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100 Books Challenge for 2009 : Tanenbaum's list for 2009		23	tanenbaum, November 26
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999 Challenge : Favourite Book in Each Category		10	hailelib, November 14
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The Green Dragon : October 2009 Reads		130	MrsLee, November 1
Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 32		418	moibibliomaniac, October 30
Book talk : Books made into movies		107	Ape, October 25
Club Read 2009 : Music Interests		85	bobmcconnaughey, October 14
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LC Classification Challenge : pamdis lc challenge		2	pamdis, September 12
Folio Society devotees : Which books would you like to see as Folio volumes?		453	mailer, August 30
Book talk : Best Interpretation of a Book into a Movie		16	ParadoxicalRae, August 18
50 Book Challenge : readeron's 2008 challenge		235	readeron, August 8
Made into a Movie : When the movies are better than the books or vice versa		211	Jenson_AKA_DL, August 6
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Stuckey's 75 books for 2009		101	rstuckey, July 28
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Laura's Books for 2009		73	lbucci3, July 21
Name that Book : nonfiction(not sure of specifics) story of a man and his playlist, put to moments of his life?		6	rarm, July 5
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : flissp 2009		264	flissp, July 1
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : The Chronicles of Wunderkind, Episode II: Attack of the Tomes		258	wunderkind, June 19
Book talk : Another Silly Game - Part 21		525	moibibliomaniac, June 16
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of 2 May. 2009		226	SomeGuyInVirginia, June 5
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Getting to know other 75'ers better..or anyone else who wants to		130	billiejean, May 19
Librarything Railroad (The LTR) : Railway books for the literate		50	thorold, May 6
Best of British : So nice to make your acquaintance		59	ashmolean1, May 2
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Album Listener's Club : The best Music related books?		16	khyron1144, December 2008
Virago Modern Classics : how did you star your collection?		83	aluvalibri, October 2008
GenX in PDX: A Librarians Book Group : September 2008: Books made into movies		1	librarianna, September 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : Your Favorite Book, Now a Movie		42	relinquishedworm, September 2008
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50 Book Challenge : countrypie's 50 for 2008		6	marise, July 2008
Book talk : 40 Book Challenge: countrypie's 2008		1	countrypie, July 2008
Canadian Bookworms : June/08: What are we reading?		26	LynnB, June 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : Books being turned into movies.		135	scaifea, June 2008
Book talk : Modern Love Story Fiction?		11	ToReadToNap, May 2008
The Green Dragon : The closest thing you can find to a manly version of Chick Lit: Recommendations?		43	wi4, May 2008
Dormant: Book talk : List ten books that...		73	bookladykm, March 2008
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Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : drsol's 50 book challenge		20	drsol, January 2008
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Dormant: Book talk : Which character from a book can you most relate to?		49	Hera, January 2007
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Dormant: I (Read About Indie) Rock! Do You?!? : High Fidelity: Hornby/Black Smackdown!		2	kperfetto, August 2006

... Another stand out work that made this an easy selection even though there were other books I liked here. 5. Book watch: High Fidelity. A close call but the humour of this one just edges it. 6. Frying Tonight: The Stars' Tennis Balls. Only The Liar came even remotely close enough to ...

I'll also be interested in your thoughts on Juliet Naked. I've heard it's not very good - a weaker reiteration of High Fidelity - I hope it's better than it sounds for you!

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby Schmerguls, you are no idiot! I must admit I didn't notice the #318 error, but I do usually check.

... Another stand out work that made this an easy selection even though there were other books I liked here. 5. Book watch: High Fidelity. A close call but the humour of this one just edges it. 6. Frying Tonight: The Stars' Tennis Balls. Only The Liar came even remotely close enough to ...

... Naked last night and I'm half way through it, mostly cuz I couldn't sleep last night. It's kind of the characters from High Fidelity 10 years on, and it's very funny. I do like the subtle use of language as the narrative hops back & forth from one side of the pond to the other. For instance, ...

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

... a Book PQ French Italian Spanish Portuguese literature: The maias : episodes from romantic life PR English literature: High fidelity PS American literature: The sound and the fury PT German literature: The Trial PZ Fiction: Brisingr Q Science (General): The Black Swan QA Math ...

