Title: Oryx and Crake
Author: Margaret Atwood
Did I like it: On a scale from 1 to 10 with 10 best, I'd call it a 7ish.
Should you read it: I'm so-so about this one. Not a good book for beginners, but interesting and unusual for readers.
Synopsis: A few days in the life of Snowman and a lot of reminiscing about his past when he was Jimmy.
I'm starting to feel like I'm reading for the blog a little bit, which isn't very good. I feel more pressure to finish books that I would usually put down. I am enjoying the current plethora of books though! Its really nice to have library access again, and I hope to never be without in the future. I have started to think of the future of the blog beyond this year. Originally I'd planned to just keep doing the same, but now I'm thinking of ways to scale it down. We'll see what happens in a few months.
I'd read The Handmaid's Tale at one point in the past so I had high hopes for this book! While it wasn't a bad book, it didn't quite capture me in the same way. I suppose I prefer one type of a dystopian future to another! (I hope that doesn't give away too much about this book) At points there were also bits of science that bothered me, and at other times, I felt that the book became very very slow.
Definitely not the best book I've ever read, or even best book I've read this year, and honestly I'll probably never read it again. But it was interesting and I'd definitely suggest you give it a try if you've liked books like 1984, The Giver, etc.
