Empire Falls

I'm currently reading Richard Russo's Empire Falls. It's taking me quite awhile to finish, but things are really starting to heat up with the small-town drama dynamics.

I'll admit that I'm going to steal a couple things that I've learned from the small Maine town of Empire Falls and put them in Bass Harbor, which is essentially another fictional town with how much I'm molding it for The Quietside. This is an example of something I'm "borrowing:"

"See, I cared who won that football game today. Maybe people like you think that makes me a nobody, but you know what? I don't give a fuck. Mr. Empire Falls? That's me. Last one to leave, turn out the lights, right? This town is me, and I'm it. I'm not one of those that left and then came back. I been here all along. Right here is where I been, and it's where I'll be when the sun comes up tomorrow..."

This passion and even the notion behind it fits Nate Kennedy to the point. Definitely expect a review once I'm finished. Speaking of reviews, I'm talking to friends tonight and Breaking Bad is on, so The Star Wars might have to wait another day. I want to write something helpful and insightful, not just a couple quick thoughts and call it good.