Episode 093: Books with a strong sense of location / place.

Jamie and Tami share two pic's with you - The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai and In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson Episode 093: Books with great Locations Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf

Today's episode is about two books, one fiction and one nonfiction, that have great locations! Jamie read The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai set in Chicago and Paris. Tami listened to In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson. We think you'll love our talk these two books!

What are we watching?

Formula 1 Grand Prix Racing - streaming

The Professor and the Madman on Netflix

Fleabag on Prime

Dallas Housewives on Peacock

Chicago Sites Mentioned

Chicago Bean

Wrigleyville

Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art

John Hancock Tower

Paris Sites Mentioned

Bridge of Locks

Australian Sites Mentioned

Uluru

Bondi Beach Australian Lifeguards - World Famous

Chicago Bean

Wrigleyville

Chicago Museum of COnt

875 N. Michigan Ave - formerly The John Hancock Building

Locks on the Pont des Arts Bridge - removed in 2015 due to excess weight stressing the bridge.

Uluru, Australia

Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia

Books Mentioned

Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck

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

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson

Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson

Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 years Away by Bill Bryson

The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson

Lonely Planet Travel Guides

Fodor's Travel Guides

Media Mentioned

A Walk in the Woods Movie