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High Fidelity
High Fidelity | Nick Hornby
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mjtwo
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1-5 Dec 23 (audiobook)
Rob is in his mid-30s but has failed to grow up. He owns a failing record store, has few friends and a series of ex-girlfriends, who all seem to have dumped him for someone better. When his latest girlfriend leaves, he decides to reconnect with his exes to inquire why they dumped him.
Rob is immature and difficult to like. He is misogynistic, sulky and bitter.
But I loved Hornby‘s ability to evoke the period and his humour.

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emilycoc
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One of my top five favourite books of all time. Great choice for a re-read. #bookfiveof2023

Leftcoastzen I adore the book and film. John is coming to a screening here in Chandler Az.I got my ticket! 8mo
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lynneamch
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"It's no good pretending that any
*relationship* has a future if your
record collections disagree
violently or if your favorite films
wouldn't even speak to each other
if they met at a party." Love this book!
Pics of Paperback Writer, a fave vinyl records & used books #bookstore in Michigan. #mittenlitten #relationship #InQuotes
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Love this❤️📚 🎥 14mo
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Andrew65
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😂😂😂 14mo
Suet624 Oh Nick. So true. 14mo
Leftcoastzen I love this quote & book! 14mo
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Kappadeemom 🤣 14mo
Andrew65 @Leftcoastzen It is an excellent book. 14mo
RebelReader Paul and I are the exception that proves the rule. 🤣 I think because we can tolerate each others taste. We listen to my music in my car and his in his car. And if I can‘t stand what he‘s watching, I can tune it out and read! And he will watch what I like once in awhile. 🤣🤣🤣 I guess we just have a weird chemistry that keeps us together. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 14mo
lynneamch I didn't see that you had already chosen this same quote until after I posted. So good, right? 14mo
Andrew65 @lynneamch Great minds think alike 😂 It is a great quote. 14mo
Andrew65 @RebelReader They do say opposites attract. 14mo
Eggs ❤️🤗🥰 14mo
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eeclayton
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#manicmonday #letterH @CBee

📖 High Fidelity
✍️ Patricia Highsmith, Nick Hornby, Thomas Hardy
🎞️ How to lose a guy in 10 days 📺 House MD
🎤 Ed Harcourt
🎵 Heat of the Night by Bryan Adams

CBee I loved High Fidelity! 2y
eeclayton @CBee me too, it's one of my all-time favourites ☺️ 2y
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GidgetsTreasures75
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9-16-22: My 91st finished book of 2022! Rob, a whiny 30 something owner of a record shop in London has been dumped, again. This leads him to look back at past relationships and try to figure out what went wrong, while trying to win his recent girlfriend back. I love the way Nick Hornby writes but Rob is very annoying in how he handles women so it was tough reading his inner monologues and not get frustrated with him. ⭐️⭐️⭐️📖#️⃣9️⃣1️⃣

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eeclayton
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#Alphabetgame #LetterH @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I love this book so much that I find it difficult to write about it. It's so brilliant and real.

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Andrew65
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Eggs 🖤🎶❤️ 2y
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TheSpineView
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#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Prompt: Jailhouse Rock

Klou Interesting choice. Good job! 2y
TheSpineView @Klou 💙📖 2y
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ChristianO
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"What came first – the music or the misery? Did I listen to the music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to the music?"
Nick Hornby- High Fidelity

Hobispo Welcome to Litsy!!! 🥳🥳 2y
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CoffeeNBooks
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Mehso-so

I finished my #DoubleSpin pick this month! I'm not really sure how I feel about this book. It was sort of a coming of age novel about a 36-year-old who should have already grown up. He sees everyone being adults around him, and it seems to make him angry, until he realizes how that could be just as important to him as his record collection and knowledge of music.
@TheAromaofBooks

Ruthiella I read this in my early read thirties and loved it. Timing might have been key! 😆 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
janeycanuck “coming of age novel about a 36-year-old who should have already grown up” - I ❤️ how you put that. 2y
thegreensofa I love your review! (I so agree), described perfectly!! 💕👏🏻 2y
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CoffeeNBooks
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Starting Day 2 of the #JoyousJanuary #Readathon with coffee and High Fidelity
#coffeeandabook
@Andrew65

Andrew65 Loved that. 2y
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Vansa
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#ProfessionalBOokNerdsChallenge #Day2 @Readergrrl Can't just pick one!3 of my favourite writers,I absolutely LOVE Fever Pitch though I'm not a football fan-it's a book about fandom in general, and being human.There are so many Pratchetts that could be the best,I picked this one-I really like the books where Moist features, they're lovely allegories of the modern world.Adichie is a genius,enough said.

