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Sep. 8th, 2009 12:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
butterbobbinBook 54: Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson. 324pp
I found this a tad dull. I had high hopes because I love England so much and was hoping for something a little more dynamic... I can't really explain why it fell short for me. He seemed to gripe about a lot of things. Perhaps also because there was little interaction with another person (say, Katz of "A Walk in the Woods") to liven it up? I'm not sure.
It didn't make me feel like I wanted to go to England, though, by any means. If I hadn't already been there and fallen in love with the place, it might turn me off to the idea of ever bothering.
And it was very easy to put the book down... hence why it has taken me this long to get it read.
I found this a tad dull. I had high hopes because I love England so much and was hoping for something a little more dynamic... I can't really explain why it fell short for me. He seemed to gripe about a lot of things. Perhaps also because there was little interaction with another person (say, Katz of "A Walk in the Woods") to liven it up? I'm not sure.
It didn't make me feel like I wanted to go to England, though, by any means. If I hadn't already been there and fallen in love with the place, it might turn me off to the idea of ever bothering.
And it was very easy to put the book down... hence why it has taken me this long to get it read.