mairimav's review against another edition
4.0
At a time before youtube and booktube came along, Nick Hornby, proving, as always, the pioneer that he is reminds readers the joys and sorrows and struggles of being a reader. He puts into perspective questions still unanswered like judging others for their reading material of choice and whether reading has become pretentious, whilst presenting how it like working in a literaty judgement free safe space with an ever changing number of employees. All that while giving us simultaneously exceptional recommendations. I am definitely biased, as he is one of my favourite authors of all time, but his genious and passion of the craft is shining through once again.
starness's review against another edition
3.0
Books about books, what’s not to love. Funny and enjoyable but skimmed some parts.
_dunno_'s review against another edition
4.0
I'm holding Mr. Hornby accountable for many of the books I added on the to-read shelf in the past few weeks. And if you see me reading David Copperfield it's entirely his fault. But if I'll be listening to the audio book it'll be because, well, Richard Armitage.
thereaderintherye's review against another edition
challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
4.0
frahorus's review against another edition
3.0
Questo libro è la raccolta di una rubrica che lo scrittore Nick Hornby ha scritto, mensilmente, dall'estate del 2003 fino al 2006 in una rivista. Questa rubrica doveva parlare e commentare le letture che, di mese in mese, l'autore faceva. Insomma, è quel libro che parla di libri.
Non ho ancora letto nulla di questo autore, e devo dire che mi è risultato molto simpatico e ironico. Scoprire le sue letture e leggere i suoi divertenti commenti mi hanno fatto scorrere velocemente le pagine e adesso non vedo l'ora di leggere qualche suo romanzo.
Consigliato a chi ama i consigli di lettura.
Non ho ancora letto nulla di questo autore, e devo dire che mi è risultato molto simpatico e ironico. Scoprire le sue letture e leggere i suoi divertenti commenti mi hanno fatto scorrere velocemente le pagine e adesso non vedo l'ora di leggere qualche suo romanzo.
Consigliato a chi ama i consigli di lettura.
lian_tanner's review against another edition
4.0
I'm amazed that I've never read anything by Nick Hornby before. I really really liked this book - he is tremendously funny while at the same time making some quite significant points. I've now ordered a number of the books he talks about, plus one of his novels.
chrysalis11's review against another edition
4.0
The Complete Polysyllabic Spree is a delight for any reader---a treasure trove and a spoiler minefield for to-be-read piles! It is witty, easy-to-read and definitely relatable. Especially the fact about buying books faster than you can read them. I completely agree with Hornby that it is not just hoarding and the intention is more important---we do intend to read all of them, we just have not been able to get to it yet. Many of the pieces are also accompanied by little extracts from the books being written about, giving you a little taste, a slight tease. A little something to mull on as you add yet another set to your ever-increasing To-Be-Read pile!
screeching_dread's review against another edition
An interesting book. It's a shame I couldn't finish reading it and that now my copy is thousands of km away. I will get a new copy and read it. :)