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yoavshai
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#BookCoverChallenge
Day 144.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

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MatchlessMarie
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Finished my July #BookSpin. I don‘t like writing bad reviews but honesty this should have been a bail. Bye, Felicia 😆 Full Review here. I had a lot to say 🙃

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/346888643

“Well, I‘m sexist, aren‘t I? Is that the right answer?”

I think this line about sums up my experience reading the book. Yes Rob. That is the answer. Reading this book made me want to question my own memory having grown up loving the film.

TheAromaofBooks Oh no, always so sad when one just gets worse instead of better as you go along!! 3y
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MatchlessMarie
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July #BookSpinBingo Card

I will be spending some quality time with my Kindle/Overdrive this month I think I maybe have 2 books this time that are psychical books

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks great!!! 3y
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Runner5ive
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Another semester of uni over so I‘m BACK! This book is for book club and I would‘ve liked it better if it weren‘t entirely about a hopeless, selfish, self-absorbed a-hole who obsesses about what other people think of him and whose existence depends entirely on whether he can get his D wet. At least it was better than the last book club book (Ready Player Two - not even worth a Litsy add) so for that reason alone this book is not a pan.

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Sihamwh
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Leftcoastzen ❤️❤️❤️ 3y
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Anoukeboek
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The main character is flat, boring and spine-less. He only defines himself through the women he dates and the music he thinks is best. The plot is meaningless and the side characters add nothing. The writing style is fine, but not something that will stay in your head.
(🎧 - audiobook)

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bio_chem06
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1. I currently live in Columbus, Ohio - My Fathers Closet 2. Indian reservation in Montana. -The Only Good Indians. 3. The Altmans - This is Where I Leaves You. -just for fun High Fidelity because the movie being filmed in Chicago is the best

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Mitul1
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What are your thoughts on High Fidelity? I‘m in the middle of reading this one and so far I‘ve enjoyed his style and story. The generous dose of music reference helps! 😁

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eeclayton
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#MeetTheLittens

(1) Budapest, Hungary
(2) High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
(3) The Saxon Tales (aka. The Last Kingdom series) by Bernard Cornwell
(4) Back to the Future
(5) Veronica Mars (the original 3 seasons)
(6) Bryan Adams
(7) green
(8) historical fiction
(9) I teach English as a second language at a secondary school
(10) none

reading_rainbow I can not wait to start the Saxon tales, I have a feeling they will become my new favorite 3y
eeclayton Enjoy! I've read the first 6 books and loved them all. 7 more to go 😁 3y
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Soubhiville
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I thought this was pretty fun! Loads about music, books, and movies from the 80‘s and 90‘s.

The main story is about a guy who owns a record store and is pretty bad at relationships. There‘s not a fast moving plot, but a bunch of scruffy characters with not a lot of direction to their lives, and some musicians.

I was glad to see the MC have a bit of personal growth by the end. Midway through I thought he was going to be hopeless.

Soubhiville @AmyG gave me this for my BDay 😊📚 Thanks Amy! 3y
Suet624 I‘m assuming you saw the movie? 3y
AmyG You‘re welcome. And yes, like @Suet624 suggests...see the movie! 3y
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InkintheMargins This is one of my top five all time favorite films. 🎧 So good!! 3y
Leftcoastzen I love the book and the movie . When I feel awful the film always makes me feel better. 3y
Soubhiville @AmyG @Suet624 @MadDashReading @Leftcoastzen I don‘t think I have seen it! I‘ll put it on my to watch list. I‘m pretty sure there‘s a new series of it too... 3y
vivastory @Leftcoastzen I remember going to theaters to see the movie twice when it was first released: once for the music & cultural references and the second time for the story 3y
Suet624 The John Cusack version is terrific. There is a new series with Zoe Kravitz which is fine but Cusack version is the best. 3y
AmyG Ha...yes @Suet624 Cusack‘s version is the only one I will watch. (edited) 3y
Leftcoastzen @vivastory indeed ! It does operate on several levels . I saw it in the theater too.One of those times I felt I would adore it even though I read the book first. 3y
CoffeeNBooks I just bought this book the other day, and I'm looking forward to reading it. I saw the movie when it was in the theater, and really liked it. 3y
Soubhiville Alright @AmyG @vivastory @Leftcoastzen @Suet624 @MadDashReading I just finished the movie. It‘s so true to the book! I‘m surprised! I really liked it, thanks for the tip 😊. 3y
Suet624 I‘m so glad you got to watch it!! 3y
InkintheMargins Yay! I'm glad you liked it. Jon Cusack is perfection and you've got to love classic Jack Black! 3y
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RamsFan1963
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I miss the old record stores like Record Bar, great places to hear new music. I always said a mall without a music store and a book store, isn't a real mall.

