@izzythepush,
late tangent, re Bill Bryson..
I liked Walk in the Woods. Which is why I picked up the next two books -
I was aggravated by his making fun of people in Iowa.
In another book, I found his insults re the British not particularly funny.
Not that I can't take insults flying around often or at least sometimes funny, I'm at a2k, after all, but that they were, to me then, insulting while not being funny, creating a load of dead spaces, and triggered memories of spending a week in Iowa in my late teens. Plus I was insulted for Swimpy of A2k, good woman.
That was a while ago. If I ever see those books again, I'll check out if I still feel similarly grumpy.
