@gemlog It's okay to not like Atwood's writings. As a Canadian woman, I felt that I had to make a good effort. I read _Surfacing_, _Cat's Eye_, _After the Flood_, _The Handmaid's Tale_ and _The Blind Assassin_. I liked TBA the best but maybe more honestly I disliked it the least. Atwood is just painful to me. She's not bad, she's just not my type.