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I went through a big Margaret Atwood phase about 15 years ago but I never came across this one. Her books are always unique and this one can even be called weird but it's marvellously written; I can never quite pinpoint what is so masterful about the way she writes about her characters' inner lives. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is the story of my life today. And at the moment, I am out of any to give.
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Number 6 for#24in2024, this is another set of short stories full of Atwood‘s mischievous humor and prescient insights. Loved it!

“Roughing it builds a boy‘s character, but only certain kinds of roughing it.”

It‘s amazing how many quotes popped up on Readwise today that fit with the book I finished this evening.
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“I have to be more careful about my memories. I have to be sure they're my own and not the memories of other people telling me what I felt, how I acted, what I said: if the events are wrong the feelings I remember about them will be wrong too, I'll start inventing them and there will be no way of correcting it, the ones who could help are gone. I run quickly over my version of it, my life, checking it like an alibi; it fits...“

I've had barely any reading time this month with insane work deadlines, but the TBR continues to grow...Hoping to dive into at least one of these this weekend.

Margaret Atwood, the author of The Handmaid's Tale, turns 84 today.

"Canadians are fond of a good disaster, especially if it has ice, water, or snow in it. You thought the national flag was about a leaf, didn't you? Look harder. It's where someone got axed in the snow."

I wouldn't say this is a favourite of mine. I think mostly because I didn't particularly engage with the characters.
However, the nature writing/scene setting is beautiful. The rural coming-of -age back story is moving and captures the post-war era perfectly.

Decided it was time to make my way through more of Margaret Atwood‘s canon. Between the poetry and incredible art this was fantastic.