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The Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood

#ShelfTalker day! Today we're featuring @hwheaties , a high school English teacher and book blogger. Check out her interview on our Facebook page!

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CherylDeFranceschi I did the update on my iPhone and now Litsy is frozen at opening. Anyone else having this problem? I want to play with the new features! 8y

tnociti Uncomfortable read during this time in the US! 8y

TheLadyArtemis @tnociti So agreed. So much of the news today feels like a precursor to a dystopian future. 8y

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TheLadyArtemis This is such an important read, especially with the current climate in this country. 8y

tnociti @TheLadyArtemis definitely. My daughter is in college and in going to make her read it! 8y

hwheaties A big thank you to @Litsy for having me as a #ShelfTalker it was fun! 8y

hwheaties @tnociti Definitely. But necessary. 8y

hwheaties @tnociti @TheLadyArtemis I'm considering having my 16yo daughter read it. That's the age I was when I first read it. 8y

Bengali.bookworm My favorite Atwood novel 8y

SKary29 Atwood is one of the best novelists alive. I just adore her!! 8y

RobinOHara I loved this book. So unique. To me it's about reaching inside for strength, doing the right thing, and finding warmth in a cold, cold world. 8y

Bonnie2 I have always considered this one of the scariest books I have read as a woman. I have also been known to give it to young women to read. 8y

Maria.Bpl Personally, I love Margaret Atwood and The Handmaid's Tale was an eye-opener in high school because it was the first novel we read where the protagonist was a woman and not a man in a dystopian society. 8y

bookgirl320 I read this book every year, and each year it gets scarier and scarier. 8y

jfbalke I've read other Atwood boods but never this one, so I finally got around to reading it right before the election and ended up finishing it afterwards. As a result, it got darker than I had even expected. 8y

Maude-sarah I'm currently doing my dissertation about the representation of women in the Handmaids tale 8y

HMG I studied for A Level, I really think that this book had a profound impact on me. I still have my copy 17 years on, full of notes, ready to pass to my daughters when they are old enough. 8y

SarahPolaris I studied The Handmaid's Tale for A-Level as part of our "Struggle for Identity" module. My essay focused on the 'subjugation of women' and I remember I thoroughly enjoyed writing it. It's still on my bookshelf and - on reflection - has definitely had a marked impact on my life and indeed my chosen career path! I sincerely hope all who read it, immerse themselves in the story and are able to get something from it. 8y

NoConfusion Its LIT 8y

JulieR By far my favorite Atwood book! This story was a page turner. 8y

PegHerring Also my favorite of hers. I was privileged to hear her speak last fall in Michigan. What a treasure she is! 8y

Nageki This is one of the best books I have ever read and will surely read it again before the movie is relased in Italy ❤ 8y

BrittBasse Favorite ❤ 8y

a_bookish_shelf I bought it just last week. I can't wait to get into it! 8y

Bookwoman99 Read this years ago and loved it. 8y

armyof7 Read this as a independent study class in high school. Loved it so much my teacher gave me his personal copy 8y

Elle91 Read that so many times......amazing 8y

kostadimer Read this as a teenager. Awesome novel. Also recommend Atwood's Oryx and Crake and The Edible Woman. 8y

mommytrax Atwood is an incredible storyteller and a thinker as well. 8y

CPhelps I never read it In high school, but I want to read it before I start watching!! 8y

Mary25 Atwood's books are great! Her imaginary is crazy and it will capture you and encourage you to read on. 8y

Erinxx90 Started watching the tv series this week 8y

Smothette I started watching it too. Might stop now and read the book. But I'm already halfway through another 2 novels, I can't start reading another 🙈 8y

Melanie42 I read this years ago and am enjoying watching the TV series. 8y

Awashi97 I just finished this book few days ago and now I'm watching the series which is amazing 😍😍 8y

TheGamingBookwyrm Just started reading this the other day! It's so intriguing! 8y

Kerioddie Love this book. The ending made me both sad and angry. 8y

Nkirkwood Read this for English lit AS at secondary school at influential age. Reread now for book club & loved it all over again. Frustrated by differences in tv series. Still need to read another book by atwood 8y

MyBookBath This one is on my July list! 8y

Safsquatch Every woman should read The Handmaid's Tale... heartbreaking and thought provoking 7y

Smiffysays One of the best books I have read. 7y

Marta73 I am a contrarian. I did not like this. I felt very upset and uncomfortable about the woman's situation and do not need that angst and gloom. I agree it was well-written but do not recommend to those who have limited time to read. Choose a happier more pleasant read. I recommend Deanna Raybourn or Margaret George. 7y

