About this title: With an affectionate introduction by Sarah Vowell, this is the third and final collection of columns by celebrated novelist Nick Hornby from "The Believer" 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 ...
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Publisher: MCSWEENEYS
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781934781296ISBN:1934781290
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Publisher: McSweeneys Books
Date Published: 2008-12-01
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Date Published: 2008
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"This is the final installment of books collecting Hornby's "Stuff I've Been Reading" column from Believer magazine. Plain and simple: it's just fun to read. I did have one disagreement with Hornby. He said that Cormac McCarthy's The Road was good, but depressing. He said that he didn't think anyone should feel that they have to read it. I say it should be required reading for all human beings. I think that people tend to not read enough books that make us look at how depraved and selfish we can get. We don't want to be like the sick, selfish, idiotic people in those books. If all we read is tripe that makes us feel good without thinking too much about ourselves, we tend to do things like shoot people in shopping malls simply because we're bored and want to get on the news."
"Nick Hornby's "Stuff I've Been Reading" columns from 'The Believer' magazine are sort of a trailblazer for the GoodReads approach to talking about books. I used to devour these religiously, but I've slacked off a bit, to the point that, when I picked up this collection, I was surprised to see it described as his last because I didn't realize he'd stopped writing the column!
Fortunately, this collection is available to enjoy. I devoured the whole thing pretty quickly, and took a few notes on books I'd like to read one day. But mostly, I just enjoyed Hornby's conversational way of talking about reading, and the way that books (and music, and sports, and politics) fit into everyday life. These are more general and less obsessive (well, except the parts about sports) than his music writing in 'Songbook', but no less enjoyable."
"My sister gave me this book for Christmas and suggested that it wouldn't add to my already substantial reading burden because it was comprised of small snippets that could be easily digested before bedtime (or at some other point during the day). This is exactly how I've been reading this book over the past few weeks; however the problem is that it *has* increased my reading burden substantially because, being comprised of accounts of what Nick Hornby read over the course of a few years, it has gone ahead and piqued my interest in more than a few of the books he mentioned. So, I can now cross it off my list of books to read, but having read it, must now add about a dozen! Roar!
Beyond this complaint, the book was fun (though hardly earth shattering). It's a compilation of the columns Hornby wrote for The Believer, and his style is conversational. The content of the columns is hardly confined to the books he's read, either, which makes for fun little inside glimpses into the novelist's life that feel a bit like behind-the-scenes accounts of what it might be like to actually be a successful novelist. It definitely made me interested in reading the two compilations that precede it, though I'm certain they, too, would make my "to read" list even longer. Sigh."
"This is the first thing I've ever read because Amazon recommended it (a feature of on-line shopping I HATE). Amazon probably recommended it because the intro is by Sarah Vowell. I've been meaning to ready Nick Hornby's fiction forever, because I've liked the movies based on his books. This is non-fiction, the third of a collection of columns he wrote for Believer about books. I will definately be buying the first two collections. His columns are not really book criticism because he is writing merely as a lover of books about books he's bought and books he's read. He is not afraid to dislike books that one is supposed to think are life changing and he is not afraid to love books that are not supposed to be worth the time of a serious intellect. One of the delights of this book is his discovery of Young Adult novels. "I really do feel as though I've walked through the back of a wardrobe into some parallel universe, peopled by amazing writers whom you never seem to read about on book pages, and whom never come up in conversations with literary friends." "...I've discovered a previously ignored room at the back of the bookstore that's filled with masterpieces I've never heard of...." The only problem with this book is that it will add 20-50 books to your list of must reads. But no worries, because accodring to Hornby it is okay to abandon a book, however brilliant, because you simply don't like it."
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