Why would you say that?
“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.
Re #59:
Fiction far outsells nonfiction. Even if you take into account that FReepers are more political than the your average reader in the U.S. you still have a ratio of nonfiction over fiction on this thread that’s a little hard to swallow.
I’m reminded of the book A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. It was a best seller yet, according to even the publisher, most people who bought it never read it or only read a small portion before they put it on their bookshelves and went back to their Stephen King or Diana Gabaldon.