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I didn’t immediately hop on the bandwagon for a copy of Olympus, Texas because the blurb compared it to The Iliad - something I have never read due to the fact that . . . . .



(It also namedropped Friday Night Lights, I guess because it was set in Texas???? Seems like maybe a stretch, but again I’ve not read that one either despite owning it for a hundred million years.)

Anyway, I decided to take a gamble when Richard Russo provided an endorsement since I have read and loved some of his stuff. (And a Pulitzer winner even � maybe I am smart after all!)

Turns out Russo was correct and the combo of an ensemble cast of relatives (100% my wheelhouse) and the Texas connection made me realize maybe my addiction to all things family drama might stem from my childhood where I spent all week counting down the minutes until I went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house on Friday nights and we watched . . . . .



If that’s true, then Knot’s Landing is probably the source of my affinity for neighborhood strife.

Olympus, Texas differs from some of my usual selections featuring meth and trailer parks, but that’s not to say there isn’t a whoooooooooooooooooooole lot going on. Mainly in the form of . . . . .



But also an accidental murder.



Ummmmm, yes please.

JanB, Diane S, debra, Marialyce and Sarah Obsesses over Books & Cookies all had success with this one too so I feel pretty comfortable declaring myself a “right reader� for once ; )