Atwood writes beautifully with very specific attention to the littlest of details in her character. She does not let the reader forget the intricacies of the narrator, which is so essential in reminding us of her humanity in a world where she is treated as less than human. The flow of the book might seem unnatural since its not linear, but the flashbacks to Offred's time before she was taken as a handmaid are interspersed throughout the novel in a way that allows you as the reader to understand her losing her grip on reality and the person she once was. We can better understand her struggle of maintaining the woman she once was in this way. Overall the language of the book was engaging and gorgeous in its description and attention to narrative feeling.

Excellent Book!

I loved this book! It’s a great way to showcase the importance of friendship and the dangers of the dreaded “groups of popular jerks.” I don’t like the way it portrays 6th graders a s”cool,” when 6th graders are just like 5th graders, but the boys are more annoying. ;)

A day in the life of six astronauts orbiting the earth.

I really liked reading about other characters and this book unlocked so much lore but I did kinda miss the protagonists but I liked that there were appearances from starflight and snowfall who are both protagonists and they did mention winter too

Escape From A Video Game is a fun interactive book that plays out like a video game. It is really fun to read and I recommend this to anyone who likes interactive books where your choices impact the story. This book also has some humor with it.

Twisty thriller

I’ve been reading a lot of romances lately and picked this out of my TBR to get back into thrillers and because I just found out this is a show on Netflix. I’m not sure why, but I didn’t get as into this book as I had hoped. It could have been the writing style, it could have been not being able to picture the setting, or it could have simply been that I wasn’t in the mindset for a thriller. Regardless, this book was just okay. I’m excited to watch the tv series and see how things are visually presented and this might make me enjoy the book more. More to come on that!

This is a book series about aliens that come from the planet Lorien. When the Loriens were really young, Lorien was attacked by Mogadorians, another alien race. The elders of Lorien placed a charm on the Loriens so they could only be killed in a certain order and the charm would only break when they came together. After placing the charm, the elders sent the young Loriens to Earth to wait until Lorien was ready for them to return. However, Mogadorians came to Earth to kill the Loriens. Now, they need to survive. This is a science fiction/dystopian series and I would recommend it to anyone.

First time reading this author's work and although it was a pleasurable story, it was more like a light summer read to me. The premise is that Veronica found out that she was adopted through a DNA test kit given to her by her sister for Christmas. She suspected as such since her high school years but never spoke of it until now. Her adopted family thought it would be good to visit the countries that she was related to and her father paid for a trip arranged by her sister to Ireland, France Italy and Denmark. There are elements of fantasy throughout which you had to go with, but it was a very predictable story . I will rate it 3 stars, but I think the author could have made the book more interesting by giving more background on the characters and on Veronica's relationship with Jonathan previous to her trip.