More Baths, Less Talking

I've read a good bit of Nick Hornby, but I have to say that my favorite Nick Hornby books are these, the books composed of essays he has written for The Believer. Hornby has compiled several books now that are composed entirely of essays about the books Hornby is reading.

Oddly, I haven't read much of what Hornby reads and I'm not inspired to go out and buy the books he reads, but (who knows why?) I'm terribly intrigued at reading about Hornby's reading. Lots of biographies and classics and histories.

Books about musicians and soccer players and politicians. I don't read any of that. Almost never. But I still love reading about the books he has read and attempted to read and (even) given up on. Mysterious.

I am thoroughly enjoying this! I picked it up based on the title and it turns out to be one of the best books about books I've ever read. WAY better than Tolstoy's Purple Chair, or whatever that memoir of reading a book a day was called. It's lovely standing alone and hey, you might get some great book suggestions out of it!