Review:Starts out fun...but

After a while it just sounds like the author is ranting

Yelling

Telling us to get our sht together

Takeaway: Any sort of motivational or comedic effect the author is intending wears off quickly Read more

Review:Both my mother and I laughed several times reading this. This has an amusing premise and the descriptions of small town Texas is very accurate.
This is a fun read although if one is quite devout or devoid of humor I would avoid it. I'm anxiously awaiting book 5. Read more

Review:Bill Bryson's idea of "discovering" America is driving a few hundred miles to a new city each day, and stepping no more than 25 paces away from his car. No wonder he's so bitter over everything he finds! Everything he sees is covered with concrete, greasy spoon restaurants and annoying tacky tourists. We don't get any useful information about any place he visits, only cynical commentary on the local fat people, or obnoxious tourist trap. There are a few funny moments, but most of his writing... Read more

Review:What a pleasant trip through some of the more interesting quirks of our language. I even learned a few new things, and I was an English major, then teacher. Bryson has an easy, casual style that makes for fun reading even when the subject is academic. Read more

Review:He's Bill Bryson: it's going to be hilarious. I think the people who are taking offense to the book have forgotten that the voice he writes with is genuine and very much his own. Sure, the cities he visits and their inhabitants are portrayed as caricatures, but I'm just grateful he does not hesitate to make fun of himself either. If you're looking for a more comprehensive, lyrical version of Lonely Planet, look elsewhere. Read more

Review:If you are a fan of trivial and unusual American history, this is the book for you. Bill Bryson delivers little-known facts about the birth and cultivation of American English with his usual unfailing wit. Enjoy! Read more

Review:This book takes on an interesting point of view, but its sole quality is the descriptive power of the author. This alone will should not create a classic. Naked Lunch is read and applauded simply because of its unconventional approach, and not for its content. It has been considered controversial ever since the first printing, and is still admired solely for that reason. If you needed to read the entire book through to get his simple message, then you probably never got it, anyway. If this b... Read more

Review:Thank you Oscar Wilde!! I loved reading this book while waiting in line for the Toronto Film Festival movies to start..... I have so many nuggets from my recent indulgence of Oscar Wilde's witty, fun, original, and rhythmical play, "The Importance of Being Earnest".

Every phrase and expression is a thought worth enjoying and applying to our life today. The play on words, the glittering conversation, the unexpected turn of phrases, it's deliciously clever and a classic it remains forever. ... Read more

Review:In his novel, Next, Michael Crichton, M.D., attacks, demonizes and mocks genetic scholars, politicians, judges, religious leaders, science journals, universities, bio tech firms, venture capitalists, physicians, hospital administrators, lawyers, bounty hunters and, of course, the media.

Fans of The Da Vinci Code, which attacks the Catholic Church, mocks its bishops and priests and questions its history and holdings, will love Next.

Like The Da Vinci Code, Crichton's Next is a quick... Read more

Review:I'll keep this short and sweet. This book is laugh out loud funny. It's crude, vulgar, obscene, and it'll have you turning pages long into the night laughing like an idiot. Shane, with his dry sarcasm and complete apathy towards life, is one of my new favorite anti-heroes. This book is HIGHLY recommended!! Read more