History Non fiction?

greenwitch
Fri, 09 Oct 2015 02:39:14 +0000

The Bill Bryson book “Notes from a Small Island” is read by a professional comedian, or at least he’s as good as one! I was in hysterics several times. Considering the pronunciation jokes at one point, it is better than reading it. There’s lots of history, geography, and of course, culture, in that book. There are memorable phrases like “an outsize pustule” regarding a bad building and, “my stomach gurgling happily like a beaker in a laboratory” after a good meal of Indian food.

OTOH, I tried to listed to his book “A Brief History of Everything” and the guy sounded so old, British, and dry, that I couldn’t pay attention at all.

Find readers that you like and look for their other works. Another one I remember read a few by Elmore Leonard including “The Hot Kid”. He was great!