Notes from a Small Island
Librarian Note: This is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 10: 0552996009 "Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to say, all of it." After nearly two decades spent on British soil, Bill Bryson - bestselling author of The Mother Tongue and...
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Librarian Note: This is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 10: 0552996009 "Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to say, all of it." After nearly two decades spent on British soil, Bill Bryson - bestselling author of The Mother Tongue and Made in America-decided to return to the United States. ("I had recently read,"
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Publisher: Black Swan
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Series: Notes from a Small Island (#1)
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson chronicles the walking expedition that the author took across Great Britain right before he moved back to the United States. I loved how his enjoyment of the countryside (particularly Yorkshire) came through in his beautiful descriptions. If he had only stuck...
I've come to the conclusion that I can't read/listen to too many Bryson books back-to-back. It's very much like travelling with someone for too long: eventually they start doing things that get on your nerves. Overall I enjoyed the book, and there are several additional places in England that I'd...
Just re-read this on audio, so to speak. Still made me laugh out loud although some of the comments are a bit dated now. The American narrator does pronounce a number of placenames badly. “Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain - which is to say, all of...
Predictably, practically useless as a metric for tourism in England. Bill is in such familiar territory that he unfurls his self-centred self in full, spending whole pages describing the organizational skills of his favorite hotel and insulting anonymous people who crossed him 20 years ago. Still ex...
An enjoyable romp around England from an Americans perspective.The author has lived here for a while, and was due to return to the States so went on one last tour around.Laugh out loud funny in places, in others he can belabour a point, but overall a good read.
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