Writing a book report

I have to write a book report in form of an essay (350-400 words) based on Notes from a Big Country, a book by Bill Bryson. So, I wrote this and can you check for spelling, grammar, sentence structure and sentence linking mistakes. My vocabulary is not so good. I know the text looks long, but I will be very thankful if you could check for these mistakes and help me.

Notes from a Big Country is autobiographical collection of columns by Bill Bryson that he wrote to a British magazine called Mail on Sundays. The book was published in 1999 by Black Swan. It describes the author's life back in his native America after living in England for almost twenty years. The book also includes his wife and children as minor characters.

In the first column, Bryson describes how does he feel being back home and introduces some differences between Britain and America. He feels quite nostalgic and recalls his childhood. Later, through the columns he writes about all the bad things he experienced in the States that made him frustrated. For example, in a column about American television, he writes about a movie he watched saying that it has been shown at least fifty-four times in two months on the same channel. In the next column he writes about commercials in America, that they are boring and lying too much. Finally, in the last column, he feels unkind and mentions some good things about America and the bad ones about Britain. For example, he mentions many things that are free in America, but in Britain 'You have to pay an extra penny if you want your bread sliced'.

I personally like Bill Bryson's style of writing, because he writes truth straightforward. Notes from a Big Country is very well-written. Even though the author mostly writes about bad things, he describes them in a humourous way. Irony is sometimes used. Also, sometimes he gets angry about a certain situation, saying 'Call me unkind, but I must mention that...' and mentions that something bad happened to him, but describes it in such a humourous way. The part of the book where I started laughing was a column about absent-mindedness which made me read the whole book until the end. I also noticed that he uses elevated diction, highly formal language with such words that may be unknown for non-native English speakers. His unique style of writing in such serious tone and making readers laugh is very interesting.

I recommend this book to everyone because it is educational and entertaining at the same time. You can learn about life in America from the author's perspective and compare it to your own.