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Jan 08, 2012jbeckber rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I've been referring to the BBC's list of the 100 books everyone should read in their lifetime, and this was on it. I'm not sure why actually; it seems to be more of a travel book and no real literary masterpiece to me, but then perhaps it is the BBC being egocentric about the UK? Bill Bryson is an American writer who has lived extensively in Great Britain and took a tour of the "small island" before moving with his family back to the US. The writing is delightfully funny, and made me think fondly on my few trips to the UK. I especially liked the fact that on this trip he went over to Calais to cross into Dover as he had the very first time he entered the UK. It made me think of the first time I made that crossing, as a university exchange student in France accompanying a bunch of British friends home for the Toussaints holidays.