In class today you should spend between 15 and 20 minutes of the time reading your independent book. It may be the same book you were reading before we started the book club books or maybe you found a new one. Either way, you need to read for a chunk of time today. When you are done reading, you need to login to your blog and write a quick post on your book. Here is the info that should be in that post:
- Book Title and Author
- Why you picked it or why you went back to reading it
- Predictions
- Opinions on plot, character, etc.
- at least one image/gif/video
Your post should be a good sized paragraph in length (or more) and the picture should be placed in the post near what you are connecting it to (and having a caption would be a good idea). Here is what it could look like.
The Testaments (Handmaid’s Tale pt. 2)
I am near the end of my book The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. I chose the book because I really enjoyed the book Handmaid’s Tale (even though the setting of the book is horrifying and terrifying) and I wanted to know more about people within Gilead (the ‘country’ in the book). I also really like Margaret Atwood’s writing overall.
I was a little surprised when starting the book that there really weren’t any characters from the first book that carried over. This didn’t make me the happiest because the first book ends with a major cliffhanger, and I wanted answers. I got none… However, I’ve still really enjoyed reading it. I mean, the ideas behind the world of the book still disgust and terrify me, but it’s a gripping book. I like that it shifts between three different perspectives, but it does get a little confusing at times.
This is an image from the TV show of Handmaid’s Tale. The lady in brown is Aunt Lydia. Part of the book The Testaments is told from her perspective. In this picture she is examining some of the handmaids.
The part I just stopped at is when Aunt Lydia tells the two girls that they are related. I was actually a bit shocked by this. This leads me to a bit of a prediction in that I think Aunt Lydia will end up being a good guy (well, sort of, I guess as good as she can be with all the literal and figurative blood on her hands) and help bring the downfall of Gilead through the two girls. At least that’s what the optimist in me predicts. I’m hoping that this book at least ends with a solid ending, unlike so many of Atwood’s other books (basically all of them, so I’m not holding my breath).
