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Shakespeare Wrote For Money (2008)

by Nick Hornby(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1934781290 (ISBN13: 9781934781296)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

McSweeney's

series

Stuff I've Been Reading

review 1: This is the third book in a series, that takes Nick Hornby's monthly columns Stuff I've Been Reading from The Believer. In this book he covers everything from April 2007 to Sept. 2008. Notable books talked about in this set include, The Nashville Chronicles: The Making of Robert Altman's Masterpiece, The Blind Side, Skellig, The Road, Holes, The Ghost, The Pigman. In this collection you get to follow Hornby (as sharp witted as ever) as he falls in love with YA books after reading Skellig. His sharp eye for what books would make a good movie (served him well later in life) as he thinks The Blind Side would make a great one (they made it and it was nominated for Best Picture in 2009) and his discusses about movies, which lead to my favorite of all these pieces, Stuff I ha... moreve been watching, were Hornby writes about the Movies he has watched over the month which included The Simpsons Movie, Juno, This Is England and I'm Not There. By the third outing, Hornby really seems to be able to pick books that will interest him and that make for much more fun reading for us. There are a few abandoned novels this time around but not as many as the last two sets. This is a solid easy read through.
review 2: Oh, no, there's more. I do believe at this point it's a gimmick to take your money (I love ya Nick, but really?). Ten Years in the Tub just came out in hardback and I think is the entire collection with just a few new ones tacked on to trick you if you don't look closely into thinking it might all be new. So beware. Of course I bought it since I was behind from Shakespeare. And it's nice to have the fat volume to peruse. less

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