false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256018864m/4457297.jpg 4457297 1 With an affectionate introduction by Sarah Vowell, this is the third and final collection of columns by celebrated novelist Nick Hornby from <I>The Believer</I> magazine. Hornby's monthly reading diary is unlike any arts column in any other publication; it discusses cultural artifacts the way they actually exist in people's lives. Hornby is a voracious and unapologetic reader, and his notes on books &#8212; highbrow and otherwise &#8212; are always accessible and hilarious. 4505545 book 1 12 2008 Shakespeare Wrote for Money total:376|5:81|4:180|3:99|2:15|1:1| 376 1453 740 114 2 2 false false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 19:09:24 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 17:47:53 -0800 2008
If, like me, you chose this book because you really enjoyed its predecessor, "The Polysyllabic Spree", prepare to be disappointed. ...more...]]> 0 3 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 16:52:09 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 15:25:56 -0700 2009 Shakespeare Wrote For Money wasn't quite as good as Housekeeping v. The Dirt which wasn't quite as good as The Polysyllabic Spree. All collections of Nick Hornby's "Stuff I'm Reading" columns from the Believer magazine, the later ones don't have the same energy as the earlier ones, so perh...more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Dec 08 08:43:18 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 09:01:21 -0800 2008
In addition to declaring that (some) YA lit is as good as--if not better than--"grown up" books, Hornby also makes fun of high-brow critics who think that ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 19 21:37:39 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 21 23:54:14 -0700 2009
A highlight of this collection is Hornby's discovery of YA lit for the very first time and he loves it, discussing those YA books tha...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 06:45:12 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 06:36:20 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 07:55:42 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 07:56:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 22:01:54 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 22:14:33 -0800 2008 High Fidelity, and How to be Good was ok, but generally when I see his books I just don't feel a need to read them. I feel disappointed because I like these essays so much an...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 18:12:35 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 18:26:33 -0700 2009 Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao as much as he did. All throughout, though, I laughed plenty. This was my favorite passage, which is too bulky f...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 10:00:02 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 10:13:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 12:57:39 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 14:38:55 -0700 2009 1 Believer) is that writers are a lot less critical of other writers than us regular people are. Hornby finds most of the books he reads wondrous, brill...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 09:17:06 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 01:57:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 09:10:36 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 09:12:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 11 20:37:34 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 13:14:37 -0800 2009
This is the s...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 03 16:56:10 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 21:18:22 -0700 2009 The Polysyllabic Spree and Housekeeping vs. The Dirt . Hornby wrote a monthly column for The Believer magazi...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 13:32:18 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 15:58:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 15:27:55 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 20:21:02 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 09:41:42 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 09:57:38 -0800 2008 The Believer. There is something diligently inspiring about Hornby's musings on lite...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 05 19:31:52 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 12:32:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jun 26 15:38:43 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 15:40:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 13:57:04 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 16:18:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4457297