Along with books already mentioned (Lolita, Hitchhiker's guide, Watership Down), I'd really like to see: High Fidelity Guns, Germs, and Steel Essays of E.B. White Middlesex Any of James Herriot's animal books set BEFORE he was in the RAF.

... by Christopher Priest. One of the few occasions were I preferred the movie. I liked the changes Nolan made to the story. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby. An average book, but an enjoyable movie. I'm currently reading Blindness by Jose Saramago, and I like it a lot. I hope the movie ...

Maybe High Fidelity by Nick Hornby, though this was pre-ipod and his playlists were in the form of mix tapes. It was filmed as well. I can't remember what the cover looked like (probably more than one version anyway).

@ sirk57 Je ne connais pas High fidelity en film - mais un autre livre du même auteur: About a boy. Very funny!

... and ordered The Victorian Chaise-longue, An Interrupted Life: The Diaries and Letters of Etty Hillesum 1941-43 and Fidelity PLUS a Persephone Tote Bag. Can't wait until they arrive!!

High fidelity était très bien en film...

... accueil critique? De Nick Hornby, je recommande aussi A long way down et How to be good. Je suis plus modérée pour High fidelity que toutes les références musicales ne m'ont pas permis d'apprécier...

... uni friends was in the film version - I must be biased now - but I also read and loved About a Boy! I loved the movie of High Fidelity - but was maybe a bit young for the humour of the book at the time - and have A Long Way Down still to read. I've heard good things...

I've only ever read High Fidelity by Hornby but got A Long Way Down through Bookmooch and have been saving it for the summer - when I'm done with exams. Have you read that one? Is it good? Pray tell - let me know whether I should be excited about reading it! :)

High Fidelity by nick hornby

... website. The order contains the following books: 1) William-an Englishman 2) Mariana 3) Someone at a Distance 4) Fidelity 5) An Interrupted Life: the Diaries and Letters of Etty Hillesum 6) The Victorian Chaise-Lounge 7) The Home Maker 8) Good Evening, Mrs Craven: The War ...

... are so great you might as well experience them first in their better form. #41 About a Boy is great and I only like High Fidelity better from Hornby's books. But High Fidelity is one of my favorite books ever so it would be hard to top. #40 In my rant I hope I was being fair. I did ...

... male characters with more truth than anyone else I have ever read, but there was no part of the book that wowed me like in High Fidelity, About a Boy and A Long Way Down. This is the second book from the "young adults" section of the Bookstore I have read this year and I wish they had ...

... Each is good at one of their voices and not the other. As a book, if I followed the tabulating principles of Rob in High Fidelity, this would be upper mid table. Lost Tribes of Pop - haven't discovered which one I'm a member of yet. Pandora's Star - space opera brain candy.

I read Nick Hornby's High Fidelity and enjoyed it thouroughly. A very quick and easy read with excellent insight into character traits. Contains some LOL moments and remains humourous throughout. The 2nd book of The First Law series, Before They Were Hanged by Joe Abercrombie was the ...

BOOKS One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Dark Tower Series (Notably Wizard and Glass and The Drawing of the Three) High Fidelity The Stand Watchmen AUTHORS Stephen King Nick Hornby Christopher Moore George Orwell Pat Conroy Douglas Adams MOVIES The Big Lebowski Back to ...

... The Diary of an Occasionally Exasperated But Ever Hopeful Reader, The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby (of High Fidelity, 31 Songs, Slam) is a compilation of articles written for The Believer Magazine between September 2003 and June 2 ...

15. About a Boy by Nick Hornby *re-read 16. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby *re-read 17. The Fabulous Riverboat by Philip Jose Farmer March was a very slow reading month, as I had to dig in and do a lot of academic reading for my annotated bibliography. I also got really bogged down in Byat ...

... Goldman * 5.4 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson * 5.5 Stardust by Neil Gaiman * 5.6 High Fidelity by Nick Hornby * 5.7 The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper * 5.8 The Beach by Alex Garland * 5.9 Memoirs of a Geisha by Arth ...

... right on the mark too), but when people are hitting 75 books in February I feel like a complete slacker :) 15.) High Fidelity by Nick Hornby 256 pages I think if I hadn't read this book immediately after About a Boy I would have liked it a lot better than I did. Interesting take ...

