WELCOME TO JESSICA, ETCETERA. Aside from being my first attempt at "blogging," JESSICA, ETCETERA, is really just an outlet and response to my friends and family saying, 'please, stop telling us about these books you read.' I read all genres, for the most part, and will definitely give an opinion vastly different from that which you would read in the famed New York Times on books that you may or may not find on that same list. I'd like to think it will be a bit of literary couture, if you will. A high-stakes undertaking, couture is defined as "tailored, with close attention to detail and high end fashion." While JESSICA, ETCETERA might touch on fashion, among other things, now and then, it will be a tailored, detailed, witty, occasionally sarcastic, at times poignant, discussion and recommendation of books, magazines and other words and literature that has found its way into my life. Events, whether tragic or exciting, occur in life for a reason, just as friends and people make appearances and departures.I feel similarly about books. Lately, it seems I am reading the appropriate book for the exact moment I'm currently living and as a reader of this blog, you will see that as well. I have alot of catching up to do for JESSICA, ETCETERA and am up to the task, so it might be a bit before I'm reviewing the moment I'm complete with my latest read.