RainbowStar This is an excellent book. I have read it many times since my first read in High School English. Every beautiful book written by the awesome Ms. Margaret Atwood has left footprints in my mind and heart. She weaves magic with her writing and invites us to enter into some dark areas of humanity but brings you back to the hope and Love of humanity before her tale is finished. A Canadian treasure!! 7y

Leone The day of the Triffids was my first dystopia as a young teenager. Later, I followed it up with This Perfect Day by Ira Lervin. I was by then hooked on dystopias. Later again as a 20 year old, I read The Handmaids tale. It taught me that in the future there could be a more worrying menace than flesh eating plants or science gone mad. There are humans. This is a gripping, eye-opening, terrifying story that everyone, not just women, everyone should read! I haven't watched the show as I like to keep the characters as I imagine them written by the author, not a director or producer. Sorry, just my bias there. 7y

CarlaCC It was okay but I prefer other books by Margaret Atwood. Try "The Blind Assassin" :) 7y

Ilovereading1 I do want to read this book. I lobed the TV Show. I loved that it got renewed 7y

Gilapfeffer Read this years ago and it's still a favourite of mine today. Most scenes make an indelible impression, even if in a terrifying way! 7y

bloodytears1986 It's next on my TBR list. I'm getting antsy!! 7y

nanancay Is this the book the Handmaiden was based on? If so, it's an amazing choice, can't wait to read it. 7y

abida.etc I thoroughly enjoyed this and the series were awesome!!! 7y

voy I read it so long time ago. 7y

Jack-Cade Outstanding book. Margaret Atwood is a literary gemstone. Probably worthy of a Nobel in Literature someday. 7y

32325324 It is good 7y

ssbates Anyone who hasn't read this since high school should give it another look. Even better the second time round. 7y

rhubarbtart My daughter turned me on to M. Atwood last year. I‘m an English teacher too seriously limited in what I can teach. 7y

vividandromeda I was given this book by my English teacher! We studied it as a class, and each got to keep our own copy. I loved it, and mine has this amazing cover art that implements Scrabble into the title (if you've read the book, you'll see the relevance). A provoking read 7y

FeatherV I wish they had me read this in high school, I finally just read it and it was amazing 7y

YABookShelf Read this in university and loved it. Watched the Hulu series last year, and loved what they did with it. If people are looking for other reads in a similar vein, I‘d recommend Perfected and Tarnished by Kate Jarvik Birch. The last book in the series comes out on April 3rd, 2018, and it‘s called Unraveled. 7y

AnastasiaPoirier Great book! It should be required reading for everyone, especially men. A friend of mine once said this book is the only book to ever make him feel empathy for a fictional character. 7y

EllieRaine This is an unknown user 🤨 7y

Lmcressman I read Orwell‘s 1984 back in 1984 and THT a few years afterward. Just finished re-reading both, together, as a grownup. Fascinating to compare and contrast with each other and with our world today! 7y

alphawoman Read this book. Made me very uneasy. 7y

Historilyn One of my favorite books! 7y

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We Were the Lucky Ones | Georgia Hunter

#ShelfTalker Day! We have a special staff edition for you; meet Kate, our Director of Business Development. 👏

Kate Hutchison moved to New York after watching YOU'VE GOT MAIL too many times as a child. She is a morning person who lives in the West Village and prefers reading in a coffee shop over reading in bed.

Check out the full interview on our Facebook page! | http://buff.ly/2fJSIj4

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MrBook Thank you, Kate, for helping to make Litsy *the* premiere destination for bibliophiles the world over! ☺️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 8y

MCYmermaid Thank you, Kate! 8y

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jessberk13 Yay Kate!!! I'm so excited you mentioned the book I brought to the Litsy swap!! 😍😍 8y

vivastory Thanks Kate. I've never bothered with other social media such as facebook, but I love Litsy. It's the social media I've always wanted. 8y

JessieReadsInBK 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @Khutchinthecity!!! 8y

Georgia_Hunter Love the interview @Khutchinthecity! (also love that your nail polish matches the book) 😊👍🏼😍 8y

Sills I am a newby-so still exploring and loving every minute. 7y

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Riyaz_15 Mohamed Riyaz 7y

WonderWhyWoman One of my favorite movies ❤️You‘ve Got Mail. Now You‘ve got a new follower 😉 7y

