Like everyone else in the world, I’m rereading Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, inspired by the release of the new Hulu series to rediscover something I first read, oh, about fifteen years ago, I think. I was not assigned to read this book in high school, unlike many people, but when you grow up Canadian,Continue reading “Reading the future: The Handmaid’s Tale and All Our Wrong Todays”
Category Archives: Feminism
By and about women: books and International Women’s Day
I was at my book club meeting on the weekend, and we were talking about David Foster Wallace’s A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again. This post has nothing to do with DFW, by the way, and let me say that I genuinely liked about half of that book, so no literary bros need to getContinue reading “By and about women: books and International Women’s Day”
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
I finished a book! Only 48 to go. Unfortunately, this was the easiest read on the list. It’s all 800-page Victorian novels from here on out. A survey of the available covers. I love the middle one with its creepy house and bloody tree. Gillian Flynn is pretty hot right now. She’s aContinue reading “Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn”
Kathleen Keenan 