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“Has the world gone mad
Or is it me?
All these small things they gather 'round me
Gather 'round me
Is it all so very bad?
I can't see
All these small things they gather 'round me
Gather 'round me
And I can‘t see my love”

(Ben Howard, Small Things)

Saw this on BigTentUSA.org "It's not partisan. It's #Democracy" #vote #women #freedom

So not a fan of book banning! Lots of these I haven‘t heard of, but the number of kids books on this list is astounding, yet not at all surprising. I‘ve always let my girls read anything they were interested in reading, just as my parents did with me when I was growing up.

3 faves are the tagged book, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Speak.
#tlt #threelistthursday

Read a banned book! Banned book week is September 22-28!

I grabbed a few from my shelves and my favorite banned book bookmark! 📚❤️

Show us some of your banned books! 📚 📚

#ReadBannedBooks
#BannedBooks

4/5 ⭐️
Il racconto distopico di una società che priva la popolazione di tutte le libertà individuali, una società in cui a perdere sono principalmente le donne: riporta la testimonianza di una donna che le libertà le ha vissute, e tutto ad un tratto si trova a vivere senza
La lettura è molto piacevole, a tratti quasi poetica
Sono curiosa di scoprire come hanno deciso di rappresentare la storia nella serie (che guarderò in un futuro non lontano)

#AboutABook #Controversial
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#AboutABook #Controversial @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

An important and terrifying book right now because it is so topical! But I don‘t think there will ever be a time this won‘t be controversial, because a story where a repressive counter-regime has both already risen and fallen in recent memory is always going to imply a vague threat to both “sides” of the political divide.

“When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that.”

#setinfuture
#Aboutabook

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#CoverLove #Red @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Did anyone else catch this article! I can't handle. She's a queen!

https://people.com/idaho-graduate-gives-superintendent-copy-of-the-handmaid-s-ta...

My collection of this one ❤️📚🤍 I still haven‘t read The Testaments… really need to get to that one!

#AwardWinner
#SpringSkies

Quite a chilling tale of a possible future dystopia from the viewpoint of a handmaid, Offred (belonging to Fred). Womens rights are greatly restricted and some men are in total control. I haven't seen the movie or the TV series but I have looked at the recent graphic novel. I recommend it for open-minded adults or older teens. Reminds me of 1984 a bit.

Starting this book that is often banned. I haven‘t seen any of the modern TV series but I know a little bit about it. Hope it never comes to be!

1. LOTR series
2. Little House on The Prarie series
3. Handmaids Tale (novel & graphic novel).

@dabbe . #tlt.

What about you @DinoMom , @DebbieGrillo , @TheLudicReader

I just rewatched season 1 of the screen adaption of The Handmaid‘s Tale and I have to say, there is some serious sh*t going on in the US today that uncomfortably resembles Atwood‘s dystopia. On multiple fronts. 🥹

It took me awhile, but this is my #bookerdozen.
The Handmaid‘s Tale, Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara
Prophet Song, Paul Lynch
Trust, Hernan Diaz
Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders
Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo
The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke

Shocked at how few winners I‘ve read!

Massachusetts Conference for Women. 💜💙

Loved the illustrations, perfect length.

? Tagged. Something that very well could happen is far scarier than monsters.
?Movies, yes. I love gory ones, like Hostel and Would You Rather. Creepy can be fun, but I need action. For books, I enjoy a sumputous, creepy setting & and mystery over "horror." They haven't scared me yet. Poltergeist & Exorcisms are NOT my jam. ?
? Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón; The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova; Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

I was at the hairdresser yesterday and they had Monocle issue 164, June 2023, art special, inside they had an interview with Atwood, and it says:
“The American Library Association lists The Handmaid‘s Tale as one of the country‘s most regularly banned books; to illustrate the point, Penguin Random House even produced a special edition of the novel made from fireproof paper and filmed the author blasting it with a frame-thrower.”

I had no idea.

#BookBinge #SpecialEdition One of my favorites is this Folio edition. Just had to have it!

(1985) Here's another in my list of books-I've-sometimes-pretended-to have-read-already. It's brilliant, chilling, and holy dystopia Batman it feels more relevant now than I imagine it would have done in 1985.

