The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America

by Bill Bryson | Travel |
ISBN: 0060920084 Global Overview for this book

Registered by RidingReader of Thornton, Colorado USA on 7/18/2006

This book is in a Controlled Release!

5 journalers for this copy...

Journal Entry 1 by RidingReader from Thornton, Colorado USA on Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Snagged this at a local used bookstore... it's been on my cliff1976.com list for a while. I LOVE small town America and look forward to reading this.

Journal Entry 2 by RidingReader from Thornton, Colorado USA on Thursday, September 28, 2006

What a dingbat! I already had a copy of this book! That's happened more than once, I'm sorry to say. But hey, my duplication is just a great reason for a RABCK! I'll be mailing this out within the next few days to an unsuspecting Bookcrosser in WA. I LOVE Cliff's Wish List and RABCK.com! :)

Journal Entry 3 by RidingReader at -- By Hand Or Post, Ray/Ring, RABCK in Jacksonville, Florida USA on Thursday, October 5, 2006

Released 17 yrs ago (10/5/2006 UTC) at -- By Hand Or Post, Ray/Ring, RABCK in Jacksonville, Florida USA

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A RABCK to an unsuspecting reader across the continent from where I live. :)

Journal Entry 4 by thegoaliegirl from Vancouver, Washington USA on Wednesday, October 18, 2006

What a complete surprise to receive this book in the mail! I can't tell you how excited I am that you sent this! It is now on top of my TBR pile (after a bookring). Thanks so much for surprising me with this book. You really made my day!

Journal Entry 5 by thegoaliegirl from Vancouver, Washington USA on Tuesday, October 31, 2006

I really enjoyed this book. It was fun and while it was kind of random at times, it was a fun read. I really enjoyed it. I always love his travel books, so this was fun. I'd only been to some of the places that he went to and mentioned in this book. I'd actually been to more of the ones in Europe in another one of his books (Neither here nor there I believe)... Thanks for sharing this with me.

Journal Entry 6 by thegoaliegirl from Vancouver, Washington USA on Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Time for this book to travel... going out as a RABCK... Happy travels!

Journal Entry 7 by msjoanna from Columbia, Missouri USA on Tuesday, February 27, 2007

What a great surprise! Thanks so much for sending it.

Journal Entry 8 by msjoanna from Columbia, Missouri USA on Thursday, March 8, 2007

The moment this arrived in my apartment, it was snatched up by my husband. He's been laughing so hard while reading it and reading passages aloud to me that I'm looking forward to it even more. He's nearly done with it now, so I should get my chance soon.

Journal Entry 9 by msjoanna from Columbia, Missouri USA on Wednesday, December 5, 2007

I enjoyed this book despite its datedness and its flaws. Yes, Bryson is a crotchety traveler who makes fun of most of what he sees. Yes, he fawns over the homes of the rich and seems to like natural beauty, but is rapidly bored by the small towns he deliberately set out to visit. No, this isn't great literature. But, somehow, I find him endearing anyway and this book worked for me. I thought Bryson was basically funny and even found myself laughing out loud a few times.

I'll be posting this to AlterEgoZoe, who is putting together an m-bag for catsalive. The book is promised to catsalive from the August Armchair Travel Swap over at Book Obsessed. (mailed 12/14/07)