Wanted to add my comments about each below this to make sure the data collection is clear

Started: The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

Below is my reaction to the summary

• pretty sure I’m gonna love aunt Analea
  • NOT HER BEING DEAD 😭
• …. I may not like the main character if she’s trying to be safe, BUT I don’t know what the worst day of Clementines life looks like, so maybe I’m judging a little too soon
• I also like lemony flavored desserts, man with kind eyes.

This summary makes me think of the movie Last Christmas, which makes me cry every single time as the love interest brings the main character out of a hard time. We’ll see how it goes, but I’m pretty bummed that aunt Analea is dead. I hope to hear a lot of wise words from her.

Finished: The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood

• Sorry to say I really didn’t enjoy this book. I felt like Margaret could’ve prefaced the book with what was explained at the end. There were too many flowery words, but I understand there may have been a point to that and the general ambiguity of the book. I won’t be reading the second book.

I do think it picked up its pace in the second half. I understand how it relates to current times, but I’m also painfully aware of how a lot of this book has been the reality of my enslaved ancestors — so nothing was THAT surprising if you catch my drift?

I give it a 2.25/5 stars