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.
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Interesting sounding book discussion. I think I might have this book on my Kindle, but I haven’t tried it as yet. Would I want to know? I don’t think so. Understand about having a kid dependent, but since we are long past that point…nope. Hope you guys have a nice holiday time!
Totally agree! Until Gage is completely independent I would want to know, but after that? No thank you.
Interesting theme for a book. I would open the box out of insane curiousity.
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For me, the idea was better than the execution.
Sounds like a fun book club meeting! I probably wouldn’t want to know…
I chose this from the BOTM Club, but I haven’t gotten around to reading it yet. After hearing a bit of your thoughts about it, I may pass it on, unread. It sounds like you had a great book club meeting, though.
Happy Thanksgiving! I’m just getting around to visiting my blog friends this week—apologies for being so late to the table.
I would probably be better off NOT opening the box because I would have a heart attack worrying about the approaching date.