monkey nonsense

so as part of my 1001 day project, i wanted to read more. i remember after graduating a couple of years ago, i discovered the public library. i seriously hadn’t been to a library for like… 10 years! i remember trying to find books to read only to find myself in the kids/teen section reading books i read in elementary school because those were the only ones of interest. (ok ok… there was also pledged, great book! oh yeah! and paris hilton’s “biography”… i can’t believe i put myself on a waiting list to get that book. actually, i can’t believe my old roommate did too! that means our address was on the list twice!!) so i wanted to become more literate, hence #36 - Join a book club or read at least one book a month. so i didn’t end up joining a book club… too much work. and i haven’t been reading a book a month. but i have been reading!!

on the suggestion of geoffrey the giraffe pimp masta g funk, i got a couple of bill bryson books. he’s a travel writer. i never really knew there was such a thing but apparently there is. i’m a stranger here myself: notes on returning to america after 20 years away isn’t a travel book. it’s a random collection of observations bryson has on america. having lived in england for a long time before coming back to the states, he compares british and american cultures. he picks up on every day quirks about america and its citizens… that seem completely random. he has a pretty funny sense of humor. some times it comes off a bit much (like when chandler got annoyingly oversarcastic on friends), but i think overall, i found the book amusing. one of my favorites is when he talks about cupholders he mentions slurpees in that one!

hoping to read his a walk in the woods next. i heard that’s his best book.

got any book recommendations? i’m always looking for things to read!