I am so very much in love right now with Bill Bryson. I just finished reading A Walk in the Woods : Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, and I loved every page. I consider myself a reasonably competent outdoorsy-type, but I was still inspired and awed as he described the simple beauty of this national treasure, score wih historical gems and poingant observations of the future of the AT. It didn’t hurt either that Bryson’s narrative was laugh-out-loud funny, and his hiking buddy Katz was not only a hoot, but also, indeed, a holler. It was, through and through, a joy to read.
As this is the only the latest in a long line of wonderful Bryson books I have recommended to others, he now joins Gary Paulsen and Jared Diamond in my personal literary “Hall of Fame.”
Other books by Bill Bryson (that Ms. G has read and LOVED!):
Short History of Nearly Everything
The Lost Continent : Travels in Small Town America
The Mother Tongue : English & How It Got That Way
