#theblindassassin

When you’re young, you think everything you do is disposable. You move from now to now, crumpling time up in your hands, tossing it away. You’re your own speeding car. You think you can get rid of things, and people too – leave them behind. You don’t yet know about the habit they have, of coming back. / Time in dreams is frozen. You can never get away from where you’ve been. - The Blind Assassin by Magaret Atwood - #theblindassassin #magaretatwood #dark #nz #purenz #wellington

"Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge." . I got some amazing gingerbread chai from @bluebirdteaco and it pairs perfectly with the @adultbooklr fiction read-along this month. . #abblindassassin #theblindassassin #MargaretAtwood #tea #bookstagram #bluebirdteaco #adultbooklr

"Eu agora me lembrava muito mais da sua ausência do que da sua presença." "Os começos são súbitos,  mas também insidiosos. Eles vêm de mansinho, às escondidas, eles permanecem nas sombras, eles espreitam disfarçadamente. Então, mais tarde, eles surgem repentinamente." #OAssassinoCego #TheBlindAssassin #MargaretAtwood #livro #book #bookaholic #booklovers #ler #leitura #leitora #reading #instabook #instaread #instabooks #bookstagram  #litsy #booklover #readingabook #amreading #books #kindle  #Sha2021 https://www.instagram.com/p/CNh0XC2DO49/?igshid=ts6i15ins98c

1991 HCDJ The Blind Asassin Margaret Atwood First US Edition Ex-library with associated markings and attachments. 📦$10 shipped in the US. Link in bio, claim in comments or DM to purchase. "In The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood weaves together strands of gothic suspense, romance, and science fiction into one utterly spellbinding narrative. The novel begins with the mysterious death—a possible suicide—of a young woman named Laura Chase in 1945. Decades later, Laura’s sister Iris recounts her memories of their childhood, and of the dramatic deaths that have punctuated their wealthy, eccentric family’s history. Intertwined with Iris’s account are chapters from the scandalous novel that made Laura famous, in which two illicit lovers amuse each other by spinning a tale of a blind killer on a distant planet. These richly layered stories-within-stories gradually illuminate the secrets that have long haunted the Chase family, coming together in a brilliant and astonishing final twist." 📚🚀 #margaretatwood #theblindassassin #historicalfiction #sciencefiction #pulp #1940s #vintagebooks #vintage #vintagebookseller #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #igbooks #booksofig #booksbooksbooks #bookworm #bibliophile #booklovers #bookaneer #bookaneer4sale (at Dodge Center, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAQI_ytgm48/?igshid=3eztcnel86zp

Current read #theblindassassin #margaretatwood #goodreads #goodreadschallenge #goodreadschallenge2019 #bibliophile #bookaholic https://www.instagram.com/p/B4JVmAnlgND/?igshid=1npy2xz0b6xea

Good night, friends. I’m so grateful to be surrounded by so many supportive and loving people through Instagram, who encourage me in all of the hobbies and interests I dive into, or who send loving prayers and thoughts for me and my family. All of you have always been so kind and generous with powerful cheerleading, meditation, and prayers, questions and suggestions in so many different things. From notebooks and art and collage to journaling to faith study, to essential oils, healthy eating and removing toxic chemicals from my home. My heart is full, my cup runneth over. . Tonight I am in a hotel and I cannot sleep because I continue to be jittery with the fact that I am without family immediately around me so I don’t know if I should take advantage to read or to just fall asleep. I am reading The Blind Assassin by @therealmargaretatwood and I love it. . #read #reading #amrrading #fridayreads #theblindassassin #margaretatwood #book #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #readers #readingtime #bookworm #booknerd #bookporn #bookish #bookobsessed #bookcommunity #bookreview #bookreviewer #bookblog #bookogging #bookblogger #scifi #sciencefiction (at Jacksonville, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvyGfEEh2wF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jxbcgm9dzl0g

Two Things to begin with- 1st- I slept only for 4 hours because of the night shifts so I'm totally sleep deprived. Kindly ignore grammatical errors in the review, if there's any. 2nd- I'm a big fan of #MargaretAtwood. I've already read #TheHandmaidsTale, #CatsEye & #TheBlindAssassin written by her & thoroughly enjoyed them so this review might feel a bit biased to you. . #AliasGrace is undoubtedly another excellent novel from the pen of Margaret Atwood – this is her masterly, fictionalised retelling of the life of Grace Marks & the part that she allegedly may or may not have played in the murders of Thomas Kinnear & Nancy Montgomery (Don't worry, I won't be giving up any spoilers here). . The story takes place in the early to mid-19th Century & is written for the most part around Grace Marks supposed retelling of her life story to the fictional Dr Simon Jordan – events unfolds to the reader as they are told to Dr Jordan. This includes Grace’s childhood in Ireland, her subsequent traumatic emigration to Canada & a life in service prior to events concerning the murders & her eventual incarceration. Atwood paints as usual a fascinating picture, which is not only compelling but has an all pervading air of authenticity throughout. Interesting too is the developing (imagined) relationship between Jordan and Marks and the effect that their interviews together have on each other. . This is a dark, gloomy and murky world where fact blurs with fiction, guilt with innocence, sanity with madness, love with desire, memory with imagination, truth with auto-suggestion, victim with perpetrator, science with superstition, good with evil, life with death. . The story felt a bit stretched in the middle chapters but apart from that I couldn't find any other issues with this novel. Atwood also provides us with a useful afterword, in which she outlines the ‘known facts’ (such as they are) concerning Grace Marks and the Kinnear/Montgomery murders. Atwood reiterates that ‘Alias Grace’ is although having its roots in fact, is overwhelmingly a work of fiction. . ‘Alias Grace’ is a great novel, brilliantly written – highly recommended and not to be missed. I'm going with 4 out of 5 stars! (at Apollo DB City)

Today is National Donut Day! Blessings! #nationaldonutday #donut #margaretatwood #theblindassassin