The Polysyllabic Spree

I'm sure not a lot of people know about this book, The Polysyllabic Spree (Complete Hardcover version), but if you love to read, this is a must buy. Nick Hornby (author of "High Fidelity," among other books) has a monthly column in The Believer magazine where he muses about the books that he's read that month. Sometimes the columns fling off into weird and wacky directions but for the most part, what Hornby does is to give readers an inside look on how one (very literate) person goes through the world of books.

His columns always begin with a list of books bought that month and then a list of the books finished. It's fabulous.

The book is seriously amazing to read through. I can't do enough justice to it with such a poorly written review. Just go pick it up -- alternately, we could swap for it. Highly recommended.

Apparently there's a sequel: Housekeeping vs Dirt.