Have you ever read a book by Bill Bryson?
What's YOUR favorite?
7.24.2012
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My favorite Bill Bryson book is "A Walk in the Woods."
ReplyDeleteI haven't read that one, Martina, but I've heard from several people who have. Would love to hear WHY you liked it so much!
DeleteI've only read two. I loved A Walk in the Woods, but Notes on a Small Island was amusing in small doses. Might be fun to read with all the attention focused on England this summer.
ReplyDeleteI read "Notes on a Small Island" when we were living in Botswana back in 2006. I think I might have appreciated it more if I had spent more time in the U.K. - but I don't think 6 days is enough to qualify. ;-) However, "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" made me snort, and I LOVED "In a Sunburned Country". "At Home" is also on my Bryson "to read" list.
DeleteI read The Mother Tongue and it was a nice witty look at language. Then I tried another of hsi, I think A History of Everything or something like that, and was bored stiff. Too self-important in his opinions and too self-aware in his attempts at wit, I think. A lot of people love everything he ever wrote, though. I've considered giving his Shakespeare book a shot. Have you read that one, Carrie?
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P.S. I followed you over from Anne's MMD site. Glad I did.
Great to have you here, Tim! Hope you'll come back to visit again.
DeleteRe: Bryson's books. I've read "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" {laughed out loud}, "Notes from a Small Island" {would probably have been funnier if I had spent more time in the U.K. - 6 days total doesn't really help}, and "In A Sunburned Country" {another Bryson book that made me laugh - a lot}.
I've got "Mother Tongue" on my bookshelf to read, and a friend has recommended "At Home". I think that, overall, Bryson can come across as self-aware and self-important, however, I like his streak of humor. In "Sunburned Country", there was a section about evolution that I didn't agree with, but that didn't make me like the book less. I can't say that I've loved everything he ever wrote {there are very few authors about which I can say that}, but I'm certainly willing to give most of them a try. You win some, you loose some. :-)