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I don’t know at what point in 2013 that it hit me – I was falling head over heels back into the world of adult literary fiction. Maybe it was the realization that Oprah’s Book Club was becoming filled with duds that left me on the path to young adult fiction again after skipping it as a teen and mov...
I don't even know where to start with Beautiful Ruins, except to say this was an epic, epic novel. And I'm going to use a quote from one of my favorite shows, Veronica Mars, and my favorite character, Logan Echolls: I thought our story was epic, you know. You and me. Spanning years and continents. L...
Honestly, my very first reaction to this book was that I was disappointed that Jess Walter is a man. What with the girly script and New Girl's Jess Day fresh in my mind (did you guys see what happened yesterday?!) I just automatically assumed that Jess Walter was a lady author. I was wrong. There wa...
One of the marks of great writing is the ability to draw me into a subject that otherwise would not interest me. Hollywood and its inhabitants bore me, and I watch fewer movies than just about anyone I know, so a novel centered around film people didn't have much appeal. However, I'd heard from ot...
Beautiful Ruins, by Jess Walter, is a unique look at the paths one’s life will take throughout its course, resolving itself in ways never imagined. Pasquale is a young man forced to take up the family business of running a small hotel in an even smaller, dying coastal village. Dee is a young actress...
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