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This is very interesting but my god is it dense

For one of the first times (if not THE first time), a book has made me genuinely cry. The pacing, tension, and characters are making this such a good read. One of my favorites ever

Yes I am counting my textbook in my reading log and no I will not take any criticism about it

“‘God isn’t what they say,’ she said. She said you could believe in Gilead or you could believe in God, but not both.” WOW. WOW. WOW. How fitting…

“Everything’s personal, when you come right down to it.”

I had to take a breather on this page. This is some heavy stuff. It feels much heavier than the first

It’s so chilling to read the tortures and punishments that the women had to go through in Gilead but still feeling that they are completely realistic

“All that was necessary was a law degree and a uterus: a lethal combination.”

This book is so crazy!!!!!!! Margaret Atwood you devious diva. This is so insanely good

Once again, I love Atwood’s expansion of the world. It’s so interesting to see the different situations and interactions that can happen in this world and the way that things are viewed

Really enjoying this so far. I love that it’s from three different characters’ perspectives. It adds in some nuance to roles like the Aunts and gives more information about how Gilead was viewed from insiders and outsiders

If you had asked me what I thought this book would be about, I don’t think I would have gotten within hundreds of miles of what the actual plot is. This book is crazy. I can’t put it down

What the hell was even that

Trying to get out of my reading slump, so I’m reading Bunny. I’ve been eyeing this one for quite a while. Off to an interesting but mediocre start

What a book. I’m leaving a little bit to read tomorrow so that it’s fresh on my mind for a review. This is the best book I’ve ever read, and I recommend doing yourself a favor and reading it

I have, officially, cried while reading a book

This last chapter made me take a breather. This book, especially this chapter, HURTS

"You know me..."
"I did once."
I think it would hurt less to lay in the middle of the road during 5:00 rush hour traffic

"I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me" Sally Rooney PLEEEEEEEAASE oh my god

I think this has cured my reading slump. A refreshing read, to say the least

After just 30 pages, I feel compelled to say this might be the best book I've ever read. Please god Sally Rooney please don't let me down

Totally forgot to mark that I'm reading this! I watched the show a long time ago, and when I went to rewatch it recently, I decided to read the book (which I had been putting off because I heard that there were no quotation marks on the dialogue). So far, so good

"Although it stings to have one's being-in-the-world undermined, and one's worth belittled, we can take solace in what those who came before us accomplished with far fewer resources."

"Still, however much damage Trumpism's rise does to trans lives in the near term, it will be extremely difficult to turn back the tide of gender change that has already swept through society in profound and probably irreversible ways."

I think I'm in the home stretch! It's been interesting to read about the more recent history and see what's happened in just the last <30 years