false 285092 56 It has been said often enough that baby boomers are a television generation, but the very funny novel <i>High Fidelity</i> reminds that in a way they are the record-album generation as well. This funny novel is obsessed with music; Hornby's narrator is an early-thirtysomething English guy who runs a London record store. He sells albums recorded the old-fashioned way--on vinyl--and is having a tough time making other transitions as well, specifically adulthood. The book is in one sense a love story, both sweet and interesting; most entertaining, though, are the hilarious arguments over arcane matters of pop music. 2961887 book 1995 High Fidelity total:21687|5:6294|4:9495|3:4856|2:877|1:165| 21687 85937 26364 1407 5 11 false false Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 13:04:49 -0800 2008 Fri May 16 09:20:30 -0700 2008
Book buying isn't, you know, a quick thing for me. I browse, I choose, I read the blurbs inside, I deliberate, I read a chapter from ever book I've chosen.

In short, I only read things I'm really ...more...]]> 3 7 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Nov 08 12:21:04 -0800 2007 Tue Jun 03 20:45:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Tue Jan 15 11:15:38 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 20 19:21:16 -0700 2008 "sex is about the only grown-up thing i know how to do; it's weird, then, that it's the only thing that can make me feel like a ten-year-old"


"so maybe what i said before, about how listening to too many records messes your life up... maybe there's something in it aft...more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 14:28:10 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 14:47:32 -0800 2007 more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 23:37:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 11:59:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 12:41:57 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 09:17:20 -0700 2009 1 4 4 false false Tue Oct 23 11:21:48 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 13:37:11 -0700 2007 1) Offers multiple opportunities to fall off your chair laughing.
2) Draws entirely convincing characters making stupid decisions and dealing with the repercussions.
3) Reminds you of all sorts of artists you must check out further.
4) Answers ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Oct 10 03:57:59 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 04:56:39 -0700 2007 Let's get it ooooooooon!]]> 5 2 false false Mon Dec 08 18:20:32 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 18:41:40 -0800 2008 5 2 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Dec 17 13:47:08 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 13:48:08 -0800 2007 4 1 false false Sun Dec 28 20:20:15 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 19:05:40 -0800 2008 It's a three-minute single, and I'd had to take it off after about a minute and a half. I played "Holiday" by Madonna instead; I used modern stuff every now and again, at times of crisis, just like people who believe in homeopathy have to use conventional medicine sometimes, even though th...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 18:54:53 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 20:32:39 -0700 2008
Some of my favorites:

"Every time I think I have got t...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 27 00:09:49 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 12:25:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 18:14:51 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 07:16:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Apr 08 14:47:17 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 14:47:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 15:57:21 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 06:20:19 -0700 2008 cool people had already read it, and I always, always do what my librarian tells me.

Now, finally, I am cool for the first time in my life.

Seriously, though, I loved this book. Hornby perfectly captures the s...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 09 10:23:52 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 07:27:47 -0700 2008
Rob's a thirtysomething sor...more...]]> 4 3 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Sat Feb 16 07:43:43 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 08:41:28 -0800 2008 High Fidelity, I have yet to find it. Nick Hornby's debut is as astute an analysis of male neurosis as Bridget Jones's Diary is of female neurosis. It's a masculine Bridget Jones, really, and should be compulsory read...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 08:29:29 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 08:47:14 -0800 2008
here's brief sample of nick hornby's writing:

and it doesn't stop there. as a result...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 08 12:42:50 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 12:49:01 -0800 2008
Please also note t...more...]]>