Sassymonkey is awesome! She sent us a video for Michelle (whic is on the lesson plans for Tuesday) and along with it she sent us an autographed copy of Margaret Atwood’s The Tent! I was seriously surprised. I mean I knew she was going to send the video, which was terrific but I had no idea she was going to send the book. She totally made my day.
What makes the surprisey gift so much better is that I really enjoyed the stories. The stories are very very short, just a few pages each, which makes it quick and easy to read in small bits throughout the day. And the stories were just a little “odd” but not too “odd”. Some sounded very “Atwood-like” and others not so much. Almost all of them made me smile. The drawings were a nice inclusion to the book, too.
While I liked them all, I really enjoyed “” (Like God, I like a balanced Heaven) and “Chicken Little Goes Too Far” (I umm am a Chicken Little fan, shhh don’t tell anyone).
Thank you sassymonkey, you’re the BEST!
If you clicked the link to sassymonkey, you’ll see her review of seeing Atwood in person recently – what’s funny about this is that I tried desperately to get The Penelopiad to her before Christmas, when her package was lost, and damn Chapters couldn’t guarantee it in time so I cancelled it in favor of a snack basket that promised before Christmas arrival and ended up not getting there in time. I knew I should have stuck with the book!
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lol. I didn’t know you tried to send me a book. It’s on my library list. 🙂 And the fruit made it here on Christmas Day so really it was on time for Christmas even if it didn’t get here when it was supposed to.
I’m glad you enjoyed the book. 🙂
Hi, was looking around at book blogs and stumbled across yours, hope you don’t mind if I butt in here. As someone who reads so much, have you read the new Jane Smiley non-fiction – “13 Ways of Looking At The Novel”? Just started it, but the intro has me hooked already, and caused me to add 100 more books to my reading list! Enjoyed the couple of entries I looked at here – love Atwood.