2020: I chose to revisit Gilead for Banned Books Week 2020. Fitting, considering the restrictions on women that the United States Supreme Court might be revisiting itself with RBG's replacement on deck.

It was a much more fluid and enjoyable read the second time around. After spending time in Sally Rooney's quotation-marks-less world earlier this year, I was accustomed enough to jump right in to Atwood's. Since I knew the basic plot line, I was able to jump right into June's (?) head and follow her perspective with ease.

That all being said, it was a much more terrifying read, on the eve of this year's presidential election. I was in a much more naive place when I read it in 2016. Ah, what simpler times before Trump became president.

2016: I cannot believe it took me so long to read this book.