http://www.blackmarks.net/2005/05/31/my-very-own-polysyllabic-spree-may-2005/ "The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story." -- Ursula K. Le Guin -- Writer, Reader, Amateur Interneter, Father and Life Chronicler. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:04:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blackmarks.net/2005/05/31/my-very-own-polysyllabic-spree-may-2005/#comment-1840 black marks on wood pulp » What I’ve Been Reading — The Best of 2005 Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:20:14 +0000 http://cdub.driscocity.com/?p=85#comment-1840 [...] Nick Hornby – The Polysyllabic Spree (2004) — Reviewed May 2005 Really, this is just a collection of the first 13 months of Hornby’s Believer articles. They’re all very smart, and funny, and I just can’t gush over them enough. He’s revolutionized the book review column; it’s much more interesting to read about a person’s buying and reading habits than it is to simply learn about the newest books. There truly is a natural progression in reading, and buying, books, and I believe that they should be reviewed as such. [...] [...] Nick Hornby – The Polysyllabic Spree (2004) — Reviewed May 2005 Really, this is just a collection of the first 13 months of Hornby’s Believer articles. They’re all very smart, and funny, and I just can’t gush over them enough. He’s revolutionized the book review column; it’s much more interesting to read about a person’s buying and reading habits than it is to simply learn about the newest books. There truly is a natural progression in reading, and buying, books, and I believe that they should be reviewed as such. [...]

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