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My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
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I recommend reading this book for times like these. I feel like the main character is in the same shoes.
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In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
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This was the first book that came to mind. I liked it because it opens with this notable scene, and take a lot of interesting twists and turns. It's also really relatable, i.e. being in a rut, not being sure about what the future holds, or being sure of at least one thing, and not wanting it to happen, but one cannot twist the hand of fate.
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Dress Your Family In Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
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This is my favorite book of his. I personally found numerous stories actual LOL funny. A scene with David and his brother watching the brother's dog still makes me chuckle today, but I won't ruin it.
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ELLE
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I've been buying a magazine every time I fly since I also missed physically reading them. I have two copies of ELLE and really enjoyed both issues - great writing, good mix of fashion and profiles, a thoughtful political piece, etc. Vogue is great for all of the ads. I found Vanity Fair a bit thin, with an egregious typo in my issue ("Stephen" Spielberg, not "Steven").
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Gone with the Wind
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This may be controversial, but I adore Gone with the Wind. I love the movie, and the book. They're very different from one another with different things to love. The book is spectacular. Does everything age perfectly? Absolutely not. Is some stuff white-washed? Of course. No question of it. But Margaret Mitchell didn't even know the South lost the Civil War until she was nine years old, or something like that, because many of her family members were Confederate soldiers. She was very close to her grandmother who lived through the war, and I have a hunch Scarlett was based on her. The book is a very rich historical novel with hundreds of characters all moving around seamlessly, like a beehive in Mitchell's mind on the page. When I read it, I felt so immersed. I also loved the theme of gumption - the gumption to survive, and embrace a different life when the one you had can't be led anymore. Most of the people in Scarlett's world cracked after the war and lived in poverty remembering the South's glory days, while she was like "no thanks." There's a reason one of Hole's albums is titled "Live Through This." It's a Gone with the Wind line.
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5w
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Gone Girl
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I know it's very popular, but it's popular for a reason!
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5w
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Subscribe to a magazine for something you love
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It doesn't have to be trade, exactly, but find a magazine that aligns with your passion and subscribe! Being up to date in what's going on the field goes sooooooo far.
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5w
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Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
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The book is really good, and relevant to the occasion!
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5w
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Reading recommendations in an author's acknowledgements page
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And/or looking into books referenced in other books. Sometimes, for example, writers will write in their acknowledgements various titles that inspired them, or music, movies, etc. I love taking note of those things, and then seeking them out. The ultimate rec!
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5w
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Southern Girl Meets Vegetarian Boy by Damaris Phillips
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I worked in a library a few years ago and when I saw this book I thought it was so cute, so I checked it out and brought it home. I made a handful of recipes that were SO GOOD that I obviously still remember the book! I really loved the pecan meatballs, for example. I should honestly buy it myself.
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ELLE - May Issue
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I believe this is the May issue, but there is a package featuring all of the actresses in The Odyssey, i.e. Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron, etc. I ate up most of the issue in one sitting, though I still need to round back and finish up some articles. It's worth it.
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8w
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"White Horse" by Erika T. Wurth
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I like that the book is more plot driven than what I remember of "Crazy Horse's Girlfriend," and includes very vivid scenes, including but not limited to mini-golfing in a cat-themed park. I'm also learning things that I didn't know before, such as the Chickasaw legend of Lofa.
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