given to me by my mom and dad for my birthday, but bought on may 22nd 2010Reading High Fidelity made me want to pop a record into my stereo and simply listen to it. I think most people nowadays listen to music as a background noise: when we’re on the computer, going to work or school, studying or wo...
I must say that before reading this book, I had a lot of doubts as to whether or not I would enjoy it. I had seen (and loved) the movie and every review I read said that this book was nothing like the film. Well, I whole-heartedly disagree. Yes, a few things where changed and some of the actors d...
The main protagonist, Rob, is a university drop-out who owns a not-so-successfull record store. The book begins with him being dumped by his current partner, Laura, and he started by listing the top 5 of most painful 'dumps' of his life.The main part of the book is about his effort in coping with hi...
I first read this book when I was 15, and my first (and second!) boyfriends wrote notes to me in it. It is really strange reading Rob's romantic history and mine too.
One of my weaknesses is a fondness for novels about fictitious music groups, evidenced by some of my favorites: George R.R. Martin's The Armageddon Rag, Iain Banks' Espedair Street and Roddy Doyle's The Commitments. To this group I can now add the first novel by Nick Hornby, appropriately titled aft...
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