http://www.blackmarks.net/2005/08/01/my-very-own-polysyllabic-spree-july-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/2005/08/01/my-very-own-polysyllabic-spree-july-2005/#comment-1837 black marks on wood pulp » What I’ve Been Reading — The Best of 2005 Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:15:26 +0000 http://cdub.driscocity.com/index.php/2005/08/01/my-very-own-polysyllabic-spree-july-2005/#comment-1837 [...] Nick Hornby – A Long Way Down (2005) — Reviewed July 2005 Nick Hornby is brilliant with his voicing in A Long Way Down; each of the four main characters had their own say regarding every major event that happened after their failed suicides on New Years Day. Their group, consisting of a young bratty teenager, a former pop star-turned-tabloid wash out, an American garage rocker without a band (or girlfriend), and the mother of an adult vegetable. Hornby has a knack for speaking in voices that you wouldn’t expect from a balding British divorcee. No, I mean that in a good way. [...] [...] Nick Hornby – A Long Way Down (2005) — Reviewed July 2005 Nick Hornby is brilliant with his voicing in A Long Way Down; each of the four main characters had their own say regarding every major event that happened after their failed suicides on New Years Day. Their group, consisting of a young bratty teenager, a former pop star-turned-tabloid wash out, an American garage rocker without a band (or girlfriend), and the mother of an adult vegetable. Hornby has a knack for speaking in voices that you wouldn’t expect from a balding British divorcee. No, I mean that in a good way. [...]

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