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To: ScreamingFist

“Most of the posters here are either liars or duller than a rope.

Why would you say that?”

I was wondering the same thing - what would be the point of looking up obscure book titles and authors and posting notes about them on this thread? Honestly.

I have recently discovered Bill Bryson, humorist, and reading a few of his books. African Diary, A Walk In The Woods, and I’m A Stranger Here Myself.

He can be very funny but he does have an ugly edge to him, a la Andy Rooney. One of the many who love the results of a Christian culture but like to insult Christianity from time to time.

He can go for several chapters without doing so, so I read and occasionally laugh out loud, but, his nasty layer does disturb the total enjoyment.

The best one so far has been I’m a Stranger Here Myself, but, he does make ignorant comments about gun control in it.


76 posted on 03/29/2011 10:32:00 AM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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To: Persevero

The reason I said that is on post #79. I like Bill Bryson too, but you’re right, he is a big lib.


82 posted on 03/29/2011 10:36:37 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (What, if not a bagel and coffee, confirms the existence of a just and loving God?)
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To: Persevero
what would be the point of looking up obscure book titles and authors and posting notes about them on this thread

I can't imagine. I read everything, even Barbara Cartland romances, but I rarely list the pulp fiction on the "What are you reading?" thread because I'm finished with it so quickly. What I *was* reading includes murder mysteries and Westerns, but what I *am* reading is politics and religion and travel: one in the bedroom, one in the living room, and one following me around the other rooms.

85 posted on 03/29/2011 10:39:53 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nadie me ama como Jesus.)
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