Bad news: Puddles has a 10 minute timeout for EATING MY BOOK! 🥺

Good news: I‘m finally reading this after owning it for 5+ years. This is actually the second copy I‘ve purchased, after giving the first unread copy to a friend. 😅 I demolished the first half of it all in one go last night. Such an addictive and chilling read. 🖤

#14booksin14weeks

I have a weakness for epistolary novels, but I sometimes forget that in addition to the traditional exchange of #letters💌 they also include a whole range of other forms of documents and communications. I think it‘s fascinating that the tagged book (one of my favorite of all time) makes lists of epistolary novels, when you don‘t learn till the epilogue that it‘s being told as one. #MayMontage @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I think today is a day for another #unpopularopinion I read The Handmaid‘s Tale when it was first published. Actually, I only tried to read it. If I had known what #DNF meant back then that‘s what I did. It seems like everyone thinks this is one of the greatest books ever written. I understand that it was groundbreaking. It seems more prescient now than ever. But I just didn‘t like the book. I‘ve never read another #MargaretAtwood book. (cont)⬇️

One of the best dystopian works I have came through that I even don't want to continue this keeping the intensity of work in mind. #handmaidstale #margaretatwood

One of the most beautifully illustrated graphic novels that I have read in a long time. As disturbing as the story is and consequently the illustrations, one cannot help but enjoy the artwork. I hope to see more of Renée Nault‘s work in the near future.

I wasn‘t sure this book could be turned into a graphic novel and still tell the tale like Atwood wrote it. I was wrong!

#Caturday with Daisy.

Great point of view writing. But now I have to read the sequel!

Happy World Book Day! 📚

Offred outfit was accidental, believe it or not 🤣

Took myself on a field trip today to the Smithsonian museums on the National Mall. I was tickled to see this addition to the culture section at the National History Museum.

I love bookshelves with free but used books, a treasure chest for bookworms. I found this one and what an incredible book, everything so vividly described, I felt like I was there, in this horrifying world. Terrifying, dark, and emotional story of a woman trapped in an unthinkable situation and all her memories and desires to reunite with her family makes this a must read book for everybody.

This is the 3rd time I have read this book and each time a different memory of the book stays with me. The 1st time, it was the horror of the breeding ceremony. I was a teenager at the time. The 2nd time, I convinced myself of a ending/storyline that isn‘t in the book. Now this 3rd time; I‘m reading it as one of the banned books on this season of Book Interrupted and realizing how scary the potential of something like this actually happening is.

Phenomenal! Amazing how Margaret Atwood created a dystopian novel like this. Such a creative mind! And to think the book was published in the 80s. Her views of the future is still appropriate even today.

handmaid‘s tale for me especially when i reread it 5yrs ago…scary world… #sundayfunday @ozma.of.oz

With the different debates and decision concerning women‘s body/rights to abortion.This book gives us a glimpse of the futur. I‘m still trying to finish the tv series.

Thoughts: TERRIFYING. I am not a huge fan of dystopian novels for that one word: terrifying. As someone who prefers film noir about stories in the past, seeing what the future might hold is frightening. Atwood has a way of making me care, and Offred was stunningly portrayed as the complex character she is: she goes along with society but shuns it inwardly. A must read in today's crazy world.

Turkeys to color in for November? Yes, please!!
Tagged book is my #bookspin and my #doublespin is The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley

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Good book club discussion on this book

#coffeeandabook

One of the best books I've read under the category 'feminist literature'. So glad I read the book before watching the movie

#manicmonday #LetterH @CBee

📕 Tagged
✍️ Patricia Highsmith
🍿 Hocus Pocus
🎤 Halestorm
🎶 Hong Kong garden - Siouxsie and the Banshees

My daughter gave it to me and insisted I read. She‘s in school for a Sociology Degree. I definitely felt like I could sit in a sociology class and have long discussions about this and possible outcomes. It also reminded me of where some people may develop global theories such as those that uprised during the pandemic. Descriptive and unique writing, distinctive imagery and very thought provoking. Curious now how the show is and how it concludes

Off to the ballet. #PraiseBe 📖🩰

Finished my first #trappedonanisland book. I wish I could say I loved it, but that would be a lie. I think the issue is that this doesn't make for a good audiobook. I have this marked to actually go back and read the book. I do this sometimes with certain books. Sometimes the narrative lacks dialogue and I lose interest.

@HeathHof