#QuotsyAug20 #vinyl

@TK-421

AmyG I loved as a kid going to the record store every week. Music has been one of my life‘s greatest joys. 4y
RamsFan1963 @AmyG In high school, going to the mall's book store, record store and movie theater was a weekly ritual. You saw everyone from school, hung out, listened to music together, met your new gf/bf. I miss that kind of thing. Malls now, where they still exist, are cold sterile things, full of clothing and shoe stores. No heart, no soul, no personality. 4y
MicheleinPhilly The day I turned 16 I went to the mall and filled out an application for Sam Goody. I pretty much gave my paycheck right back to them each week. 4y
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IamIamIam In high school, we shopped at The Wall because they had a lifetime guarantee. Too bad it was for my lifetime, not theirs... 😂 4y
MoonWitch94 I miss record stores SO much. Sam Goody, The Wall, Tower Records...loved all of them! Especially independently owned ones. 4y
marleed I often tell my kids about all the time I spent looking through the record (and then cd) collections of my friends and family. It told a story of who they were. I was still buying CDs when my kids were home. But as adults neither has spent their own money on either a physical or electronic album. My son just picks a style and Spotify streams his music. 4y
RamsFan1963 @MoonWitch94 Oh I loved the staff at Tower Records, they were great at recommending new music to me. I discovered many of my now favorites because of them. 4y
MoonWitch94 @RamsFan1963 YES agreed! As a young teenager just discovering my own personal taste in music, the staff there was so helpful, and never made me feel dumb or immature. 4y
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dariazeoli
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One of my favorite books and films was made into a show on Hulu. I‘m loving how they‘ve updated the story! Zoe Kravitz is great as Rob, and Debbie Harry just showed up on a Springsteen-like cameo.

Good stuff on all mediums.

JoScho I was a grumble bunny about watching it at first because the movie was so great but I have to say the show is pretty damn awesome. 4y
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Leftcoastzen
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I like the Zoe Kravitz version on Hulu!

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jaybilton
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😍

Leftcoastzen ❤️👍👏 4y
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SavannahtheSith
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“My desert-island, all-time, top five...”

Nick Hornby wrote the character Rob in such a way that it made me care what he was thinking and understood his actions (even though I didn‘t like Rob for most of the book). Then Hornby ties Rob up in the end as a truly relatable protagonist.

Leftcoastzen This is one time I love the book and movie equally.Even though they move the story from the U.K. to Chicago. (edited) 4y
SavannahtheSith @Leftcoastzen I‘d have to agree with you 100%! Can‘t wait for the Hulu series next month. 4y
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Dallyboy
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My all time top five favourite things about high fidelity:
1- the top fives
2- the mix tapes
3- existential angst
4- immature narcissistic narrator
5- it‘s not what you like, it‘s what you‘re like.

So going of number 5, even if you don‘t like high fidelity, I can still (theoretically) like you.

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KarenUK
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#MoVember
I couldn‘t think of books and #music without thinking of Nick Hornby‘s writing...... Loved this book and movie 📚💕🎥

Leftcoastzen I love this book and movie too!when I‘m in a bad mood I watch the film and feel better. 4y
dariazeoli One of my faves in both mediums! 4y
Cinfhen Need to read and watch 🙊 4y
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Maike
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Book dragons are everywhere, even in little Bavarian towns.

Louise Perhaps especially in little Bavarian towns! 😉 4y
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emilycoc
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No, I haven‘t switched books (yet) - a conversation with my best friend sparked this question, a la High Fidelity: what are you Top 5 Favourite Books? I can come up with 1-3 easily; 4 and 5 are going to take some serious thought. Let me know yours! I love discovering great books. #top5 #topfive #top5favoritebooks #top5favouritebooks #booklovers #books #whatiread

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Fr3NcHtOaSt
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Next on my reading list is this book. I‘ve loved other books by Hornby and I‘m this wont disappoint
#nickhornby #highfidelity #book #books #reading

Leftcoastzen I love this book! 5y
Fr3NcHtOaSt @Leftcoastzen like I said I like his other works so I had to read this 5y
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Andrew65
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Playing catch-up.
Been to #Chicago in books more times than I thought!