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The Devourers | Indra Das

It's #ShelfTalker day! @Amanda Nelson, managing editor at @bookriot , talks about her favorite books featuring diverse families. As an added bonus, you might just learn a little about Amanda's favorite Thanksgiving Day eats. 🦃

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Lindy Collards for the win! 8y

Notafraidofwords She's awesome 👏🏼 8y

freyaheart I want that hat 8y

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MrCody Make america read again would suit better 8y

WinteryBeary Love the hat I have one in red 8y

sierraf31 Cool! 8y

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Roses and Rot | Kat Howard

#ShelfTalker day! Just in case you missed it, today we're all about @Kat_Howard and her book ROSES AND ROT. So we asked Kat all about her favorite #ScaryReads. You can find the full interview on our Facebook page!
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Psst . . . Don't forget, we have a giveaway for ROSES AND ROT. Check out our previous post for more info.

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skullsinthesea Awesome lady, awesome writer. (Can you make every day Kat Howard day? 😉) 8y

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Roses and Rot | Kat Howard

Time for our last #AllHallowsRead giveaway!! You could win a copy of @Kat_Howard 's ROSES AND ROT from Saga Press/ @SimonSchuster . To enter, share your favorite #ScaryRead this year! Be sure to use the #AllHallowsRead hashtag and to tag us so we can find your entry. Five winners will be chosen at 11:59PM tonight!

AND author Kat Howard is today's #ShelfTalker! Head over to Facebook to hear about her favorite #ScaryReads.

Kat_Howard Good luck to all who enter! 8y

TheTallented I loved this book!!!! Great pick for the giveaway!! 8y

LauraJ Fingers crossed! 8y

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LeahBergen Ooooo!! 8y

Afeen Love this book. 7y

PiyushNaman Good. 7y

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We Should All Be Feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Today we have a special Shelf Talker all about books by or about women, so of course we talked to Sarah/ @BookishFeminist !! Sarah loves talking about diverse books and is bound to expand your TBR with amazing books recs. You can find an excerpt on our Instagram or read the full interview on our Facebook page.

#ShelfTalker #Feminism #WomenWriters

OffTheBeatenShelf.com Yay, Sarah!! So glad to see you featured! @BookishFeminist 8y

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becausetrains This is awesome, @BookishFeminist and @Litsy! #readwomen 8y

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Alliterati Yea! Love Wollstonecraft and Shelley! I'm going to have to check that one out. =] 8y

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Megabooks I'd totally read this if I were on Facebook!! Congratulations @BookishFeminist !! 😃👍🏻🎉🎉 Great choice @Litsy ❤️📖 8y

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Jane Steele | Lyndsay Faye

Shelf Talker day! Meet Joce/ @squibblesreads who focuses on promoting diverse and #ownvoices books and authors. Check out her full interview on our Instagram or Facebook!

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/jocesquibblesreads

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#ShelfTalker #DiverseBooks

read_diverse_books She's fantastic! I love her channel. 😃 8y

Aquedita One of my favourite YouTubers ever :) Love you @squibblesreads 8y

squibblesreads @read_diverse_books ahhhhh thank you friend 💜 8y

squibblesreads @Aquedita Oh HELLO! Big hugs to you friend 💕 8y

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Moby Dick | Herman Melville

HASHTAGS? Hey guys, I'm new here & I was wondering what hashtags are popular on Litsy and if there are any meme hashtags?

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MrBook Ooh, there's a lot of good ones! There are daily and monthly challenge-related hashtags. Check out @TheSpinecrackersBookClub or @LitsyGoesPostal or @kdwinchester for a bunch. #BOTM for Book of the Month Club is also popular. #Littens #NiceStack 8y

kdwinchester #recommendsday #FunFridayPhoto #WomanCrushWednesday #ShelfTalker are all good ones! 8y

LeahBergen #SignedSundays 8y

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LeahBergen Also #Booktober for this month's photo challenge 8y

KVanRead #TBRTuesday #TBT #ManyVoicesMonday #DiversityMonday 8y

KVanRead #underthelitfluence 8y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @kdwinchester Actually woman crush Wednesday has been reintroduced as #WonderWomanWednesday. See early posts on that hashtag from @BookishFeminist for the reasons. 8y

BarbaraTheBibliophage We also have a few for October scary, horror, ghostly reads. #HalloweenHorror #scaretober #ghostsoflitsy 8y

Books-In-Bloom Thanks everyonr 8y

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