![]() ![]() This book is the humorous story of how the world failed to end. That’s what my partner (lovingly!) calls it when I laugh like I’m really enjoying something. I read this book while we were on holidays in Greece back in May, and I sat out on the veranda overlooking the Ionian Sea, reading this book and cackling to myself. I’m currently listening to Bill Bryson’s The Lost Continent on audiobook and honestly finding it really dull, while I remember reading Notes from a Small Island 15 years ago or so and finding it hilarious and charming – so the question is, did he just write the one funny book, or has my sense of humour changed? I’ll get back to that at some point – maybe. Maybe books are not as funny as they were in the 80s or 90s, or maybe I’m getting older and the sense of humour just doesn’t appeal to me any more. It’s rare for me these days to find a book I genuinely laugh out loud at, which in itself makes this book a treasure. Unless I’ve memorised it, like the Hitchhiker’s Guide. The curse and blessing of a poor memory is I can reread a book and be completely surprised by the contents just a few years later. ![]() I won’t say much about this one partly because it’s all been said before, but also because I’m about 6 months behind on reviewing it and while the overall positive sentiment prevails, the details by now escape me. ![]()
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