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Stuff I've Been Reading (2013)

by Nick Hornby(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0241003334 (ISBN13: 9780241003336)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Viking

series

Stuff I've Been Reading (U.K. version)

review 1: I find it impossible to resist books or articles about the reading experiences of other people. Stuff I've Been Reading (an ugly but accurate title) gives us a further opportunity to read more of Nick Hornby's columns for the US magazine The Believer. I lapped up the first collection in The Complete Polysyllabic Spree a couple of years ago and it was a pleasant surprise to discover this new volume. Hornby is an amusing, enthusiastic and extremely entertaining guide to to a wide selection of books. I felt particular pleasure in sharing his delight in discovering Skellig and My Name is Mina by David Almond (one of my favourite authors, but one which he hadn't encountered before). He's knocked sideways by them and sent off on a voyage of discovery through contemporary young a... moredult literature. Mixed in with the pleasure of observing another reader's reaction to books that you already feel passionate about is, of course, the discovery of new books to add to your own already enormous 'to read' list! C
review 2: This is a collection of Nick Hornby's columns from Believer magazine. The book's title is fairly self explanatory. It's fascinating to see how his reading journey develops and how some books lead on to others. Like me, his Books Bought list rarely ties up with his Books Read list. This isn't a bad thing: as he says; "anyone who never deviates from a set list of books is intellectually dead, anyway". Thanks to Nick for scores more books to add to my 'Want to Read' list, including a number of Young Adult books which would never ordinarily have crossed my radar. less

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