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| Book talk : Another silly game---part 5 | | 473 | Talbin, April 1 |
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| Reading Resolutions : What Did You Read in 2007? | | 23 | Sandydog1, March 30 |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five books read during 2007 | | 255 | RcCarol, March 17 |
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| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 2 June 2007 | | 144 | ShannonMDE, June 2007 |
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28> About A Boy by Nick Hornby. Loved the book like I love the movie. About A Boy by Nick Hornby
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Small World by David Lodge
A Kid for Two Farthings by Wolf Mankowitz
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver About A Boy by Nick Hornby ... much like how you never hear about the good stepmothers in the Brothers Grimm fairy tales.
*sulks because he's reading About a Boy again* ... got me reading his short stories which were even better.
I also never thought I would enjoy Nick Hornby, but one copy of About A Boy later and I'm hooked. Finished A Long 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. 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. ... 17) About A Boy by Nick Hornby
I needed something lighter to read after reading two very emotional draining books lately (The Pillars of the Earth and The Road). Hornby's got a way of expressing himself that I find amusing, and he manages to, despite writing about a very serious topic; ... About a Boy by Nick Hornby ... Dickens
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kippling
About A Boy by Nick Hornby
The Undertaking by Thomas Lynch
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Puppet on a Chain by Alistair MacLean
Monkey Ho ... April: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
May: Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe
June: About a Boy by Nick Hornby
July: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
August: The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
September: Undecided
October: Undecided
November: U ... ... (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). About a boy by Nick Hornby ... McCullers
American Psycho - Ellis
Empire Falls - Russo
The Last Picture Show - McMurtry
The Commitments - Doyle
About a Boy - Hornby 4.) About a Boy, Nick Hornby ****
I'm preparing for the first in series of three comprehensive field exams for my PhD in English, so that takes up most of my reading time. But I try to read something for pleasure before bed, and this was it for the last week or so. A good book--engaging, ... 1. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
2. Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov
3. About a Boy by Nick Hornby
4. Strangers in Paradise Pocket Book 6 by Terry Moore
5. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather Best Graphic Novel: Apollo's Song by Osamu Tezuka / Watchmen by Alan Moore (tie)
Best Prose Fiction: About a Boy by Nick Hornby / Train Man (book Version) by Hitori Nakano
Best Non-Fiction: On Writing by Stephen King
Best Poetry: Songs of Innocence and Experience ... ... So I am starting afresh this year - aiming to read at least 50 books. I have picked up my first book of the year - About a Boy by Nick Hornby. ... Babyville - Jane Green
15. Bright Lights, Big City - Jay McInerney
16. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
17. About a Boy - Nick Hornby
18. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone - J.K. Rowling
19. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
20. Cry, the Beloved Country - ... ... put mine in...
The first is the best, the others in no particular order.
1. The Shifting Fog by Kate Morton
2. About a Boy by Nick Hornby
3. Back when we were grownups by Anne Tyler
4. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
5. The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane by Ka ... ... Isaac Asimov
3. Goodbye, Mr. Chips James Hilton
4. Loving Danielle Steel
5. Asking for Trouble Elizabeth Young
6. About a Boy Nick Hornby
7. Dirty Work Stuart Woods
8. Deadly Embrace Jackie Collins
9. Remember When Nora Roberts/JD Robb
10. Heidi Johanna Spyri
11. Murder Su ... ... by Ann Rule
4. Dirty Work by Stuart Woods
5. The Best Laid Plans by Sydney Sheldon
Honorable Mentions: About a Boy by Nick Hornby, Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice, and Spanish Lessons by Derek Lambert ... read Dracula by Bram Stoker yet? I read the book and enjoyed it immensely.
Or even if we tried reading guy-lit:
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
Not enough people have read Train Man by Hitori Nakano (This is the closest Touchstone I could get to the actual novel, it's on LT ... ... suicide at the end, the boy's general unhappiness with his life, guilt, the same sex scenes that kept repeating.
About a boy
An inspector calls
The tortilla curtain - another book where the situation just gets worse, and worse, and then some more.
