On April 19 we will be discussing A Walk In the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson. This is the One Book, One Community selection for the Allegheny County Library Association. I listened to this book while I was driving from Pittsburgh to western North Carolina. As the book is about the Appalachian Trail and I was driving along side much of it, this was a perfect listen. It is funny and informative. These days, most authors have their own web site. Bryson has two: UK Books At Transworld and U.S. Random House.
A summary of the Book Group reactions are entered following the discussion under comments.
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Everybody enjoyed this book! We got a few new members to the book group as a result and that is always a plus. One reader thought the writer embellished overmuch. The group member felt strongly enough to send me a message "If a book is presented to me as a true account, I want it to be all true. I don't like wondering what's true and what's made up." This is a valid point. I once attended a library conference in which Narrative non-fiction was discussed in detail. For those who are interested may wish to examine this further. Edward Humes discusses it in his website: http://www.edwardhumes.com/articles/narrative.shtml
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