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Oct 29, 2024 | 
lithub.com | Nick Hornby
Books Read:Article continues after advertisementVernon Subutex 1,Virginie Despentes“Astral Weeks”: A Secret History of 1968, Ryan H.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
geekeratimedia.substack.com | Christian Lindke |Nick Hornby
It’s the spooky season and while the major entertainment outlets like Variety and IndieWire have released “Top 100” lists. This is where they rank the “best horror films of all-time” in a manner that always demonstrates some degree presentism and more than a little influence from the “films you are supposed to like” list. I’ve spoken out against the supposed to like list before, so I won’t do so here, but I will say that we won’t be providing a ranking of our Top 100 Horror films.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
thebeliever.net | Nick Hornby
Books read: A Northern Wind: Britain 1962–65—David Kynaston Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska”—Warren Zanes Ongoingness: The End of a Diary—Sarah Manguso Liars—Sarah Manguso 300 Arguments—Sarah Manguso Books bought: Ongoingness: The End of a Diary—Sarah Manguso 300 Arguments—Sarah Manguso Erotic Vagrancy: Everything About Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor—Roger Lewis The Ladies’ Paradise—Émile Zola Literature for the People: How the Pioneering Macmillan...
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
hoerzu.at | Nick Hornby |Lynn Barber
» Klug, unterhaltsam und herrlich besetzt «BeschreibungDie 16-jährige Jenny wächst im London der Sechziger Jahre auf und lernt fleißig, um auf Wunsch ihres Vaters in Oxford studieren zu können. Zufällig begegnet sie einem charismatischen Fremden, der sie an einem regnerischen Tag in seinem Sportwagen nach Hause fährt. David ist doppelt so alt wie Jenny und zeigt ihr eine neue Welt. Konzerte, Restaurants und Partys fesseln Jenny bald mehr als ihre Hausaufgaben.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
eleanoranstruther.substack.com | Alisa Jones |Eleanor Anstruther |Nick Hornby |Heather Havrilesky
1. Why Substack? I had been blogging on WordPress since 2015 as gotham girl and found the discoverability and engagement tools to be sorely lacking. Suddenly, there I was at the end of the book tour with Gotham Girl, Interrupted optioned for a series by Cary Brokaw, the Executive Producer of HBO’s Angels in America; I saw all these authors, screenwriters, scholars, and even witches (yes, Amanda Yates Garcia I see you) on Substack using the platform in such novel ways.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
hoerzu.at | Nick Hornby
» Eheclinch mit Grips, Witz und starken Wahrheiten «BeschreibungDas Ehepaar Tom (Chris O'Dowd) und Louise (Rosamund Pike) trifft sich einmal die Woche tagsüber auf einen Drink im Pub: Er bestellt Bier, sie Weißwein - und anschließend geht es zur Eheberatung! Nachdem Louise fremdgegangen ist, steht die Beziehung trotz zweier Kinder auf der Kippe. Um die Beziehung zu retten, will Louise aufarbeiten, was seit langem schiefläuft - angefangen mit der Flaute im Bett, der Ursache für ihre Untreue.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
celebritynetworth.com | Nick Hornby
What is Ben Mezrich's Net Worth? Ben Mezrich is an American author who has a net worth of $6 million. Ben Mezrich is probably most famous for writing the books "The Accidental Billionaires", "Bringing Down the House", "Rigged" and "Ugly Americans". "The Accidental Billionaires," which told the story of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, was eventually turned into the hit David Fincher movie "The Social Network". "Bringing Down the House" was turned into the Kevin Spacey movie "21".
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
read.substack.com | Cerys Matthews |Justin Rogers |Nick Hornby |Kip Winsett
This week’s Substack Reads is guest edited by bestselling author and Oscar-nominated screenwriter , who writes on Substack and is best known for his novels About a Boy and High Fidelity and his memoir Fever Pitch. On Substack he writes across genres, including sports, culture, and the craft of writing novels and screenplays.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
thebeliever.net | Nick Hornby
Books Read:Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne—Katherine RundellSmall Mercies—Dennis LehaneNow Is Not the Time to Panic—Kevin WilsonBooks Bought:Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne—Katherine RundellSmall Mercies—Dennis LehaneNow Is Not the Time to Panic—Kevin Wilson Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World—Naomi KleinHappy All the Time—Laurie ColwinPeople couldn’t sit still for so long, so there was moving, rustling, eating.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Nick Hornby
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