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

Have read many of Nick Hornby's books, and really enjoyed High Fidelity, as well as 31 Songs, and A Long Way Down. I haven't read The Polysyllabic Spree yet, but will now certainly do so. Thanks for the review.

... you enjoy it. I found it a great one to take with me and read "on the go." #214 Eliza I just read the reviews of High Fidelity and have added it to my TBR. Thanks for the suggestion; I'd like to try his fiction because i liked his "voice" so much in the Spree. #215 luna That's ...

... 8. Absolute Sandman Volume 4 - Neil Gaiman ***** 9. The First Crusade: A New History - Thomas Asbridge 10. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby ***1/2

... the book even this time. Interesting. Anyway, at least it made me think.:) As a first Hornby, I'd rather recommend High Fidelity. It is witty, hilarious. Plus, though it's usually categorized as "lad lit", I could perfectly easily relate to Rob's feelings about his CD's and compilation ...

(Aborted) Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat--In High Fidelity, there's a scene where Rob lists his five dream jobs (if time and qualifications weren't taken into consideration), which include "Producer, Atlantic Records, 1964-1971". My own number one dream job is probably "Wildlife Biologis ...

I read and enjoyed About a Boy - though I prefer the movie cos one of my uni mates was in it! - and I like High Fidelity the movie, and I've got A Long Way Down and How to Be Good on my TBR pile... but so far this caps them all!

I read and enjoyed About a Boy - though I prefer the movie cos one of my uni mates was in it! - and I like High Fidelity the movie, and I've got A Long Way Down and How to Be Good on my TBR pile... but so far this caps them all.

The Polysyllabic Spree sounds lovely! I've only read High Fidelity by him, which I quite liked, and recently mooched A Long Way Down though I haven't received it yet. Good luck with the challenge! (and with controlling your book addiction) :)

... is likely scoffed at by some as being too light-hearted, but I generally have really enjoyed his stuff. The best for me was High Fidelity, and I also loved the movie. He has obsessive tendencies and is totally soccer and music mad. He can be quite funny. These snippetts follow his reading ...

... Persepolis Sin City The Wizard of Oz Schindler's List Gone With the Wind Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist High Fidelity

... .) Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen The Good German by Joseph Kanon The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald High Fidelity by Nick Hornby A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham The Hours by Michael Cunningham I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith The Joy Luck ...

Nick Hornby is definitely "lad lit", High Fidelity is one of my all time favourites, for instance. Probably Tony Parsons can be listed here, too (I definitely loved One for My Baby by him.)

... sure why I've never got around to reading it until now - I'm afraid I identified horribly with the central character of High Fidelity, so I knew it would probably appeal to me, even though many of the songs/albums on the list aren't those I would choose myself... Anyway, I was right, I ...

... gave much thought to how Nick Hornby's works are gonna age... But I guess they are aging already. I've tried reading High Fidelity and got a bit lost 'cause I couldn't understand mostof the musical references. Halfway through I simply gave up on it.

... be bothered w/ the "American" version which changed the sport to ...gaghhh baseball/"rounders?" Same is likely true for High Fidelity which may have lost something, but then may have gained something in it's movie hegira to the US. Admittedly mix cds are "trivial" in terms of time compared ...

#1. High fidelity by Nick Hornby What a lovely way to start the new year! Top 5 things I like about this book: 1. well written 2. funny 3. the unexpected ending 4. the lovely characters and their quirky ways 5. oh, I can't think of a fifth... I guess I'm as good at making lists as Rob ...

... that I'm not familiar with that I look forward to hearing your opinion about. I love Nick Hornby - I hope you enjoy High Fidelity! He has a few more that I want to read, but I'm rationing them for myself..... Cheers, Corrina

... love lists) for 2009. It contains like 150 books. At least 52 of those will be read in 2009 :-) First book I'll be reading: High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

White Noise High Fidelity Village Bells: Sound and Meaning in the 19th-century French Countryside Song of Solomon Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time

... Books reprints two of her novels, Fidelity and Brook Evans (1928).

