I am currently reading a Bill Bryson book, the lost continent . This is one of those "laugh out loud" books. Especially when he is writing about the Midwest where I grew up. He may be writing about Iowa but it is very much like Minnesota. The last book in this category (laugh out loud) was The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. I saw the movie too, but the book was so much better. I find this to be true many times as parts need to be cut to make it fit the time of the movie.
I just looked at my Google docs and found a file for books that have been recommend to me or that I learned about and thought I would like to read. It looks like there are about 40 on the list. Recently a friend, who works at a library, told be about her list of books to read. It was around 800. I doubt if either of us will get through our list.
Today G is going to a motorcycle show so that should give me time to read! Note that I am passing on that opportunity (the show).
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It's hard to think of anyone else besides Bryson who can write across such diverse categories- he writes excellent humor, science, travel, and history of language.
My only experience of reading a Bill Bryson book is 'The short history of nearly everything'. It took me ages to get through it. I note he has now produced 'A really short history of nearly everything'. My current read is 'The Long Song' by Andrea Levy. For me, it's a page turner,
I stopped keeping a list of books for that reason. I focus on digesting well what I read now.
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