*The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Eleanor Atwood | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0449212602 Global Overview for this book
Registered by DharmaBum of Rochester, Minnesota USA on 7/7/2003
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Journal Entry 1 by DharmaBum from Rochester, Minnesota USA on Monday, July 7, 2003
BANNED BOOK

Another in my banned books series. Granted, I have not read this. I saw the movie, and that alone wanted me to run to the shower and scrub myself with pumice. Terribly dreary, depressing stuff. But, hey, maybe the book is better. I'll let you submit your own report here on Bookcrossing.

Journal Entry 2 by appaloosatb from Rochester, Minnesota USA on Saturday, August 2, 2003
I was in line to recieve this book as a bookray, but I'm glad I don't have to wait that long. Everything I've heard seems to lean towards this being a worthwhile read, but quite depressing - maybe I'll sandwich it between a few humorous books on Mount TBR.

Journal Entry 3 by appaloosatb from Rochester, Minnesota USA on Saturday, November 22, 2003
This is one of those tales that I know will stick with me for a long time.

Going in the Already Been Bookcrossed Bookbox.

Journal Entry 4 by daidy on Thursday, December 25, 2003
Took this out of the Already Been Bookcrossed Bookbox

Journal Entry 5 by daidy on Saturday, April 10, 2004
Dreary and depressing? perhaps. It has a bit of a 1984 flavor to it.

Journal Entry 6 by daidy at MetaCafe, the 103 W. Chicago Rd. in Sturgis, Michigan USA on Saturday, April 10, 2004
Released on Saturday, April 10, 2004 at The MetaCafe 103 W. Chicago Rd. in Sturgis, Michigan USA.

Journal Entry 7 by LeeD from Coldwater, Michigan USA on Saturday, April 10, 2004
I know, it's not really free if you drive 65 miles to catch it, but it was just too much fun to make my first catch.

What would you get if you blended "Diary of a Young Girl" with "1984" and started from a point in the recent past? A compelling vision of a future that could have been possible from circumstances of mid-80s USA with an interestingly open-ended ending.

It pre-empted my other books-in-process; I couldn't put it down. I didn't find it completely dreary and depressing, probably because of my incorrigible optimism. I read hopefulness for the future (in spite of the story's opressive present-time) in the "Historical Notes". I also found it less depressing that the past which preceded the story's present-time is not the past we have actually experienced.

Planning to release in or near Bourbonnais, Illinois while traveling there at the end of April.

Journal Entry 8 by LeeD at Perry Farm in Bourbonnais, Illinois USA on Sunday, April 25, 2004
Released on Sunday, April 25, 2004 at Perry Farm in Bourbonnais, Illinois USA.

In the public restroom in the pavilion approx 4:15pm after the Kite Festival - hoping for happy travels for the book and the finder!

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