A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

3.93 AVERAGE

katharinearr's review against another edition

4.0
Appreciated the combination of memoir, trail history, and ecology lessons.

nickmbyers's review against another edition

4.0
SpoilerKind of disappointed they didn't end up hiking the whole thing
, but it was still a great read with a great mixture of first person narration of Bryson's travel and historical facts about the AT and surrounding geography, wildlife, etc.

shanders's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous funny relaxing slow-paced
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r_zoner's review against another edition

3.0
funny informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

holodecks's review against another edition

3.5
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lizapauterino's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous funny medium-paced

bridiemorgan's review against another edition

4.0
funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

whoareyou_whoamitoyou's review against another edition

3.75
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vandav's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous funny informative reflective medium-paced

lisa_fitz's review against another edition

5.0
I had to give this a 5 star review. I already found the subject matter interesting enough, being that I have a couple friends who did the AT, and being on the east coast I wanted to know more. All that I can say is that I learned a great amount, and was fully entertained. Especially the first half, maybe 2/3 of the book where the author and Katz are hiking. Laugh out loud funny! Like stop often and say "Honey, (laughs hysterically) Honey, listen to this..." and then not 5 minutes later doing it again b/c it's just so witty and charming you need to immediately share. Things drop a bit, obviously, when Katz flies home and Bryson is doing day hikes and espousing massive knowledge about wildlife, history of the trail etc, but then Katz re-enters and I clap wildly yay! Katz is back! I'll sorely miss being in their company. Will certainly be reading more of his books!!