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"LOVE IS AS STRONG AS DEATH."

-Margaret Atwood, "The Testaments"

I'm not crying. I'm chopping onions. 🥲

"I was buying time. One is always buying something."

- Margaret Atwood, "The Testament"

"Dear God...may we accept the past with all its flaws, [and] may we move forward into a better future in forgiveness and loving kindness."

-Margaret Atwood, "The Testaments"

"No one wants to die...But some people don't want to live in any of the ways that are allowed."

-Margaret Atwood, "The Testaments"

I love Becka so much. ❤️

Sad but very good so far. More fast-paced than THT.

This is certainly the scariest non-horror book I've ever read.

Well, this is quite an upsetting read so far.

"...it doesn't matter if you pass the time of day with someone or not; in the end, you're alone."

~Stephen King, "The Long Walk

This is such an annoying, pretentious book lol.

I officially hate every male character in this book.

"A reader lives many lives...The person who doesn't read lives but one. But if you're happy just doing what you're told and reading what other people think you should read, then don't let me stop you. I just find it sad."

~Grady Hendrix, "The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires"

I'm reading this for a banned book club I'm in, and thus far I agree this book should be banned -- for the crime of being so damn BORING. JFC.

"I honestly believe that men went about making the world in the wrong way. They've made a mess and are unworthy to possess it."

~Maurice Poms, "Les Saisons" (translated by Frances Frenaye)

What on earth did I just read.