Status Updates From Rosamond Lehmann in Vegas

There is a certain type of book that captures Hornby’s attention as the months pile on: tales that are either fiction or memoirs about down-on-their-luck celebrities who are adulterers or substance abusers (bonus points if these are musicians) whose sad lives makes him burn through pages. Meanwhile a book on quantum physics seems to throw him off his game yet he finds his footing writing about the titular Rosamond.

Feels strange to start reading this book about reading books from an author’s perspective, especially this author who was so inspiring in the early part of my hopeful career as an author. Nick Hornby remains witty and welcoming as a role model, yet now I have pushed aside that aspiration that began by reading High Fidelity and Fever Pitch in quick succession just before my Goodreads reviews began.