A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson

I know that every review of Bill's books says "he could make reading the history of the phone book entertaining!" but it's true that somehow he took a literal walk in the woods and had me urgently reading along. An entertaining twist was the old 'friend' who tagged along with him for the beginning of the journey. However it's his ability to dig out the ridiculous history of a small place or a forgotten endeavour and present it in such an engaging and funny manner that makes him my writing idol. With this book I began a list of page numbers for things that I found extremely satisfying (usually due to snorting laughter) and will continue that with any of his subsequent reads.

July 2013 (yes 2013, it's late!)

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