Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books | 
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Comment below if you‘d like to take this one home. If multiple folks are interested I‘ll draw a random number. I‘m in the US.
Mailing all books 9-22.
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"Zaid's finest moment, however, comes in his second paragraph, when he says that 'the truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more.'
"That's me! And you, probably! That's us!"
Sixty-eight pages in, and my TBR is expanding at a rate of one title every 23 pages. If this keeps up, I'll have 20 new titles on my TBR by the time I finish. I think I kind of knew that reading this one would be like drilling a hole in the bottom of my boat, but here I am anyway.
#weeklyforecast @Cinfhen
I‘m sad to say I‘m putting Middlegame on pause because I can‘t listen to the narrator any more. I have the physical copy and will return to it at some point.
I‘m going in @Hooked_on_books ! I have a feeling this chunkster will be my before bed read every night for the next month or so. I randomly picked up my new Van Gogh bookmark and it semi-matches. 📚😁
Hanging out at the library with my kids, wondering if there's always so much coughing and I'm just noticing it now, I found this book. I'm new to Nick Hornby and maybe I should start with his fiction, but his approach in these collected columns seems very similar to how I view my reading. Besides, how can I visit the library without messing up my reading plan by picking up another book?
That‘s something to think about. What does your library-read & unread-say about who you are and who you want to be?
pickI‘ve read (and loved) a few books of Nick Hornby‘s columns on reading. These were responsible for several obscure items on my Kindle, I.e. #AusterityBritain. This book collects all his columns into one volume. The quote above illustrates the bibliophile‘s dilemma—the impossibility of reading all the good books published in the last 6 months, much less from the more distant past. All I can do is fill my shelves with good books.
With each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not.
Books are the fullest expression of self. We are our books, the ones we struggle with, the ones we put down and the ones we can‘t, the ones we still hope to read, and, of course, the ones we love. That, more than anything: the ones we love.
...when it‘s going badly, when books don‘t stick or take, when your mood and the mood of the book are fighting like cats...
Like his ground rules. Don‘t point out how much money he spends on books, many of which he‘ll never read. Some of his friends are writers, so he‘ll write about their books. Don‘t tell him he‘s showing off. Sometimes things are slow and he can read more than usual. Lots of reading is just lots of reading, not bragging.
Yes! 😂
The Nick Hornby books based on his column in the Believer "Stuff I've Been Reading" is what made me start documenting not only books I've read, but also books I've purchased. I keep a monthly list. Since I believe that buying a book and reading a book are two separate pleasures I try not to stress over the number purchased vs number read!
My Whole Health coach told me about Green Apple Books, so of course I had to check it out. It just might be my new favorite 😍📚
Looks like an interesting read
This is making me happy right now: my pile of boys in my reading nook, with coffee and Nick Hornby essays. I may not leave this spot all day.
#Shippy @MinDea
What a fun giveaway @hermyknee ! I love me some #coffeecoffeecoffee and especially in big mugs. 😆 I reread this collection of essays every year or two. And I got the mug to commemorate my wedding in Vegas. Obviously I have other lovely keepsakes and memories, but I do love this mug.
When I #needtochasestressaway nothing beats a bubble bath and a good book. #survivingDecember @writerlibrarian
I stopped at the library tonight for a warm place to read until it was time for yoga, and ended up checking out this. I‘ll never have time to finish it AND everything else I‘m reading, but I‘ll get to sample it. 🤷🏻♀️
pick#marchintoreading day 6 - Happy Reads
The collected writings of Nick Hornby for The Believer; got more than a few reading recommendations from this book over the years, and needless to say it makes for a great read itself. The focus on only good books served me as a kind of precursor to @Liberty 's #AlltheBooks podcast.
Here we go. It's going to take me months to finish this because Hornby will mention hundreds of books that I will want to read. It will start with our mutual love of Dickens. I'll be so distracted by the need to read Dickens that I won't want to touch the dozens of unread books sitting in my apt. And so on... #blameitonLitsy or more specifically, @LectricSheep who sent me Tub. Little does she know that she's created a monster! #marchintoreading
I decided to mimic Nick Hornby's columns and track books bought and read. My resolution is to read more books from the library and read the ones I purchase. Although it looks like I bought several books, I actually spent less than $30. Trevor Noah's book was the best of the month. I was disappointed in my library books. This was probably the first month I read a BOTM selection the same month I bought it. Progess!!
Someone is refusing to let me share the awesomeness of my #wintersolsticebookexchange with you.
Sore from snow shovelling, had a rough night's sleep, and was plagued by tough emotional things, so I've decided it's a mental health, reading-in-bed kind of a day. Nick Hornby and this insane little muffin are keeping me company. Hornby's friendly, conversational style is the balm I've been needing. #petsoflitsy #catsoflitsy
This #catblanket goes all the way up. (Seriously, I'm waiting for the fourth cat to perch on my head just to make it complete.) #petsoflitsy #catsoflitsy @LindsayReads
I had more number titles than I thought. Ten Years in the Tub, Hyperbole and a Half, and 84 Charing Cross Road are favorites and frequent re-reads. #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge @RealLifeReading
The passage that transformed my reading life when I first read it, ten years ago. 💛💛💛
Woo-hoo! This is my first litsy-inspired book purchase. It's a collection of essays on what Nick Hornby's been reading and it spans a decade. I read the essay from September 2003 this afternoon... SO GOOD! It's like listening to a friend talk about their book finds, and what they've liked about what they've been reading, and about what they think about reading in general. Thank you Litsy people for an excellent recommendation :)
pickImagine Nick Hornby waxing Litsyesque before Litsy, expounding on books he's read and those he's acquired, filling his house with stacks. That's this book. Like Litsy, guaranteed to increase your TBR. My lazy book pick because it is best read a bit at a time to make it last. I found it completely delightful.
If you haven't wasted huge chunks of your life on art, booze, and soft drugs, then you've wasted huge chunks of your life, and we don't want you around here. Go away.
"We are never allowed to forget some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they're badly read too." Exactly! My husband asked why I recommend he read a book I gave two stars: because it wasn't my thing right now but would be his.
