Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Mem
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
54 posts | 53 read | 101 to read
MEM is a rare novel, a small book carrying very big ideas, the kind of story that stays with you long after you've finished reading it. Set in the glittering art deco world of a century ago, MEM makes one slight alteration to history: a scientist in Montreal discovers a method allowing people to have their memories extracted from their minds, whole and complete. The Mems exist as mirror-images of their source -- zombie-like creatures destined to experience that singular memory over and over, until they expire in the cavernous Vault where they are kept. And then there is Dolores Extract #1, the first Mem capable of creating her own memories. An ageless beauty shrouded in mystery, she is allowed to live on her own, and create her own existence, until one day she is summoned back to the Vault. What happens next is a gorgeously rendered, heart-breaking novel in the vein of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. Debut novelist Bethany Morrow has created an allegory for our own time, exploring profound questions of ownership, and how they relate to identity, memory and history, all in the shadows of Montreal's now forgotten slave trade.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
review
Karisimo
MEM | Bethany C. Morrow
post image
Pickpick

As I was reading this I wasn't completely sure how I felt about it. It took a leap of faith to believe erased memories take the form of a living being. But the author nailed the ending, so I was satisfied! So often a lackluster ending ruins a story for me, so this was a pleasant surprise! Read this from @MeganAnn 's #auldlangspine list, so thanks!! And thanks to @Monalyisha

MeganAnn I‘m glad you liked it in the end! I thought it was a very unique little book and she definitely nailed the ending. I haven‘t read anything else quite like it. 3w
30 likes1 stack add1 comment
blurb
MeganAnn
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

March #bookspinbingo update. I finished 11 titles.

Favorites were Spinning Silver, Songs in Ursa Major and MEM (tagged, also a March #roll100 pick) all 5 ⭐️ reads.

#bookspin was R‘Jaal‘s Resonance - Ruby Dixon is always a great read. I loved being back on the Ice Planet.

#doublespin was The Lightkeeper‘s Daughters which was in my stack from mom category.

Icebreaker was a #booktokmademedoit read for #nsr23 ⬇️

MeganAnn American Demon was for #serieslove2023 @andrew65 and I loved being back in the Hollows. 12mo
Andrew65 That‘s brilliant 👏👏👏🥳🎉🍾🥂 12mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic month!! 12mo
43 likes3 comments
review
peanutnine
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Mehso-so

Mem is set in an alternate history where scientists have discovered a way to extract memories from your mind. These mems are shells of the person in which they just relive the experience. Except one - Dolores Extract #1 can think and speak for herself. The story follows her life when she is recalled to the 'Vault' of mems after living on her own for years. It's an interesting story but I felt like some things could have been explained more

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
36 likes2 comments
review
Melismatic
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Mehso-so

While the theme/idea is interesting (sci fi take on preserving your memories, good it bad, by extracting them out of you in the form of a human-like copy of you), the plot felt jumbled & jumped around making it difficult to follow despite being so short.

blurb
valeriegeary
MEM | Bethany C. Morrow
post image

February plans!

theladygreer I‘ve only read three of these but I loved all three! The Dry is particularly amazing. 3y
valeriegeary @theladygreer what were the other two 3y
valeriegeary @theladygreer I'll start with those! 😄 3y
theladygreer I enjoyed Dare Me and I loooooved Dani Brown! 3y
45 likes4 comments
review
Tracyantoon
MEM | Bethany C. Morrow
post image
Mehso-so

“If people are imperfect enough to destroy their minds, perhaps they cannot perfect the procedure that allows them to do so.”

I wanted to love this but I just kept getting lost. I found most of the characters very flat. The winding storyline was confusing. I finished it but it was just ok.

TerriGreen Well that‘s a bummer!! 4y
29 likes1 comment
review
readordierachel
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Bailedbailed

I have been trying to read this book for over a month, and I think it's time to call it. I like the premise and there is nothing wrong with the writing, it's just not grabbing me.
Maybe another time.

Tamra It happens. 4y
Cathythoughts A month is long enough ❤️👍🏻 4y
readordierachel @Tamra @Cathythoughts I'm trying to get better at bailing. There are so many books to be read! 4y
75 likes3 comments
review
Well-ReadNeck
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Pickpick

I picked this one up last year on audiobook and couldn‘t get into it. But, grabbed it on a kindle daily deal and read it in two nights. A great companion read to The Memory Police.

readordierachel I have been trying to read this one for a while. For some reason the beginning is really dragging for me 🤷‍♀️ Does it pick up steam? 4y
78 likes1 comment
quote
derr.liz
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

"I was cautious over the safety of a practice whose advertised purpose had changed too many times. Real people, it seemed, were less skeptical. They appeared always too trusting of easy pleasures."

