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a_natural_beautyOne goal I want to do in the future is read more banned books. This seems to have gotten more popular over the years and I am happy to see it. Those who wish to band any works of literature regardless of who wrote them and what the subject may be are people who I will never understand.
Back in 2020 I watched the show The handmaids tale. And it completely captured me. I think after the events of January 6th especially. As I watched the show I had the sinking feeling: "this could actually happen... help us all". I know it's a show that isn't for everyone. When I've mentioned it to some - the reactions are of shock and questioning like "You know women get R*#^& in that show, right?!" Yeah... I know. There are many things that happen that are hard to swallow. I think to date it's the darkest show I ever watched. Then I joined fellow handmaid groups on facebook and I learned it's a book series by a woman named Margret Atwood.
It took me a few more years, but I finally found the Handmaids tale back in July while on a trip with Mike and we stopped at a cool little bookstore. Gosh, it was a hard read at times. There were times where I had to put it down for day without picking it up again. But I finished it and I am so glad that I did. Next up! The testaments. This one was also slow and hard to read at times, but eventually it gets more... strong, hopeful are words I would use to describe it. It was well over twice the size of the fist one, but covered many different characters as opposed to the fist book that covered Offred. And after finishing that I was grateful and glad I did.
I do recommend reading these books, but do be cautious as you read them. They are very heavy ones. Also the show is good in it's own way. But heavy and dark, too. There were a good number of differences from the show to the books... But I think each was good in it's own way.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2019/09/margaret-atwood-handmaids-tale-testaments-real-life-inspiration
Back in 2020 I watched the show The handmaids tale. And it completely captured me. I think after the events of January 6th especially. As I watched the show I had the sinking feeling: "this could actually happen... help us all". I know it's a show that isn't for everyone. When I've mentioned it to some - the reactions are of shock and questioning like "You know women get R*#^& in that show, right?!" Yeah... I know. There are many things that happen that are hard to swallow. I think to date it's the darkest show I ever watched. Then I joined fellow handmaid groups on facebook and I learned it's a book series by a woman named Margret Atwood.
It took me a few more years, but I finally found the Handmaids tale back in July while on a trip with Mike and we stopped at a cool little bookstore. Gosh, it was a hard read at times. There were times where I had to put it down for day without picking it up again. But I finished it and I am so glad that I did. Next up! The testaments. This one was also slow and hard to read at times, but eventually it gets more... strong, hopeful are words I would use to describe it. It was well over twice the size of the fist one, but covered many different characters as opposed to the fist book that covered Offred. And after finishing that I was grateful and glad I did.
I do recommend reading these books, but do be cautious as you read them. They are very heavy ones. Also the show is good in it's own way. But heavy and dark, too. There were a good number of differences from the show to the books... But I think each was good in it's own way.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2019/09/margaret-atwood-handmaids-tale-testaments-real-life-inspiration
