I really enjoyed this book, but it is not well suited to a book club discussion. It is densely packed with facts with wry humor and interesting side notes that are easy to miss if you don't pay attention. You will feel smarter for having read it, but probably won't be excited to discuss details with others.

It would take the right kind of book club group to be able to discuss this book although it had a lot of interesting facts, it's in the the friendly, sometimes humorous voice of the fantastic Bill Bryson but it is very meaty.