I think I‘m immersing myself a little too much in The Handmaid‘s Tale world. Last night I had a dream that I was a handmaid escaping Gilead!😣😣

Read this whole book today! I had no idea there was a trilogy. I loved the movie but the book is so much more detailed! I love how the story was inspired by photos found by the author. Can‘t wait to start the next one!

Don‘t let the bastards get you down✊🏼

“Nations never build apparently radical forms of government on foundations that aren‘t there already... I made a rule for myself: I would not include anything that human beings had not already done in some other place or time, or for which the technology did not already exist,” says Atwood herself.
It‘s terrifying how close to home this book hits, especially in today‘s political climate. Well written warning. Reading The Testaments next!

This book was terrifying, and not far from reality. Women all over the world have been silenced for too long. The author wrote in a voice that drew me in and kept me wanting more, which made the ending that much more upsetting. It was rushed! I would have liked more detail about the after effects of the rebellion, and the satisfaction of reading about the fall of those men who silenced Jean and her daughter for so long.

Finally finished Alias Grace on this cold, snowy day. I have always loved historical fiction, and Atwood did an exceptional job of filling in the gaps of the Grace Marks case. I enjoyed the style of writing, and the stream of consciousness when Grace was the narrator. Occasionally the story got bogged down with the little details, but did not take away from the story as a whole.

“Out of the gravel there are peonies growing. They come up through the loose grey pebbles, their buds testing the air like snails‘ eyes, then swelling and opening, huge dark-red flowers all shining and glossy like satin. Then they burst and fall to the ground.”

Started reading Alias Grace on the way to Austria. So far so good, but I was distracted by the gorgeous views.

“Grace Marks (c. July 1828 – after c. 1873) was an Irish-Canadian maid who was involved in the 1843 murder of her Richmond Hill, Ontario, employer Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery. Her conviction for the murder of Kinnear was controversial, and sparked much debate about whether Marks was actually instrumental in the murder, or merely an unwitting accessory.”

So excited to start reading Alias Grace!