... pal of ours is a PhD in acoustics (physics). I like just about every genre. (See my reviews of Nick Hornby's High Fidelity and Peelie's Margrave of the Marshes) I don't play, but back in the punk era, I used to own an electric bass (waves to lriley), but had to sell it for ...

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers High Fidelity by Nick Hornby Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott Jack Maggs by Peter Carey Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig

... Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje High Fidelity by Nick Hornby The Princess Bride by William Goldman Next month: Halloween!

128. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby 129. The Last Oracle by James Rollins

Finished Fidelity by Susan Glaspell - a very engrossing story of Ruth's return to the small town she had left 11 years earlier with a married man, and how their actions had affected the 'society' they had left behind, especially their families. Now reading Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Wi ...

... If I find a book to be just okay, then I don't have any qualms about seeing the movie. Someone above mentioned High Fidelity. I totally agree that the movie was a really good version of it. I didn't see how it could be Americanized, as I am a fan of many things British and wondered ...

... and not have someone read me the book. It's why I leave with met or unmet expectations based on the movie, not the book. High Fidelity was another case of an excellent movie based on a pretty good book. The top-ten lists wore me down in the book and I loved them when it was John Cusack ...

I am starting High Fidelity by Nick Hornby.

... Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson 28. Cruelest Journey: Six Hundred Miles To Timbuktu by Kira Salak 29. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby 30. My Sweet-orange Tree by Jose Mauro de Vasconcelos 31. Polar Shift by Clive Cussler 32. The Fifth Child by Doris Lessi ...

... the Skin of a Lion - Michael Ondaatje 6. The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje 7. Paradise - Abdulrazak Gurnah 8. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby 9. Gilgamesh - Joan London 10. Careless - Deborah Robertson 11. Milk and Honey - Elizabeth Jolly Now I'm reading: 11. The Well - ...

... Michael Ondaatje 6. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 7. Paradise - Abdulrazak Gurnah by Abdulrazak Gurnah 8. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby 9. Gilgamesh by Joan London 10. Careless by Deborah Robertson 11. Milk and Honey by Elizabeth Jolly Now I'm reading: 11. The Wel ...

... Marilynne Robinson (2004) 86. And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts (1987) 87. The Ruins, Scott Smith (2006) 88. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby (1995) 89. Close Range, Annie Proulx (1999) 90. Comfort Me With Apples, Ruth Reichl (2001) 91. Random Family, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc (2003 ...

Could not wait any longer - I have ordered: The Far Cry by Emma Smith Every Eye by Isobel English Fidelity by Susan Glaspell I was hoping to buy the notebook at some stage - so this offer of free notebook is a great bonus.

... Way Down and loved it. I need to find a copy of About a Boy now. I read How to be Good and didn't like it so much, but High Fidelity is one of my all-time favorite books. I am reading The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor by Sally Armstrong now. So far, so good.

... I'm some strange combination of Oedipa Maas of The Crying of Lot 49, Henry Chinaski of any Bukowski novel, Rob Gordon of High Fidelity, and Mardou of The Subterraneans. In high school, I was oh-so-demurely nicknamed Lolita, which is probably truer than I'd like to admit. There's some ...

In your case, I would recommend highly trying Nick Hornby, especially High Fidelity and About a Boy. You might also enjoy some John Irving possibly the The Cider House Rules. Though not in a contemporary setting Lonesome Dove is very enjoyable and has a theme of unrequited love. ...

... are fodder... (am daughter of Brits who grew up in French Quebec). How would you classify Nick Hornby? Have read High Fidelity and About a Boy - liked them (former more than latter).

... now, I'm really enjoying it! I do own American Gods, but I haven't gotten around to reading just yet, but I will soon! High Fidelity was great, it made me laugh on several occations!

11) High Fidelity byNick Hornby A fun and easy read. High Fidelity is one of my favourite movies, I had to read the book it's based upon!

I just started reading Neverwhere, after finishing High Fidelity.

... of The Prestige, and I read the book before I saw the movie. I think the filmmakers did a really good job with High Fidelity. A lot of the writing came straight from the book, and it captured the tone just perfectly.

... book. a couple of my favorite books are ones i read after seeing the movies and realizing that they were based on books (high fidelity, the princess bride), while some of my least favorite movies are ones i've seen after reading and enjoying the book (pretty much any John Grisham ...

