Red-Haired Ash Reads

This book introduces you to the world of oddities that has been curated by Regina and Ryan Cohn, creators of the Oddities Flea Market. This is a look at their life collecting and some of the items that have been a part of their collection. 

I will admit, I didn’t really know a lot about either Ryan or Regina. I only recently started following Ryan after seeing someone share one of his posts, so I had no knowledge about the show Oddities, which he stars in, or that they were the creators of the Oddities Flea Market. I know of the Oddities Flea Market because there is one somewhat close to where I live, but I haven’t been yet. I do find oddities fascinating though so when I saw Ryan advertise his new book I knew I wanted to read it. 

This talks about multiple big collections that they purchased and what happened before, during, and after. The stories were very interesting and I learned a lot about curiosities and the trading of them. I also really enjoyed learning about all the different kinds of curiosities that are in people’s collections. 

I think my only real complaint is that in some of the stories they expect you to be familiar with their lives and will sometimes refer to collections or things, that I assume were on Oddities or on their instagram, but since I am new to this couple I wasn’t getting the full context but I understood enough that it didn’t impede me enjoying the story. 

Overall, this was a fascinating look at oddities and the collecting of them. I learned a lot and it makes me not feel as bad about being drawn to weird items that some people just don’t understand. 

*ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.*

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