Book with an attitude

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I'm back to my reading mood these days, probably because of the rain. There's just something so languidly appealing about curling up on a couch with a good book and a nice cuppa tea while the world outside is cold and gray. So anyway, I recently came across a book around the house which was written by a certain Bill Bryson. I've never read any of his books before, nor have I heard of him before, but when I randomly picked one of the six titles lying around, Notes From A Small Island, what caught my attention was a statement from THE TIMES saying: "Not to be read in public, for fear of emitting loud snorts". That piqued my curiosity, and when I turned the book over and read the synopsis, I knew right then that I was goingto enjoy reading it. True to its reviews, I found the book so hilarious. Even when I was just reading through the prologue, I was already laughing out loud. This book, by the way, is not fiction. It's more like a journal of Bill Bryson. And if I'm not mistaken, his other books are like this one, as well. What makes his books -- well, at least this book anyway -- hilariously funny is not so much the stories he narrated (although they are quite funny in their own right) but it's got more to do with how he narrates it, with how he sees things. He has a certain way of describing something, that for some reason, will just crack you up! And he has this ability to look at things in a different, and FUNNIER perspective, which ordinarily, would have been seen in a less colorful light. I think it's got something to do with his opinions -- which are, by the way, scattered all over the book -- and his smart-and-sometimes-sarcastic humor in which he disperses his opinions. So to all you guys who would love a good laugh and at the same time be informed (of actual facts, by the way) go and check out Bill Bryson's books! Then get back to me and tell me how you find it.