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Tag Archives: Margaret Atwood
The Books: “Cat’s Eye” (Margaret Atwood)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Here is an excerpt from Cat’s Eye – by Margaret Atwood. I’ve actually been dreading this moment, because I love this book so much. I don’t know how to talk about it. I’m also going … Continue reading
The Books: “Bluebeard’s Egg” – ‘Two Stories About Emma’ (Margaret Atwood)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Here is an excerpt from another story from Bluebeard’s Egg: Stories – by Margaret Atwood. This one is called “Two Stories About Emma”. I won’t preface this one. I’ll just say that this is the … Continue reading
The Books: “Bluebeard’s Egg” – ‘Significant Moments in the Life of my Mother’ (Margaret Atwood)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Here is an excerpt from Bluebeard’s Egg: Stories – by Margaret Atwood. Another story collection – this came out in 1983. I’m trying to do this chronologically but I messed up. This one came out … Continue reading
The Books: “Dancing Girls” – ‘When It Happens’ (Margaret Atwood)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Here is an excerpt from Dancing Girls – by Margaret Atwood. This is her earliest short story collection – I think it was published in 1979 … and then re-issued after the huge international success … Continue reading
The Books: “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Margaret Atwood)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Here is an excerpt from The Handmaid’s Tale – by Margaret Atwood. This is the book that put Margaret Atwood on the map. It was also my introduction to her. It was published in 1985 … Continue reading
The Books: “Bodily Harm” (Margaret Atwood)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Here is an excerpt from Bodily Harm – by Margaret Atwood. This is her fifth novel and seriously – this book FREAKED. ME. OUT. The only other person I knew who had read it was … Continue reading
The Books: “Life Before Man” (Margaret Atwood)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Here is an excerpt from Life Before Man – by Margaret Atwood. This is her fourth novel. I should read it again – I remember just loving it the first time around, and I was … Continue reading
The Books: “Lady Oracle” (Margaret Atwood)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Here is an excerpt from Lady Oracle – by Margaret Atwood. This is her third novel – and in my opinion this is when Atwood really starts to become herself. She has written about the … Continue reading
The Books: “Surfacing” (Margaret Atwood)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Surfacing – by Margaret Atwood. This is her second novel. I don’t remember much of it. She starts to get clearer to me, as a writer, in her third novel. This one basically is about … Continue reading
The Books: “The Edible Woman” (Margaret Atwood)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: The Edible Woman – by Margaret Atwood (her first novel). I got into Atwood in college when I read The Handmaid’s Tale, which blew me away. So I quickly went out and read her other … Continue reading