tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post6982840632462739776..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: "Thick plots are my specialty. If you want a thinner kind, look elsewhere."Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-75179537221957519192012-12-05T20:50:05.119+00:002012-12-05T20:50:05.119+00:00I am loving that cover. This looks so good! And ex...I am loving that cover. This looks so good! And excellent quote you pulled out there. I've read Handmaid (AMAZEBALLS) and Alias Grace (also good because it made me want to churn my own butter), and now I want to read this too. And the other books you mentioned in the comments. I am Canadian. I am patriotically and legally obligated to read all the Atwood.Kayleigh vWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889972089506839071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-64838102412326645082012-12-04T17:06:18.781+00:002012-12-04T17:06:18.781+00:00I have read Handmaid. And that's all.I have read Handmaid. And that's all.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-78719798379784934112012-12-04T13:11:38.513+00:002012-12-04T13:11:38.513+00:00I know right?! Margaret always knows the words to ...I know right?! Margaret always knows the words to write.<br /><br />My recommendation to start with Atwood is always always going to be The Handmaid's Tale, because 1) dystopias ftw, and 2) feminism, ditto. Even if it is HORRIBLY upsetting and I had to keep stopping and going 'it's not real, it's not real' to myself. Cause I'm very sensitive like that.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-35903970478854008512012-12-04T12:47:53.284+00:002012-12-04T12:47:53.284+00:00Yay! It did kind of scare me that first time too, ...Yay! It did kind of scare me that first time too, which is also why I didn't keep reading it. And dude, it is SO BIG. Which is obviously scary. But yeah, thus far it's preeeetty awesome!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-64007433200836329812012-12-04T12:44:38.804+00:002012-12-04T12:44:38.804+00:00I know right! Trying, man. I'm trying.
You S...I know right! Trying, man. I'm trying. <br /><br />You SHOULD read something else by Atwood (You've read The Handmaid's Tale already, I assume?) This is pretty awesome, but I'll keep going and let you know if you should read this or not ;)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-22248809123924386972012-12-04T12:41:47.986+00:002012-12-04T12:41:47.986+00:00I'm going to say (even at this point) that thi...I'm going to say (even at this point) that this is a good one to go with! I LOVE The Handmaid's Tale, and I liked Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood (the only other two books I've read by her) but this is already better than those two. So, yeah. :)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-89312560834034972652012-12-04T12:39:34.176+00:002012-12-04T12:39:34.176+00:00Thank you my dear!
I feel like if I was 16 and re...Thank you my dear!<br /><br />I feel like if I was 16 and reading this, I'd be like 'what the hell is this, I'm so confused, what is going onnn... Nope, hand me that Stephen King book." and so on. But I LOVES it and it is awesome and now I'm going to pester you to read it again alllll the time now. Unless it starts sucking.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-50171851684531375872012-12-04T12:36:24.244+00:002012-12-04T12:36:24.244+00:00Oooh, I'm so excited that it sounds like it...Oooh, I'm so excited that it sounds like it's only going to get better! Ah Margaret, you are the BEST!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-80097666086604895832012-12-04T12:34:51.153+00:002012-12-04T12:34:51.153+00:00Me too! I'm so into it, it's crazy. Which ...Me too! I'm so into it, it's crazy. Which is good, because I haven't been this into a book for a WHILE!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-13313849706406464522012-12-04T05:28:17.530+00:002012-12-04T05:28:17.530+00:00Oh. Oh that quote. Yes.
I have never read any At...Oh. Oh that quote. Yes. <br /><br />I have never read any Atwood! (I know, I know!) Where would you recommend I begin? And hey! Stop feeling poorly! We are not orphans in a Dickens novel, so knock it off! <br /><br /><3Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613555994015659052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-87942187472267216552012-12-03T19:23:39.413+00:002012-12-03T19:23:39.413+00:00This book scares me and I don't really know wh...This book scares me and I don't really know why. The fact that you are loving it reassures me :)Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-69826872036702232602012-12-03T16:04:40.059+00:002012-12-03T16:04:40.059+00:00Why do you feel crappy? Stop that!
This one sound...Why do you feel crappy? Stop that!<br /><br />This one sounds interesting and I really should read something else by Atwood. Hopefully the rest of the novel is as strong as the beginning.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-36807425025108762932012-12-03T15:52:14.765+00:002012-12-03T15:52:14.765+00:00Oh this sounds interesting! I haven't read any...Oh this sounds interesting! I haven't read any Margaret Atwood since I read The Handmaid's Tale in college so I've been meaning to give her another try.Quelle Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15768935035911368954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-35900620593941810712012-12-03T15:32:18.906+00:002012-12-03T15:32:18.906+00:00Aww, I hope you feel better.
Also...ok. I read th...Aww, I hope you feel better.<br /><br />Also...ok. I read this when I was like 16. And remember almost zero about it except that it was ok? But that was my 16 year old self, so I have zero idea what I'd think of it today. I just read it because I liked the cover.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-6951042963892373972012-12-03T15:28:14.611+00:002012-12-03T15:28:14.611+00:00This is by far one of the best novels I've eve...This is by far one of the best novels I've ever read. And of the Booker Prize winners it's definitely in the top echelons. She's so witty and the book within the book just adds to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-9144744992022083942012-12-03T10:25:53.799+00:002012-12-03T10:25:53.799+00:00I read The Blind Assassin last year and I loved it...I read The Blind Assassin last year and I loved it. Absolutely loved it. Especially the book in the book. Really glad you decided to read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com