Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Margaret Atwood, prophet.

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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CBR11 Bingo – Summer Read This category is pretty subjective, and I know that for most people this might not be classified as a ‘light summer beach read’… but I literally saved this for vacation and devoured it while in a lounge chair by the water, beverage in hand. So, for me, it works? I’m slightly embarrassed to say that I had never read The Handmaid’s Tale until this month – if that gets out, they may revoke my Canadian citizenship. I think it’s because […]

The Effects of Misogyny – From A(twood) to Z(umas)

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

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So apparently real life isn’t depressing and dystopian enough, so I made June my month to read (and re-read) books that construct an all too believable future for women and their reproductive rights. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale was my book club’s pick for June and though I don’t know if I would use the phrase “looking forward to it” to describe how I felt about re-reading this novel, I was definitely curious to revisit it.  I read the book about a year after it […]

Missed it byyyyy thatmuch

Sweet Fruit, Sour Land by Rebecca Ley

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I know I’ve mentioned a few (hundred) times that I’m a sucker for the Man Booker Prize, and I’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of those lists for many years. I’ve finally started paying more attention to others, too, particularly the Costa (formerly Whitbread) Awards and the Women’s Prize, and I also found the cheeky Not-the-Booker Prize awarded by The Guardian from a blend of votes by the public and a judging panel. I thought the 2018 winner, Rebecca Ley’s Sweet Fruit, Sour Land, […]

Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again

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So I bought a house.  Moved my mother in with us in her own apartment. Sold her place. Renovated our old one to ready it for rental.  Got half new staff at work. Raising the tiny one.  It’s been a bit since I’ve posted, but life has been hectic.  Nothing like a nice relaxing read to soothe my jangled nerves, so of course I pick The Handmaid’s Tale to read (and make my coworker book club cohorts read for our first selection.) I’m a masochist. […]

A hilarious and heartwarming book. J/k, it’s Margaret Atwood.

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This is the May book club pick of my local library, and I was a little disappointed only because I wasn’t looking forward to rereading it. I am a huuuuuge Atwood fan and was hoping to dig into something new. Well, the joke is on me because I realized that I had somehow conflated this book with Anita Diamant’s “The Red Tent” and I had somehow never read it. For shame. And how appropriate to kick off a review of “The Handmaid’s Tale” with a […]

Well, I guess the red capes had to come from somewhere

Genesis Part VII - Chapters 26-30 by 6000 years of male privelege

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Previously on Supernatural… Sarah’s death, Abraham’s death, Isaac’s marriage to Rebekah: the best little camel waterer in Texas, and sibling rivalry, as per the usual. In this installment… Patty: There was a severe famine so Isaac hightailed it to Gerar. God told him to stay put and not to go to Egypt and that if he obeyed, he would be rewarded with God’s standard offer of blessings and descendants. Now, stop me if you’ve heard this one but Isaac tells everyone in town that Rebekah […]



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