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The Handmaid's Tale

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Author: Margaret Atwood Acquired in: October 2020 Ah, the glee of finally reading a book you've wanted to for a long time is a feeling like no other. And yes, The Handmaid's Tale is like no other. Books like these belonging to speculative fiction have enormous potential for imagination. Margaret Atwood's work aims to show what a government led by a fundamentalist regime would pan out.  A radical quasi-Christian outfit overthrows the US government and establishes a totalitarian theocracy named the Republic of Gilead where women have no rights. They have no right over their bodies; only fertile women are considered useful. Women hold different positions on the social ladder according to their past roles in pre-coup America- the Wives, the Handmaids, the Marthas, the Econowives and the Unwomen. Due to the dangerously high levels of radioactive pollution, most Gileadians are sterile, including the new elite consisting of the Commanders and their Wives. To somehow salvage a chil...
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The Book Thief

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Author: Markus Zusak Acquired in: April 2018 A little girl once caught Death's attention. Since he liked how her story went, he decided to share it with us.  And when Death tells a story, you really have to listen.  9-year-old Liesel and her brother Werner travel to Munich with their mother, to meet their new foster parents. Their mother would soon leave them, just like how Father did long ago, because of 'Kommunist', a word she doesn't know the meaning of and is too afraid to ask. Aboard the cold train, the ill little boy dies. With Werner's soul in his arms, Death watches Liesel pick up a black book forgotten by a gravedigger and hold it close, something to remind her of her brother. At that moment, the Book Thief is born. In Liesel's life, the appearance of books is often followed by death, though she doesn't notice this sinister pattern, because well, it's World War 2. The Book Thief is the second book about the Holocaust and WW2 I've read writte...
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The Rosie Result

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Author: Graeme Simsion Acquired in: December 2019 It's been a long time since I have posted something here, but I have a good excuse; exams! Online exams are no mean feat and I was so glad to see the last of it. Never mind the next one hurling towards me this time next month. So after a break, we're back and today's post is about the book caught in a series mashup- The Rosie Result. For those who have no idea of what I'm referring to, please check out the post titled The Rosie Project . The final book of the Rosie Trilogy involves Don, Rosie and a new character, their son Hudson, all settled in Melbourne. The story is centred on Hudson's life, that is his problematic school life and his aversion to change. His behaviour then leads to many thinking that he may be autistic. Don resigned his job as a genetics professor in the US after a fiasco at one of his lectures where he was accused of being racist. It's not entirely his fault too, his mannerisms, now well-kn...
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