5 stars
This book is a reread for me but as it has been over a decade, I didn't quite remember how funny it is... or maybe I just empathize a lot more now that I am older. Almost twenty years ago, Bill Bryson decided to walk the Appalachian Trail. An endeavor that takes much preparation and months of hiking. Fortunately, he didn't have to do it alone. An old friend, Stephen Katz, volunteered to accompany him and the adventures of the two make for hilarious and touching reading. I am almost certain that Bryson and I have the exact same sense of humor because I laughed out loud some many times while reading this book that I stopped reading it in public. I really like how his experiences on the trail are intermixed with historical and ecological information. Since reading this book the first time, I have read almost all of Bryson's books and while I enjoyed them all, this still remains one of my favorite books of all time. As this book is being made into a movie, they have released a movie tie-in version which I received from the Blogging for Books program in exchange for an honest review.
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