One of my pre-pledge library books

You guys know I'm the sci-fi buff in the group. In fact, that's why I joined the group... to be exposed to more than just sci-fi, but my stack is chock full of it, so bear with me...

Prior to the pledge, I picked up a few library books to read. The Year of the Flood is one of them. (I promise to read them, turn them back in and get on with the pledge. Karen gave me the OK to finish the Library books that I already had.)

So anyway, the book...
I'm a fan of Margaret Atwood. She's sci-fi, but not. The stories she tells are typically post-whatever-bad-we-are-currently-doing and full of conscience and "prophecy," but close enough to modern day reality that they really are quite intriguing.

The Year of the Flood is a "companion" to Oryx & Crake - both tell the same story, but from different points of view. Apocalyptic, yes. Happy ending? Sort-of...

Atwood has a great skill for details that one can easily imagine, but not too many that the book is tedious. In this book, she's shown that in the not too distant future, the language has changed (obviously due to texting) and that we citizens are quite willing to turn over authority to big corporations, just so they can do the "heavy lifting/thinking for us."

Atwood is never afraid for her heroes to be women. And, they aren't always "tough chicks," but average girls, like us, who are forced by circumstances to step up and be tough. Her heroines are always survivors.

If you're willing to read sci-fi-ish material and aren't squeamish, this is an very entertaining book. But plan to read Oryx & Crake as well, to get the whole story. (There may be other books in this same story line. I plan to find them).