... Dreams Runners-up: Concrete Island Unbearable Lightness of Being Into the Wild Pleasure of my Company High Fidelity God Bless you, Mr. Rosewater All of these books caused various rumblings within my intellect and emotions. I rarely truly dislike a book, so picking ...

My list of favorite music books are: 1: High Fidelity by Nick Hornby 2: 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 3: Play Bass with Metallica My list is small because I haven't read that many music related books. But I like what I have read though! What are your favorite music ...

... wheel of life : a memoir of living and dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Chasing the monsoon by Alexander Frater High fidelity by Nick Hornby Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller Children of God by Mary Doria Russell The crucible : a play in four acts by Arthur Mi ...

49. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

... on a book, so I went ahead and read it. And liked it even more than the show... :) It's more or less on the same vein as High fidelity, well, at least like the film version (which I loved, and is an Americanized version of the book, which, alas, I haven't read.) Smith even mentioned that ...

... too gritty, but make you think as much as you laugh. So far these examples I have on my bookshelf: About a Boy and High Fidelity by Nick Hornby Train Man by Hitori Nakano Have any other manly books for manly men such as I?

... (7,548 copies) The golden compass by Philip Pullman (6,948 copies) Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (6,628 copies) High fidelity by Nick Hornby (4,682 copies) Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (4,572 copies) White Teeth: A Novel by Zadie Smith (3,591 copies) Oliver Twis ...

... fantasy or historical, but a few comes to mind: The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi (set in the 70's) High fidelity by Nick Hornby Falling angels by Tracy Chevalier (Victorian era)

>56: TeacherDad If you're looking for a cheerful read I wouldn't suggest Oryx and Crake. >77: studio1 I loved High Fidelity too, but I hated How to be good. I've really enjoyed a lot of Nick Hornby's books and am still a big fan, but I couldn't stand that book. I just finished L ...

I second (Third?) earlier comments on How to be Good. Not Hornby's best work, at all. High Fidelity and About a Boy are much better.

... it into a simple love story. Pride and prejudice I thought was awful, but I love love the Colin Firth TV version. High Fidelity was ruined for me in the film due to its change of setting. The book is quintissentially English. I think my main gripe is that things are left out or ...

... By Me, The Body wasn't a bad story, but the movie was so much better. I definitely agree with your picks ellevee. I loved High Fidelity both the book and film versions. But you have to admit sometimes a book is just destroyed when they try to make it cross over. Those examples just show that ...

... nial* Good/Great Movies from Books * Requiem For A Dream * Leaving Las Vegas * Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas * High Fidelity * About A Boy * Brokeback Mountain * Trainspotting * The Shawshank Redemption * Wonder Boys There are dozens more, of course, but those are ...

... Auster Moonshadow by J.M. DeMatteis The Rachel Papers by Martin Amis The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima High Fidelity by Nick Hornby The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

... River by Kate Grenville Bleak House by Charles Dickens Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby Next week, the list could be different!

Hi. I've been a member of the 50 book challenge on livejournal (I'm known as elfycat there) since the beginning of the year. I've set my goal for 100 books this year, not including rereads, graphic novels, or books under 200 pages. I've already met my page goal of 30,000 pages, and as of August 15th ...

... the Georgia Nicolson books by Louise Rennison Perrin from the Wheel of Time series (I quit halfway through) Rob from High Fidelity And special credit for being located in several of the above: Fitzwilliam Darcy from pride and prejudice especially if played by Matthew McFadyen (he ...

... King made you do it... Try to avoid calling your daughter Charlie because the girl character named that in Nick Hornby's High Fidelity turns out to be a stuck up bitch (pardon my Australian). However in a different context, it could well give your daughter a strong name that suggests she is ...

Actually, I was going to say High Fidelity would be on my list of worsts. Also, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, The Secret Life of Bees, and of course The Da Vinci Code.

>138: cabegley, I agree with your assessment of How to be Good. I thoroughly enjoyed About a Boy and High Fidelity, so was disappointed with How to be Good.

... when I was a teenager. Oh, I also enjoyed some works by Nick Hornby, particularly How to be Good, About a Boy and High Fidelity. Didn't care much for the movie versions of the latter two, though.

