A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

At times this book was laugh out loud funny.

So I didn’t finish it. I enjoyed it for a while until he got smug. I didn’t like how he talked about people he met as if he was superior to them. Also, with the way he talks about women (which is really not needed) this book is obviously geared towards men, which is a real shame.
Dear author, don’t you think women would want to read this book too? Apparently not.

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3.5. I read this on audiobook because I’ve been entirely too busy to sit down and read recently (woe is me). Part of my problem was the narrator was terrible. He was very wooden. Some of the humor still came through despite this and there were lots of interesting facts — underground coal deposits burning endlessly for decades, stories of the stupidity of moose, the chequered history of the NPS — but it all just fell a little flat. Especially since so many people I know seem to gush over Bill Bryson. I’ll probably read another one (In a Sunburned Country, maybe) to see if this one was a fluke. Here’s hoping!

Wasn’t a favorite of the book club but I quite enjoyed it. As a hiker, I enjoyed the historical context and factoids about the present day (well present as of 1996) challenges facing our parks and trails systems. It was simultaneously informative, charming, comedic, and self deprecating. The ending fell a bit flat and seemed rushed but overall it was a good read.