This is a dipping in and out book. It's great when you want something to read that's magazine article length and not too taxing on the brain cells. Each essay is neatly contained and for the music buffs all tracks etc are fully referenced in the appendix. Hornby has a great 'voice' as a writer and if you've read his novels this is a good way to see how much of him is in his fiction and vice versa. It's a great premise, songs that mean something to you and what they actually mean, as we all have them and it invites good debate over dinner in a Desert Island Discs type way.