I'm reading...

I'm reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood... And being deeply traumatised by it. Not only because it is so close home, but also it is unbelieveably successful as a novel. Writing a novel with a female narration is something on my mind these days, and when I read masterpieces like this, I get slightly discouraged. But that on the side, it is indeed a must-read, and that's why it is on all "best of English literature" lists...