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betsuni
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Callalily
(15,324 posts)1. This is great!
I've always loved Bill Bryson's writings.
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CurtEastPoint
(19,902 posts)2. I LOVE BB and have read all his books. Amazing writer and so damn funny.
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,485 posts)3. Which one of his books is this from?
One I don't seem to have read yet.
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betsuni
(28,888 posts)4. Oh no, I forgot to say where these quotes are from!
The first two are from "Notes From a Big Country" and the last "Neither Here Nor There."
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,485 posts)5. I've read both of them, but apparently long enough ago
that I absolutely didn't recognize the quotes.
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betsuni
(28,888 posts)6. I picked up the books to look for the quotes and next thing I know it's four hours later.
Still as funny as the first time, never gets old.
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bif
(26,776 posts)7. His latest is absolutely brill!
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