Shakespeare Wrote For Money ~Nick Hornby –2008, Believer Books –131 pages –4.5/5 stars “Two years of reading begat by more reading, presented in easily digestible, utterly hysterical monthly installments” The title tag nearly says it all, and its truth held very true with me: reading

Pages Read This Hour: 70 Books Read This Hour: Shakespeare Wrote For Money by Nick Hornby Total Pages Read: 131 Books Completed: 1 (Shakespeare Wrote For Money by Nick Hornby) Mini-Challenges Participated In: 2 Time Spent Reading: 37 minutes Time Spent Blogging: 23 minutes First of all, can we talk about how we’ve still got a snow storm going on outside?!

Three books came into my house last week. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling. Ordered to replace the Collectors' Edition that I sent back because it was so poorly put together. I read it, very carefully, before returning it but I still wanted to have the stories to read again. Shakespeare Wrote for Money by Nick Hornby. I've thoroughly enjoyed the 2 previous collections of his ...

Nick Hornby on stage with the rock band Marah in 2006 (Alastair Grant/Associated Press) Nick Hornby is the author of "High Fidelity," "Songbook" and many other books, including most recently the novel "Slam." Nick Hornby's 2008 Playlist: I haven't actually made the playlist below, for a good reason: a couple of the songs here I don't actually like

The might and majesty of British law caught up with William Shakespeare today when he is listed among the tax evaders who failed to pay a subsidy of 5 shillings. Shakespeare always considered money to be a good friend and was reluctant to part with any. In addition to the income from acting, writing and part-ownership of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, Will also made a little money buying and resellin...

Pages Read This Hour: 109 Books Read This Hour:Twenty Something Manifesto by Christine Hessler Total Pages Read: 538 Books Completed: 2 (Witch Child by Celia Rees, Shakespeare Wrote For Money by Nick Hornby) Mini-Challenges Participated In: 5 Time Spent Reading: 25 Time Spent Blogging: 35 Whew! We’re a quarter of the way through, which seems crazy. It feels like

Pages Read This Hour: 20 Books Read This Hour: The Likeness by Tana French Total Pages Read: 1,495 Books Completed: 5 (I Am a Pencil by Sam Swope, Death and Judgement by Donna Leon, Twenty Something Manifesto by Christine Hessler, Witch Child by Celia Rees, Shakespeare Wrote For Money by Nick Hornby) Mini-Challenges Participated In: 14 (including mine) Time Spent

Pages Read This Hour: 38 Books Read This Hour: Death and Judgement by Donna Leon Total Pages Read: 934 Books Completed: 3 (Twenty Something Manifesto by Christine Hessler, Witch Child by Celia Rees, Shakespeare Wrote For Money by Nick Hornby) Mini-Challenges Participated In: 9 Time Spent Reading: 15 Time Spent Blogging: 45 The laptop is getting a little fussy, which is really

Pages Read These Hours: 199 Books Read This Hour: I Am a Pencil by Sam Swope Total Pages Read: 1,319 Books Completed: 5 (I Am a Pencil by Sam Swope, Death and Judgement by Donna Leon, Twenty Something Manifesto by Christine Hessler, Witch Child by Celia Rees, Shakespeare Wrote For Money by Nick Hornby) Mini-Challenges Participated In: 12 Time Spent

Pages Read This Hour: none! Books Read This Hour: none! Total Pages Read: 1,022 Books Completed: 4 (Death and Judgement by Donna Leon, Twenty Something Manifesto by Christine Hessler, Witch Child by Celia Rees, Shakespeare Wrote For Money by Nick Hornby) Mini-Challenges Participated In: 10 Time Spent Reading: 0 Time Spent Blogging: 60 I spent all of this last hour cheerleading, since