editor or publisher would publish something like this, especially in this day and age. He also takes her to task for embellishing the story of when she and John met. John, who he often mentions doing similar embellishments, gets a pass for doing the same thing. It's an unfair treatment of someone integral to the Beatles' story and no one else in the book is treated like this. It left such a bad taste in my mouth I almost put the book down then and there. Just disgusting.

I have been working on this book for a while. Lots of back stories here. I learned so much about my boys-the Beatles. They were so talented. Can't help but think that they could have doubled or tripled their contributions to the world. Lots of distractions. This group plus many fine R&B singers provided the background music for my teenage years. Loved them. Still do.

A varied and entertaining collection of anecdotes and experiences of The Beatles, usually from an outsider perspective.

When reading an ebook, I often miss how large it is. Had I known the volume of this tome, I might have treated it more like a coffee table book. The stories seem better suited to being randomly flipped to and read in a spare moment, instead of straight-through as I have done. They are chronological, however, so it wasn't as jarring as it could have been.

The stories range from insights into the Fab Four's private lives to observations on the impact of fame to just strange and wonderful tales about fandom. Unfortunately, they range in quality almost as much. I did appreciate when the author included himself in some of the stories, and I delighted in what appeared to be his complete disdain of Yoko Ono.

This isn't a book for someone looking to learn about The Beatles for the first time; but it is an enjoyable experience for those relatively familiar with them who are looking for some less-heard tales.

150 tid-bits about my favourite band…. some I already knew, some I didn’t and some I really didn’t need to know.

Chapter 148 is just wack! I mean, why even write this???

Sometimes prosaic, sometimes misanthropic, but also sometimes inspired: Brown's series of vignettes about the Beatles is at its best when the Fab Four themselves are characters passing through other people's lives, while the writing focuses on what they left in their wake--usually chaos, but sometimes happiness. Fair warning, he absolutely hates Yoko Ono, but his dislike is so cleverly expressed that it's a fun read. He's at his weakest when grousing about the cottage industry that has sprung up around tours of Beatles sites, especially when he insists on transcribing non-English-speaking accents phonetically, always a cheap ploy in my opinion. But there are many witty, fascinating, and sometimes deeply moving bits to this collection of bits and bobs about the Beatles.

I found this book in hardback form for $3 in a thrift shop. It was like new and most likely never read. The Beatles have been so chronicled over the years which has me reading books about them while looking for new tidbits, new stories or stories repeated but with new info. This book has those stories.

I love the conceit of these books, but this one is not nearly as good as the Princess Margaret book. He's got such a clear dislike of John and a hatred of Yoko that he ought to have copped to it from the start.

It’s an interesting book with hilarious moments. It’s probably the first time in years that I’ve learned something I didn’t know about the Beatles. Yet, the chapters where the author wrote about his visits to Liverpool museums annoyed me. These “glimpses” seemed out of place and appeared insignificant. But it was refreshing to read that book rather than a chronological biography filled with stories the fans know by heart.

Oh, dear. I LOVED the audio version of 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown and was excited to listen to 150 Glimpses of the Beatles. But between the annoying narrations and the overabundance and triviality of fan memories, I couldn't get through even half of it. It wasn't only the imitations of the voices of the individual Beatles that made me cringe; the American accents were truly terrible, not only for the unknown fans but also for voices most listeners know, like Fran Lebowitz's and Yoko Ono's.

Perhaps the print version would less annoying than the audio -- easier to skim past the trite parts, at least.