... through - Owen Letcher (Africa) When There Was Steam - Tony Barfield (footplate memories) And of course The Blackpool High-flyer railway detective trilogy (fiction) by Andrew Martin (see a separate thread on this group). Also various books by Paul Theroux. Hmm - ...

... have an actual method for sorting, but it makes sense to me. I like to say they're shelved autobiographically in homage to High Fidelity. I do the same with with movies and music, incidentally.

... of a Geisha by Arthur Golden Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice About A Boy by Nick Hornby High Fidelity by Nick Hornby The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Le ...

... little tedious with all the war bits…I had to do a bit of skimming to keep interested. Worth the effort, though. 3. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby I’ve never seen the movie, but I will now. Fast read, witty, and light. Lots of fun British humor and odd words to ponder. Basically ...

... that maybe when it was translated into english it lost something that the movie was able to put back into it. As for High Fidelity I read the book a few years before the movie came out, and I liked it, but didn't love it. The last half of the book was so damned boring. I thought the movie ...

... a baby. I read the book some time later and enjoyed it, too. I can't really say I like one more than the other, though. High Fidelity - I honestly haven't read the book because I haven't been able to find it used for a decent price, but I love the movie. I agree that it wouldn't be such a ...

... like these can help you clarify your thoughts on the subject. Look at the compulsive list-makers in Nick Hornby's High Fidelity - they do little BUT generate arbitrary lists, simply as a means of generating arguments.

... was just too tempting to resist. Picked up: Black Dogs by Ian McEwan The Cider House Rules by John Irving High Fidelity by Nick Hornby Empire Falls by Richard Russo Magician: Apprentice by Raymond Feist A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson ...for only $ ...

There's a passage early in High Fidelity where Rob describes his typical obsessed customer. I thought it was spooky that I had searched for the very same record in the very same neighborhood. I also share Rob's dawning understanding that women are generally much too good for men, much better ...

Message 25, kperfetto: I wasn't quite sure if I liked High Fidelity when I read it. It actually seemed quite sad to me. Then I got my Other Half to read it, and he was sitting there chuckling away! When I asked him what he was laughing about, he'd read me an extract, and there was something ...

... Siri Hustvedt's What I Loved. Just finished (relatively speaking. I'm finished with it, anyway) Nick Hornby's High Fidelity, the book everyone tells me I should read. Note to self: stop listening to everyone.

... of a children's fiction character I'm like. the fiction character I most wish I was is probably Rob Fleming from High Fidelity.

I have 4 Persephones: The Homemaker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher, The Village by Marghanita Lanski, Fidelity by Susan Glaspell, and Marjory Fleming by Oriel Malet. Of those, I've read The Village and really liked it.

I think the Britain->US transfer in High Fidelity is possibly the most successful ever and I rate both book and film highly. A case of mixed success is the bloody awful adaptation of The Beach. (Besides completely trashing the story by totally inverting aspects such as the main character who ...

... was a good book, but the film was even better - one of the most intelligent children's films I've ever seen agree that High Fidelity was great as a book and a film. Personally I didn't mind so much that was transferred to the US, though it worked really well.

I agree on High Fidelity, I loved it as a book and a movie. I am a big John Cusack fan, and Jack Black was excellent as were others. I thought the move to America worked, but I think I would still like to see a British version.

... like Kubrick adapt it, there's a very good chance his vision is going to end up much more intriguing. And it did. High Fidelity and Fight Club were two others: I had a lot harder time sympathizing with Rob from HF the book than from the movie: Cusack just seems so much more likable. A ...

Ok, High Fidelity - book vs. movie; which wins? Strengths / weaknesses of each?

... I like Greil Marcus's writing quite a lot. I'm also interested in fiction that centers around music: The Commitments, High Fidelity, etc. I'm currently working on Doyle's Oh, Play That Thing, which features Louis Armstrong as a central character. I'm interested in recommendations in ...

For good movies based on good books I always think of The Name of the Rose, The Princess Bride, High Fidelity. A couple of good little-known ones are The Day of the Locust and El callejón de los milagros, a Mexican adaptation of Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz. For good books ...