Another amazing book club night with the Desperate Bookworms. What would happen if one day everyone woke up with a box on their doorstep with a string predicting the length of their life? And it was alarmingly accurate? Would you open the box? Would you throw it away without looking? Such is the story in The Measure by Nikki Erlich.

Jen (holding the book) did a very fun thing by having a box on each seat that we had to decide whether to open or not. I got a shorter string, but not the shortest 😬

Although I had some issues with the book and didn’t love it, it did lead to some fantastic discussion and I’d highly recommend for book groups.

Would you open the box? Would you want to know what month you died? Would the answer be different at various points in your life? I would not open the box for myself, but as long as I have a kid dependent on me I would choose to know.