I selected this book from others at The Book Thing of Baltimore, Inc. located in Baltimore, Maryland. This field trip was in conjunction with a BC in DC Meet-Up at the The Kosher Bite in Baltimore, Maryland.

Picked this up at yesterday's BC in DC meet in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. I love the movie, been wanting to read the book for a while.

It's rare that I pick up a book based on its movie, but this time I did. I really enjoyed John Cusack as Rob, though I'd heard that Hornby had been surprised at the quality of the film, since to him the book was very much about living in London and yet the story was almost seamlessly transplanted to Chicago for the movie. Anyway, this book is brilliant. It's the story of Rob, a thirty-something owner of a semi-failing record shop, and his life after his girlfriend leaves him. Rob is obsessed with music, top five everything, his past, and himself in general. His manner of narrating is at once painfully honest and absolutely hilarious, and I laughed out loud on several occasions. The time flew by whenever I was reading. I'll definitely be looking up other Hornby books in the future.

Bringing this to the BC in DC meet at Union Station, Washington, DC, tomorrow. I hope it finds a new reader.

Union Station would not allow us to give away free books at the Food Court ... so I brought this book home!

Melydia laughed at me because she said *she* brought the book to Union Station. Oh, well! She's going to Amsterdam anyway.

Have a safe and fun trip with crrcookie to convention, melydia!!

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

This book is being released at the International Day of the Book festival in Kensington, Maryland, USA.

Dear Reader:
I'm so glad you have this book. If you are new to BookCrossing, welcome! I hope you'll make a journal entry now and then again after you finish reading the book. Should you decide to join BookCrossing (free), I'd be delighted if you would name me, SqueakyChu, as your referring person. You may keep the book or pass it along to someone else. Have fun!

This book is on Reader7079's wish list. His birthday is coming up soon. Guess it's my turn among the Bookcrossers in BC_in_DC to have my hands on this book. It's on it's way to Pennsylvania.

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Sending to Reader7079 for his birthday! Happy Reading!!