This is, I think, the second volume of monthly diary style book reviews, as originally published in the US magazine Believer. Nick Hornby is a charming book companion - curious, enthusiastic, discerning and funny. His reading tastes are wide and varied: there is fiction, non fiction and poetry, heavy and light, but Hornby has an amazing ability to make ALL of these books sound interesting. These are not scholarly reviews, and he doesn't write about books he doesn't enjoy, the reviews are all generally positive, apparently in keeping with Believer's editorial policy. I really enjoyed this book, and I will be reading some of the books Hornby enthuses about. Thanks to Nyssa for the Christmas present of this book.