SHAKESPEARE SCRIVEVA PER SOLDI

What did I learn from this book? That even Nick Hornby, an author I generally quite like, is capable of PHONING IT IN, in truly shameless fashion. If, like me, you chose this book because you really enjoyed its predecessor, "The Polysyllabic Spree", prepare to be disappointed. If I didn't like Hornb Leggi tutto

Hi!!!!!!! I’m back. Yep. Thought I might have given up on you, right? No way “We’re stuck together like paper to glue / Like a me to a you / Like honey to Pooh / Like the sky is to blue.” You complete me. I can’t quit you. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. Don’t forg Leggi tutto

After reading this I feel a little sad that I'm just not that interested in reading other books of Nick Hornby. Yeah I liked 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 and Leggi tutto

Dal titolo mi sembrava un romanzo, conoscendo l'ironia di Nick Hornby, ma con sorpresa ho scoperto che è un'altra raccolta della rubrica che lui ha tenuto per una rivista dove ci parla delle sue letture (ho già letto, diciamo, una prima parte ne Una vita da lettore ) nel periodo che va stavolta dall' Leggi tutto

Nick Hornby has discovered YA literature, which is why this is my favorite of his "What I'm Reading" collections. 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 the only books worth reading are Leggi tutto

Here is a conversation I had while riding on an airport shuttle bus in San Diego: DRIVER: What are you reading? ME: It's called Shakespeare Wrote for Money. DRIVER: Yeah, but what is it? ME: It's a book of book reviews. DRIVER: [pause] Really? ME: It's really good! I like that Hornby begins each review wit Leggi tutto

Se non ci fossero stati così tanti rimandi al calcio e a film, che non mi interessano, gli avrei dato 5 stelle. Una bella passeggiata tra le letture di Hornby nel giro di un anno

I loved the first two of these books: The Polysyllabic Spree and Housekeeping vs. The Dirt . Unfortunately, this third essay book is Nick Hornby 's last collection of Believer monthly columns. I always find more books to read as I read Hornby’s essays, although nowhere near as many as I find at Goodre Leggi tutto