JULIET, NAKED by Nick Hornby

JULIET, NAKED by Nick Hornby Review (3 1/2 out of 5 Stars) Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby Release Date: September 29, 2009 Publisher: Riverhead Pages: 416 Buy on Amazon Nick Hornby’s latest book, Juliet, Naked, is about the ultimate obsessive music nerd and the woman who loves him. Well, that is Annie thinks she loves Duncan until she starts taking a hard look at their lonely life together and realizes she may have wasted the past 15 years. The object of Duncan’s obsession is Tucker Crowe, a 1980s rocker who only released one album and then abruptly retired into obscurity after a trip to the bathroom in a Minneapolis bar. Duncan considers himself a “Crowologist” and runs a website dedicated to the musician. Annie feels as if there is a third person in their relationship and wishes Duncan could muster the same amount of passion for her. They live in [...]

JULIET, NAKED Book Review

The Los Angeles Times has a new review for JULIET, NAKED by Nick Hornby. Juliet, Naked Synopsis: Annie loves Duncan — or thinks she does. Duncan loves Annie, but then, all of a sudden, he doesn’t. Duncan really loves Tucker Crowe, a reclusive Dylanish singer-songwriter who stopped making music ten years ago. Annie stops loving Duncan, and starts getting her own life. In doing so, she initiates an e-mail correspondence with Tucker, and a connection is forged between two lonely people who are looking for more out of what they’ve got. Tucker’s been languishing (and he’s unnervingly aware of it), living in rural Pennsylvania with what he sees as his one hope for redemption amid a life of emotional and artistic ruin — his young son, Jackson. But then there’s also the new material he’s about to release to the world: an acoustic, stripped-down version of his greatest album, Juliet [...]

New Book Releases for September 2009

September is going to be a great month for book lovers. Dan Brown’s latest book has been getting all the press, but there are a lot of long anticipated books coming out this fall. Take a look at the September releases I think you’ll be interested in: Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin (Order on Amazon) Available September 8, 2009 From the publisher: Official Book Club Selection is Kathy Griffin unplugged, uncensored, and unafraid to dish about what really happens on the road, away from the cameras, and at the star party after the show. (It’s also her big chance to score that coveted book club endorsement she’s always wanted. Are you there, Oprah? It’s me, Kathy.) Kathy Griffin has won Emmys for her reality show Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, been nominated for a Grammy, worked and walked every red carpet known to [...]

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