Author: Margaret Atwood Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, 1985 Genre: Dystopian and/or speculative fiction Book Format: Kindle Why I Read The Book: During a chat in The Bumbles Chat Room we agreed to read one of the books from the Banned Books list and this was it. Synopsis: The Handmaid’s Tale is a close-up look at [...]
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by Claire Avery A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2010 My Rating: A My Synopsis: Two sisters, Rachel and Sara, share the same father. Rachel’s mother is the first wife and Sara’s mother is his second wife. There are two more wives and numerous children. There is no divorce. They all live in the same house. [...] by Kelly O’Connor McNees Amy Einhorn Books Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons April, 2010 My Rating: A+ When I was a girl, Little Women was a favorite among my friends and I. We read it numerous times. We talked endlessly about the Marsh family and their activities. We play-acted portions of the book. Yes, we [...] I joined the Women Unbound Challenge because it fit in with something I’ve been wanting to do – look back at how women are viewed and treated over my lifetime. Sixty plus years is a long time and I know many things have changed. In this my first post, I decided to go back to [...] I’m a few weeks late but I’ve decided to join in on the Women Unbound Challenge. The goal of this reading challenge is to read fiction and non-fiction books related to the broad idea of ‘women’s studies.’ What is women’s studies? According to Merriam-Webster, it is . . . the multidisciplinary study of the social [...] |
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