tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post3845441400751580164..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: Devouring Books: Stephen Fry in AmericaLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-70865252356708781052011-09-30T17:39:03.936+01:002011-09-30T17:39:03.936+01:00@Frances- My love for Sweden comes very close to m...@Frances- My love for Sweden comes very close to my love for America, I wouldn't even like to choose a winner... but I'd take either nationality right now!<br /><br />@Red and Alice- I don't massively need history from a city because, please, my whole country's crawling with it... it's kind of exhausting. I feel like college kids are annoying anywhere really, especially when they're new- although I, of course, wasn't annoying AT ALL as a student... I'm basically going to say that NYC is better than both Boston and Chicago with absolutely nothing to back me up and wait for virtual things to be thrown at me... heheLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-68600801826406979132011-09-30T15:16:32.222+01:002011-09-30T15:16:32.222+01:00Alice is right, the college kids are super annoyin...Alice is right, the college kids are super annoying (saying this, having been a Boston college student). Avoid Boston between Sept 1 and Nov 1. That's when it's the worst. Especially avoid Boston on Sept 1. It's like the entire city moves that day so there are just traffic jams and crap on the sidewalk everywhereRedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-26964824038663470192011-09-30T14:25:12.044+01:002011-09-30T14:25:12.044+01:00You know we really need to be Swedish!You know we really need to be Swedish!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889220731638919659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-44883628758912575612011-09-30T14:13:02.533+01:002011-09-30T14:13:02.533+01:00Boston might be cooler than Chicago...but soooo ma...Boston might be cooler than Chicago...but soooo many annoying college students. We're more of an atmospheric city than a 'there's lots of cool stuff to do here' city. Although I guess the Art Institute's good, and our architecture's supposed to be all differenty downtown. But Boston's got a TON more history.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-39520106961462155522011-09-29T20:42:33.980+01:002011-09-29T20:42:33.980+01:00@Jenn- I'm up for switching nationalities, for...@Jenn- I'm up for switching nationalities, for reals! There is literally nothing in England though, so have fun with that :). Stephen King land would literally make me die of horror, so I definitely wouldn't be able to go there- but it would be sort of cool hehe<br /><br />@Alice- YESSSSSS! I am so there. England is soo teeny weeny, I feel like Florid might even be bigger... and I know it's 1/5 the size of Texas and that's just one state! The crazy hugeness of America! State by State sounds really good too, I'm so clearly going to have to read it- Stephen Fry's book/documentary series is super awesome (obviously I think so) and you should definitely find them and revel in his posh English love of the US hehe<br /><br />@Red- I am interested in Boston, it just sort of got missed off my list because I didn't necessarily think the rest of Massachusetts was that interesting... And while I sort of feel the same about Illinois, Chicago kind of sounds cooler to me (ARGH, so many offensive things in one sentence!) But yes, Boston! I definitely am interested in that Bryson book now- I have quite a few of his books but always pass over them for something else which is very very bad. So, yeah. <br /><br />Yay America, basically guys. I should have so written this review for the fourth of July and just renounced my allegiance to Great Britain at the same time...Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-27492314867705396372011-09-29T17:38:09.497+01:002011-09-29T17:38:09.497+01:00Having lived there for almost a decade, I'd sa...Having lived there for almost a decade, I'd say Boston is worth a visit. Especially if you make your trek to Stephen King land eventually :)<br /><br />You might be interested in Bill Bryson's Notes from a Big Country (or I'm a Stranger Here Myself. Same book, different title). It's a bunch of columns he wrote for Day & Night magazine about AmericaRedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-23204556831918756292011-09-29T17:36:53.515+01:002011-09-29T17:36:53.515+01:00Yes! Come to Chicago! You can stay on my couch. ;)...Yes! Come to Chicago! You can stay on my couch. ;) <br /><br />The main thing I've heard from friends overseas who've come here is that it's hard to realize how huge the country is. Especially since England's something along the lines of the size of Florida. :D But YES, I love how varied things are. Makes me all proud and whatnot. Plus we have our weirdass state vs. national thing, so people have these loose allegiances to the state they live in, but yet we're all Americans? It gets complicated in my head.<br /><br />There's a book I'm reading now called State by State, which is a series of essays about each state, talking about how they're different. They're all written by different authors. Totally interested in Stephen Fry's take, though.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-72411586963149285022011-09-29T17:28:06.921+01:002011-09-29T17:28:06.921+01:00I need to read this book. Coincidentally, I wish I...I need to read this book. Coincidentally, I wish I had been born English or French. Not that living in the States is bad persay, but you know, grass is greener and all that. I'm also glad that Maine made your top 5. <br />Can you imagine a Stephen King theme park? That would be the most frightening place ever.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826716134008160506noreply@blogger.com