CarrieB. re: The Handmaid's Tale

Re: CarrieB. re: The Handmaid's Tale

• CarrieB. member

  September 2013

  Glad you liked it, but yeh, that last chapter was a weird way to end it.

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• TJ1979 member

  September 2013

  Did you read the thing at the end that was like, a professor's conference from the future or something?  I almost missed it because my kindle kicked me out to do a review on the book.  But I went back and found that very odd.
  

  TTC with PCOS since November 2009
  

  IUI#1 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP, m/c
  IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
  IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
  beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
  beta #2 11/28 = 2055
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• PennyLane26 member

  September 2013

  Now I'm intrigued... off to search for it!

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• CarrieB. member

  September 2013

  TJ1979 said:

  Did you read the thing at the end that was like, a professor's conference from the future or something?  I almost missed it because my kindle kicked me out to do a review on the book.  But I went back and found that very odd.
  

  Yes, that was weird. my DH is really into scifi and he read the book years ago, so we talked about that a lot.
  
  I prefer fantasy books that are set more in the modern world, so this one was a little weird for me.
  
  Have you read the Mermaid of Brooklyn or The Night Circus? Those are some others that I read recently that I liked a lot.

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• TJ1979 member

  September 2013

  I have not read those. I'll add them to my list. Thanks! I'm currently reading Bonk by Mary Roach.

  TTC with PCOS since November 2009
  

  IUI#1 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP, m/c
  IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
  IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
  beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
  beta #2 11/28 = 2055
  Our daughter E was born 7/29/2012!
  Surprise, our 2nd daughter P was born 5/22/14!
   
  

  
  

  

  

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• itsmevkb member

  September 2013

  Ugh, I read it so long ago that I don't remember the specifics of the ending.  I need to re-read it.  I just got Atwood's newest, MadAdaddam, and need to get started on that.

  Kelly, Mom to Christopher Shannon 9.27.06, Catherine Quinn 2.24.09, Trey Barton lost on 12.28.09, Therese Barton lost on 6.10.10, Joseph Sullivan 7.23.11, and our latest, Victoria Maren 11.15.12

  Secondary infertility success with IVF, then two losses, one at 14 weeks and one at 10 weeks, then success with IUI and then just pure, crazy luck.  Expecting our fifth in May as the result of a FET.

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