Death of a salesman - and ... ... that aren't 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? As mentioned earlier, I was going to give Kevin Brockmeier's Grooves a try, but I've ended up reading Slam by Nick Hornby. I'm about halfway through and digging on the first-person narrative voice of the central character, Sam. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Incidentally, this is H ... ... Twist by Charles Dickens (3,421 copies)
The long dark tea-time of the soul byDouglas Adams (3,294 copies)
About a boy by Nick Hornby (3,260 copies)
Just finished About a Boy by Nick Hornby. It was abridged, with typically I loathe, but it was under $3 and read by Alan Cumming, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I've read the novel, too, and I find the differences between the novel and the film fascinating, particularly the endings. I've only read About a Boy so I nominate that one. It was a good book. 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. ... the Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding
In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
Pope Joan: A Novel by Donna Cross
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Readings on Heart of Darkness by Clarice Swisher
Too Cute C ... About a Boy by Nick Hornby
Charlotte's Web by E B White
Asking for Trouble by Elizabeth Young became The Wedding Date
The Betsy by Harold Robbins
Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
... Zen for Cats
821--English poetry: The Canterbury Tales
822--English drama: Julius Caesar
823--English fiction: About a Boy
827--English satire & humor: Stiff Upper Lip
828--English miscellaneous writings: The English Gentleman
829--Old English (Anglo-Saxon): Beowulf
833-- ... ... 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 some that haven't ... ... by James Hilton (***)
4. Loving by Danielle Steel (*)
5. Asking for Trouble by Elizabeth Young (**)
6. About a Boy by Nick Hornby (****)
7. Dirty Work by Stuart Woods (*****)
8. Deadly Embrace by Jackie Collins (***)
9. Remember When by Nora Roberts ( ... Oh good, I'm so glad you found it!
You could probably send an e-mail to the site about your About a Boy quote, since it looks like the others are all contributed by different people. ... the women knew the words, every last one of them, and it shocked the men."
Cool site, too. It's a shame the quote from About A Boy doesn't have my favourite reference to Joni in fiction, when Marcus (the boy) tries - and briefly succeeds - in persuading Will (the lead character, in his 30s ... If you can't get your hands on a copy of a variant of The Polysyllabic Spree, try another Nick Hornby book, About A Boy.
If you've seen the Hugh Grant movie of this, you know it's an endearing story. It's about a playful bachelor who decides that he can get better chances at love by ... ... (and in some cases 'third') nominations for:
David Sedaris, especially Me Talk Pretty One Day
Nick Hornby's About a Boy and A Long Way Down
Roddy Doyle's Barrytown Trilogy, I LOreallyL when reading The Van
most things by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock
an ... 56. About A Boy by Nick Hornby
  A Long Way Down
About a Boy
Death du Jour
I was dropping off insurance claims, and right next to where my car was parked there's a bookstore, which had a table of heavily discounted books outside. I also went to the Salvation Army. I've been going through a longish real literature ... ... Dragon chat, and, yes, of course checked the status of LT way too often! Other than that, I spent some time reading About a Boy, walked the dog in the park, and I think I slept somewhere in there.
>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. A Dog's Life - Peter Mayle
About a Boy - Nick Hornby ... and Jane Austen 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.
... the Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding
In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
Pope Joan: A Novel by Donna Cross
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Fat Girl: A True Story by Judith Moore
Walk Two Moon ... ... Chevalier
9. Like Water for Chocolate
10. Dairy Queen Days
11. Under Gemini, Rosamunde Pilcher
March
12. About a Boy
13. Cry, the Beloved Country
14. Storm Country Polly
15. City on a Hill, Kenny Kemp
16. The Luckiest Girl, Beverly Cleary
17. Surprised by Joy ... ... by Joanne Harris
Memoirs 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
E ... ... and frustrating than House of Leaves. This must be post modern light.
4. The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction.
5. About a boy by Nick Hornby. As all Hornby books, I loved it. Quick read, satisfying and funny. Much like the movie that I also enjoy. Yet again, as with most all ... Oh my gosh, so much going on! I own the movie About a Boy. It's one of my favorites. I had no idea it came from a book. Have to add that one to my list. Also need to add The Notebook to my list. I own that movie as well. What a great story! Men cried during that movie. The Da Vinci Code was... ... Today as I was reading About A Boy, I discovered the book was missing 31 pages. Rather, it was missing the correct 31 pages... it hopped from 214 to 151, which continued on to 182 before returning back to the correct page, 247. I missed out on a good part of the book! At least I figured it out on ... I just finished About A Boy by Nick Hornby, and here are some good quotes I saved by dog-earing the pages they were on:
Sarcasm, Will was beginning to see, was a language that Marcus found peculiarly baffling, which as far as Will was concerned meant it was absolutely irresistable.
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Wi ... ... price, but I love the movie. I agree that it wouldn't be such a hit in the U.S. if it hadn't been Americanized. I'm reading About a Boy currently, but I haven't yet seen the entire movie. So far, I'm enjoying Nick Hornby's writing, though.
I, Robot - Someone mentioned this is a book/movie ... I like About a Boy by Nick Hornby (Islington/Angel/Camden, North London)
Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue (Central London)
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (Parts set in Hampstead & St. John's Wood)
And obviously Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby parts of which are set in Highbury.
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