What We're Readin' and Watchin'

Book and video reviews by the Lucy Robbins Welles Library staff. The public library of Newington, Connecticut.
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Monday, August 14, 2006

In a Sunburned Country


Title: In a Sunburned Country
Author: Bill Bryson

Go to Australia. Don't go to Australia. Bill Bryson alternately flamed my desire to see this interesting and diverse country/continent and then quickly threw buckets of water on it. His description of the warm and friendly people, the diverse landscape and the interesting sights made we want to pack my bag for a year and go to Australia. Then in the next sentence he dashes all my dreams and describes some unbearably poisonous creature. eewww!

As always Bryson is entertaining, funny and finds the most unusual places on his travels. Sit down with this great book and visit Australia at least you'll avoid the box jellyfish!

-vicky

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