Margaret Atwood’s newest novel, The Testaments follows up on the story told in The Handmaid’s Tale. A fictional state called Gilead exists where women are persecuted for the freedoms they enjoyed and stripped of those rights – the right to choose one’s own profession, mates, or whether they will have children being some of them….

At the beginning of each new month, I usually set aside some books that I am planning to read during that month. In October, I’ve identified the titles listed below as ones that I’d like to pick up or finish up. If you’ve read any of them, I’d love to chat with you in the…