Melissa Rose's Reviews > In a Sunburned Country

Alright, so I confess that I am a little late to the Bill Bryson party as this was the first book by him that I have read. However, as I have become increasingly interested in the country of Australia, I figured that it was well past time that I picked up In a Sunburned Country. To say that I loved the book was an understatement.

As a reader/listener, I adored that this entire book was an informative yet sometimes hilarious love letter to Australia. I honestly felt like I was travelling with Bill as he ventured from NSW to Western Australia and everywhere in between; dropping personal anecdotes and historical facts about the places he stopped in - I found myself learning quite a lot about the sunburnt country that I never knew before.

What made this audiobook even better was that the author himself narrated this book, which I normally do not care for but given the nature of In A Sunburned Country I feel that it would not have worked as well if anyone other than Bill Bryson had been the narrator.

Overall, I cannot in good conscience give In A Sunburned Country anything other than a full five stars; it made me fall in love with Australia despite never having been there. I would highly recommend this audiobook to others.