by Nick Hornby
I gave Hornby's first collection of critical essays, The Polysyllabic Spree, 5 stars because I thought it was excellent. Well-written and hysterically funny, he writes about books like he's a book lover, not a critic. I liked it so much I went immediately to McSweeney's website and bought the next...
There's not much to dislike about this collection of Hornby's typically entertaining book reviews, which are (interestingly) posted in the form of a monthly "Books Bought" and "Books Read" tally. Hornby's reviews are a crisp and engaging as his novels, and while I haven't read most of the books he's...
Do you know the joy of Book Lust? Do you know its cousin Lit Crush? Booklust is deep, visceral, indescribable joy directed at the object of said lust. Litcrush is, obviously, a crush--it is fun, lighthearted, and makes you wriggle like an excited child mostly because having a crush is delightful....
Delightfully snarky. I wish I could get paid to write a column about the books I'm reading and be able to make people laugh about it the way Nick Hornby does. There's something almost masturbatory about it. I loved the first in the series and a quiet Friday night in called for the second.
I love reading Nick Hornby's columns, especially when he is talking about other books.
Hornby writes a column about books for a magazine I'd never heard of (The Believer). Wry, witty, and impassioned, Hornby shares his love of the printed page here and recommends lots of interesting-sounding books. As if I need to add more books to my towering stack of To Be Read.
Delightful essays about books and reading and readers.
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