I enjoyed reading his pieces in book form rather than in magazine form. Not sure why. But now I have a whole hell of a lot more books to add to my to-read pile. I like how he approaches book criticism. Most times I get the sense that the writer was paid or not paid enough to read a book and then write about it. But it was cool to get a more realistic look at books, or at least I feel a unique and interesting one, written with style and humor.

Not quite as enjoyable as the first collection, but still a good read. I loved when Hornby bought and/or read books that I love such as Another Bullshit Night in Suck City (Flynn) and A Man Without a Country (Vonnegut). Y’all should read those, btw.

Delightfully snarky. I wish I could get paid to write a column about the books I'm reading and be able to make people laugh about it the way Nick Hornby does. There's something almost masturbatory about it. I loved the first in the series and a quiet Friday night in called for the second.

Housekeeping vs. the Dirt is the second collection of Nick Hornby book review essays that I've read (the other was The Polysyllabic Spree, which I see I thought was less funny than he thought. I didn't get that type of impression this time). I find these books irresistible because he's a great writer, is not at all pompous about the books, and embraces the idea of being spontaneous about buying books but then reading according to mood. In fact, reading him makes me add stuff to my Amazon list that I may or may not ever buy or read.

From http://weeksnotice.blogspot.com/2017/...