As I had already stated in my review of Bryson’s “The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid”, that I can safely divide my reading period between the periods before and after I had read Bill Bryson. And, after reading Down Under I realized that I have never read a travelogue as well as this. Earlier ...
Bryson's enjoyable peregrinations in Australia, which were not only enjoyable to read while there, but also gave me something to chat about with the Australians with whom I shared a table while on tour in the South Pacific. It's true--mention funnel webs or croc attacks and you won't have to say ano...
I've always liked Bill Bryson's writing, and "Bill Bryson Down Under" didn't disappoint. My grandma was Australian, but I didn't know anything about Australia apart from what I've learned by watching Home and Away. This book was full of interesting information and plenty of descriptions about the di...
In a Sunburned Country is a 4 Star, mostly humorous, romp through Australia. It is perhaps a little dated now, he traveled there in 1999. Still he brings to life a place most of us do not know much about. I laughed a lot; he has a self-deprecating and subtle way of expressing himself. You will get t...
Some authors have an amazing way with words, and Bill Bryson is definitely one of them. After a single false start, he proceeded to make me utterly homesick for a country I've in large part never visited at all (three weeks total in Cairns, Brisbane and Sydney is nowhere near enough). I learned a bu...
This was the first Bill Bryson book I ever picked up - and I loved it. He is hysterical, witty, observant, and even profound at times. This is ostensibly a book about Australia, but it's also about the people he meets and how they typify Australia, and just as much about him and his reactions to a...
My second book by Bill Bryson this month. I read them because my book club will be discussing various titles by Bryson this Tuesday but I have to say it was no hardship reading these two books.Bill Bryson has an original and funny way of looking at his surroundings and the people in it. A quality th...
Australia certainly has some strange history. Things you would never imagine happening anywhere else happen here. It truly is like the forgotten outpost of the world. But like Mr. Bryson said, that is entirely our loss. And he would be correct.I've never really wanted to visit Australia before. I f...
As always, Bryson impresses with his humor that manages to be informative at the same time. Highly recommended for those wanting to know more than is readily apparent or retrievable about Australia and, speaking as one from that country, contains tidbits of information that would mind-boggle even Au...
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