By Sarah Lyall. This was a funny and insightful book written by an American journalist who married a Brit and moved there. Each chapter has a theme about different aspects of British life. I didn't highlight any bits from it, just an overall entertaining book, and I learned a lot about life in the UK. Could be useful someday, you never know...
She ends with a section called "further reading." I'm just going to list some books here for future reference.
G Orwell essay England, Your England from The Lion and the Unicorn
Jeremy Paxman, The English: Portrait of a People.
A. A. Gill, The Angry Island: Hunting the British
Julian Barnes, England, England
Kate Fox, Watching the English
Roger Scruton, England: an Elegy
Marion Mainwaring, The Buccaneers
Evelyn Waugh, Scoop
I also finished reading the first Percy Jackson and the Olympians book (with Max, before bed each night) and a A&E Biography of J.K. Rowling I picked up at the library. Very interesting to read about authors and how the work.
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