#rare objects

since I took the blr off my phone, I've been reading more, here's what I've finished recently The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisburger Good. Ending is a bit...wtf and wraps up in a hurry. Miranda's mean-ness gets pretty self indulgent and the narrator is kind of a hot mess.

I think the most interesting thing book to movie it does is being set decidedly in the 1990s and how things were so different then.

I think fans would the movie would like the book. If you're not a fan of the movie, you're not missing much, just go watch the movie it does this thing way better.

Rare Objects by Kathleen Tessaro

Weird story about this one -- Dollar Tree has a surprisingly interesting selection of books. They're pretty RNG random, but if you hit it on a good day (and in the right location) you can get some cool shit from Harper Collins and Simon and Schuster overstock titles. Like there's a Dollar Tree in the middle of nowhere TN that had a ton of weird books on philosophy and linguistics and I bought a bunch of those.

Anyway, this is a book I bought based on the cover and the back description. Set in the 1920s, a young Irish woman gets wrapped up in Gatsby-style intrigue and fame after getting a job at a rare antiques store. It's a neat book, I actually enjoyed Tessaro's style. I think the 11th hour love triangle (GAG) was too much and was resolved in a way that made it seem like the author didn't know where to go next with it. She's written one more historically set novel that I think I'm going to read next.

The Autistic Brain by Temple Grandin

NF, obvs, by famed professor with ASD Temple Grandin. I've been on a long self discovery journey of if I have ASD. This was a good book to help investigate what a diagnosis could mean, what it doesn't mean, and how I can better take care of myself regardless of getting professionally diagnosed. Would recommend to anyone curious about autism.

Currently Reading: Care of the Soul, Alan Turing: The Enigma

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Maeve Fanning is a first generation Irish immigrant, born and raised among the poor, industrious Italian families of Boston’s North End by her widowed mother. Clever, capable, and as headstrong as her red hair suggests, she’s determined to better herself despite the overwhelming hardships of the Great Depression.

However, Maeve also has a dangerous fondness…

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Maeve Fanning is a first generation Irish immigrant, born and raised among the poor, industrious Italian families of Boston’s North End by her widowed mother. Clever, capable, and as headstrong as her red hair suggests, she’s determined to better herself despite the overwhelming hardships of the Great Depression.

However, Maeve also has a dangerous fondness…

A gangster joins a strange gang.