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I am listening to this on Audible and really like the narrator's voice.

My character, Offred, is realizing that she is not alone in her unhappiness with the new world. She is starting to revert to her more authentic self, but she must be careful or she will be found out. Her conflict is whether or not she should open up about her feelings to those around her. She knows they could be plants, testing her loyalty to the cause. I think she will do something drastic very soon.

I am listening to this on Audible with Claire Danes narrating. I am really enjoying it. I like the flashbacks to the the "time before."

E2 Tim O'Brien introduces members of a squadron serving in Vietnam as well as the items they carry with them. In this section, he details the character's assigned items and includes the weight, writing, "pistol...2.9 pounds, unloaded...PRC-25 radio...26 pounds...grenade launcher...5.9 pounds unloaded (5). By listing these weighted items, O'Brien foreshadows the the intangible "things" soldiers must also carry.

A pilot's wife wakes in the night to a knock at her door. She learns that her husband has perished in an airplane explosion. She is conflicted with how to help her daughter when she herself is grief stricken.

In the section of the textbook, the author is describing the signposts of good, quality close reading: "Close reading should suggest close attention to the text; close attention to the relevant experience, thought, and memory of the reader...and close attentions to the interactions among those elements" (Beers & Probst). In other words, close reading requires the readers focused commitment to understanding the text.

Cam and Connor are reluctantly working together to bring down Proactive Citizenry. They both feel that the institution is "funding something very, very dark" (Unsouled, 327). The encounters with Roberta, a Proactive Scientist, also suggests the same idea. She is hiding something and becomes flustered when Cam's questions are too close to the issue. I wonder what could be worse than stealing kids' body parts?

I just finished reading chapter 40 where I get the point of view of Bam for the first time. She agrees to do something for Hayden, a character introduced in the previous book, but in agreeing to Hayden's request, she feels as if "she's making a deal with the devil" (UnSouled, 270). I get the feeling that their conversation plays a pivotal role in the plot line for the Storks, a group of kids on the run from the law.

I just finished reading chapter 40 where I get the point of view of Bam for the first time. She agrees to do something for Hayden, a character introduced in the previous book, but in agreeing to Hayden's request, she feels as if "she's making a deal with the devil" (Unwholly, 270). I get the feeling that their conversation plays a pivotal role in the plot line for the Storks, a group of kids on the run from the law.

I am really enjoying this book! I like the writing style and the character development.

I am really enjoying this book! I like the writing style and the character development.

I'm finished!