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betsuni

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Thu Dec 8, 2016, 09:24 AM Dec 2016

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This is great! Callalily Dec 2016 #1
I LOVE BB and have read all his books. Amazing writer and so damn funny. CurtEastPoint Dec 2016 #2
Which one of his books is this from? PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #3
Oh no, I forgot to say where these quotes are from! betsuni Dec 2016 #4
I've read both of them, but apparently long enough ago PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #5
I picked up the books to look for the quotes and next thing I know it's four hours later. betsuni Dec 2016 #6
His latest is absolutely brill! bif Dec 2016 #7

Callalily

(14,885 posts)
1. This is great!
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 09:35 AM
Dec 2016

I've always loved Bill Bryson's writings.

CurtEastPoint

(18,552 posts)
2. I LOVE BB and have read all his books. Amazing writer and so damn funny.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 10:01 AM
Dec 2016

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,750 posts)
3. Which one of his books is this from?
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 02:54 PM
Dec 2016

One I don't seem to have read yet.

betsuni

(25,134 posts)
4. Oh no, I forgot to say where these quotes are from!
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 04:30 PM
Dec 2016

The first two are from "Notes From a Big Country" and the last "Neither Here Nor There."

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,750 posts)
5. I've read both of them, but apparently long enough ago
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 09:12 PM
Dec 2016

that I absolutely didn't recognize the quotes.

betsuni

(25,134 posts)
6. I picked up the books to look for the quotes and next thing I know it's four hours later.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 09:30 PM
Dec 2016

Still as funny as the first time, never gets old.

bif

(22,560 posts)
7. His latest is absolutely brill!
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 12:50 PM
Dec 2016
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