October's Pick - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

This month our book selection is The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. This title was chosen by the newly coiffured and very fabulous, Jules who will also be hosting the upcoming meeting.

synopsis:
The Handmaid's Tale is set in the near future in the former United States of America, now called Gilead, a place controlled by a religious movement called the Son's of Jacob. The book's main character was arrested for being married to a divorced man and forced to change her name and become a Handmaid. Because of dangerously low reproduction rates, Handmaids are assigned to bear children for elite couples that have trouble conceiving. She lives a very restricted life where women are not allowed to read and can only leave the house on shopping trips. This book follows her day to day existence with flashbacks giving insight into what her old life was like.

Book Club Meeting # 1 - Summer Sisters Reviewed

Our first ever book club meeting was hosted by Miss T at her lovely apartment. Not all of our literary ladies could make it but it was a successful meeting even so. All member's brought a summer-themed snack while Miss T provided us with delicious sangria and gazpacho. Armed with energy following our tasty meal we got down to business.

Our discussion began with the characters of Caitlin and Vix, the two main characters in this story and who's relationship is the focus. Vix being smart and more serious of the two and Caitlin being wild and charasmatic. Their intense and tumultuous friendship gave us Literary Ladies a lot to talk about.

Summer Sisters had enough drama and interesting characters to keep us intrigued. We all agreed that this book was hard to put down and most of us read it in just a few days.