OriginalCyn620 📚👌🏻📚 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Divergent!!! 5y
Andrew65 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks It certainly evokes strong opinions with people. 5y
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Novelista71
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Perfect book given as a present by my oldest friend when I had lost my way in the world

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erzascarletbookgasm
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The protagonist owns a record shop in London. The book tells of his love life, a sort of ‘male fiction‘? Not up my street.
#ayupaugust #putyourrecordson

squirrelbrain I didn‘t mind this one, but I didn‘t ❤️ it! 5y
Cinfhen I‘ve always been curious about this book!! I‘ve heard the film is really good 5y
CarolynM I liked this one a lot and the film too. @Cinfhen 5y
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KarenUK
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#talkinboutarevolution #LilithJuly
My brain went to 45 and 33 revolutions per minute!
These two are both set in record shops..... I love High Fidelity but I have yet to read The Music Shop.... mostly because there a so many #meh reviews of it here on Litsy! 🤷‍♀️

Cinfhen Well played 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y
BarbaraBB Great choices! 5y
JohnOliver I LOVE High Fidelity! 👏🏽 5y
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CarolynM 👏👏👏 Very clever. I loved High Fidelity (loved the film too, it's different from the book but shares its spirit) but I didn't like the Music Shop at all. 5y
Crazeedi I enjoyed the music shop!! 5y
KarenUK @Crazeedi Yay! I‘m glad for a 👍... it sounds really good to me... Going to give it a go.... 💕 5y
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TheSpineView
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Eggs Great choice🤗 5y
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Joanne1
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Great, well written and witty palate cleanser. I foresee lots of Nick Hornby in my future. Terrific audio production too. Made me miss the days of home-made mixed tapes.

CarolynM I've read a few Hornbys. I like this one best. 5y
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Joanne1
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I‘ve never read a Nick Hornby before and have been meaning to for years. So far this audio version is excellent with a perfectly matched narrator. And the story is witty and interesting, nothing high brow but good fun.

AlaMich About A Boy was enjoyable too. 😊 5y
Leftcoastzen ❤️❤️ 5y
MrsMalaprop Have read loads of his over the years. High Fidelity & About A Boy would be two I‘d recommend 👍 @AlaMich 😊. 5y
Joanne1 @Leftcoastzen @MrsMalaprop thanks for the recs. I feel like I‘ve found a new guilty pleasure author good for reading between heavier stuff. 5y
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Leftcoastzen
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#MayMadness #BookToMovie “What came first , the music or the misery?” There is nothing that I don‘t like about this movie or this book.Yeah,the book takes place in the U.K. & the movie Chicago,but the universal story of love,loss ,deluding oneself & the excessive love of music works wonderfully on both sides of the pond.I read the book when it was first published & it‘s my go to movie when I want the world to “F”off.Early Jack Black?Awesome .

BeansPage HA! Love this 🤭 5y
Clwojick Oh! I need to rematch this one! Thanks for the reminder. 👏🏻 5y
CarolynM I loved the book and the movie ❤️ 5y
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Suet624 You and I sure do like many of the same things. Honestly, any movie that Cusack is in is a winner for me. 5y
Leftcoastzen @Suet624 I like almost all his movies too. 5y
batsy I enjoyed the book and absolutely adored the movie... It's been awhile since I've read or seen it, though. This post is very nostalgic for me 🧡 5y
Leftcoastzen @batsy It seems to really wraps itself around some people.You and me both. 5y
cathipink I love both of these, too. Did you hear they're making a tv show? I think the lead will be female (and I think it's Zoe Kravitz, if I remember correctly). So fun! 5y
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BarkingMadRead
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Finished my second book for #booked2019 Spring, #featuresamusician I think I‘m heading for cli-fi next! @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Cinfhen Way to go!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉good luck with your CliFi 5y
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BarkingMadRead
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Tuesday at the used book store.... if I finish today then I can put it back on the shelf lol

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BarkingMadRead
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I know it‘s Monday but it‘s already been one of those days so I went to my happy place!

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sophierayton
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Mehso-so

I first read this as a teenager and all I remember was that I really didn't like it. A friend of mine said it's one of her favourite books so I thought I'd give it a go as an adult. I laughed out loud twice and enjoyed all the lists and music. However, it is not ok to continue trying to grab girls' breasts and crotches when they're saying no and batting you away and the nonchalant way this is described is wrong.

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Naya
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Nice one.

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dariazeoli
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#kindledeal alert! One of my favorite books (and film adaptations) is on sale today. Check those TBRs for a #kindlitsy gift or pick it up for yourself.

In the spirit of the story, what are your Top 5 track one, side ones? 😉

Trashcanman Did you finish Infinite Jest? 5y
dariazeoli @Trashcanman No - I‘m sloooowly making my way through it and have made it my 2019 project! It‘s definitely unlike anything I‘ve read before! 5y
kgriffith High Fidelity is one of my top five desert island films 😉 5y
Insightsintobooks I haven't read this yet. 5y
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