Welcome to the Final Page, the final word on what I'm reading at the moment. I thought of a lot of different titles for this blog. The Inside Cover, the Epigraph, all pretty corny. What is important is not the title though. It's what's inside that counts, right?
What is this blog? Simply put, it is a direct rival to Oprah's book club. Released with as much fan fare, hype and mass media publicity as the queen of daytime talk shows, this blog will soon, if it hasn't already, develop a large following, and will transform the publishing industry as we know it, based on our wishes (ultimately it is my decision). I will be the Stephen Colbert of literary blogs. Authors will come running to me in order to get the "Final Page Bump."
Those are the grand plans for the blog. But realistically it is a journal and map for my own personal journey through literature. There are no genre restrictions, although I tend to stay within literary fiction, prose, poetry and the classics. There are no age restrictions on the books I select. One week could be a new release, and the next could be The Odyssey. I don't care, I'm crazy like that. So unpredictable. I want to be able to trace my quest through these books, and to record my impressions while they are fresh. I always loved doing book reports. Ideally, readers would suggest new paths and books and authors for me to follow, along with their own feedback.
Who am I? Well that's a pretty deep question. I wish I knew the answer myself.
Ok, then what are some basic facts about me? I'm a male. A man. Living in Washington, DC. My name is Keith, but that's not important.
Am I a writer? No.
Do I want to be a writer? Of course! But doesn't everybody? I feel like I have it in me, but I don't have a story yet. So how do I get a story? I read as many books as I possibly can, and try to assimilate it all into the great American novel... Someday.
My favorite authors: Kurt Vonnegut, Dave Eggers, James Joyce, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Roberto Bolano, Jack Kerouac, John Updike, Jonathan Ames, Jonathan Franzen, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, and many more that I need to remember at a later date.
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