7 likes2 stack adds
review
Decalino
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Pickpick

This intriguing little book got off to a slow start, but ultimately ratcheted up the tension. It reminded me in some ways of Never Let Me Go (with a dash of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). A young woman in an alternate early 20th century Montreal has her own thoughts and feelings, even though she is a mere memory shed by her "real" owner. TW for grammar purists: dangling participle on page 9; just one though, so don't panic.

blurb
Lchnessmnstr
Mem | Bethany C Morrow

“If people are imperfect enough to destroy their minds, perhaps they cannot perfect the procedure that allows them to do so.”

review
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Pickpick

My review: 🤯😳😰🤭🤯

Novella with original take on the issue of what makes a person a real person. Our memories, good and bad, are who we are, and even if they‘re erased, they never leave us.
If anyone has read this, I‘d love to discuss the ending!
Thanks to the lovely @HotMessJess for sending this to me!

TheBookgeekFrau This sounds amazing! 5y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @C.Perone Yes! It‘s really good! Highly recommend- and it‘s a quick read (under 200 pages) (edited) 5y
56 likes2 stack adds3 comments
review
WanderingBookaneer
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Pickpick

This slim novella is very nuanced. I was drawn to the premise, hooked by the psychological repercussions of creating the Mems, and found myself enjoying every page. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Explanation for missing star below.

WanderingBookaneer I am not a huge fan of Hollywood endings. The court case and its repercussions were not addressed enough and then—Voila! I must admit, I was pleased with the romantic aspect of the ending. 5y
84 likes3 stack adds1 comment
quote
monalyisha
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

Somehow, this quote put me in mind of break-ups. So, I‘m sharing a picture from my first (& really, only) big heartbreak (long past). It‘s a vulnerable thing. Here you go. #ihaveliterallynosecrets #oversharersanonymous

Seriously though, I feel like this would be a good book for someone to read who was going through the dissolution of a relationship. You are not *a* memory or *a* feeling. When you‘re done going through it, you‘ll be strong. 💪🏻

jmofo 🖤 5y
tealwish Sounds like a good book for me, thanks :) 5y
emilyhaldi I loved this book 🖤🖤🖤 5y
83 likes3 stack adds3 comments
review
monalyisha
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Pickpick

This book makes me wish I was *studying* Literature still, instead of just reading it. I‘d dedicate time to a comparative reading of it alongside “Frankenstein.” The scientists in “Mem” — a speculative novel set in 1920‘s Montreal — are not reanimating a corpse but they *are* birthing a creature with something dangerous at its core: a memory, attached to a passionate, vehement (often traumatic) emotion - extracted from a person & made flesh.👇🏻

monalyisha 1/5: These memory-creatures — “Mems” — usually have a short life sentence, in which they‘re like pale ghosts, caught in a loop, fated to reenact a particular experience over & over again, but with no true consciousness. The protagonist is the exception; somehow, she‘s vibrant & independent. (edited) 5y
monalyisha 2/5: She — Dolores Extract No. 1/Elsie — stands-in for a meditation on what makes a “whole” person. What do we do with negative emotions? We let them destroy us, we let them change us in ways that make us dangerous to others — or, we learn to harness them as motivation for positive change & growth. But it‘s risky to acknowledge them, to let them breathe. (edited) 5y
monalyisha 3/5: Elsie learns about the world as the Monster does (not to the extreme extent of learning language, etc; she retains that from her previous “life”); it‘s all about realizations & the loss of innocence. But does her story end with pitchforks & fire, or eternal loneliness? Will she be made to stalk the peaks of some frigid mountain, forever fearing extinction? I‘ll never tell. (edited) 5y
See All 17 Comments
monalyisha 4/5: My one criticism is that, in the interest of creating a concise yet meaningful package, some threads were dropped. I‘m left with *A LOT* of questions about Camille, one of the side characters, who serves as a mother-figure to Elsie. And they‘re kind-of BIG questions (about agency, free will, & a woman‘s right to her own body), too! I would absolutely read a sequel or a companion story, following Camille & the Professor. (edited) 5y
monalyisha 5/5: I‘m glad I read this. It was unique & a strong way to kick off my 2019 reading year! Thanks to @ladyneverwhere for including it on her #NewYearWhoDis list! I hadn‘t heard a *peep* about it before seeing it on your list, Danielle! (edited) 5y
GondorGirl I love your review so much! And I completely relate to your comment about studying literature instead of simply reading it. I often feel that way. 5y
VeganCleopatra Thanks for the reminder of this book, I've been meaning to read it for awhile. And good thorough review! 5y
Clare-Dragonfly Wow! Sounds fascinating! 5y
Redwritinghood Great review! I read this sometime last year and thought it was outstanding. 5y
EleniKara Oh man that combo, I have to check this out! 5y
monalyisha @ladyneverwhere How did you feel about the romantic relationship? Both in general & in the conclusion/solution to the problem of aging? 5y
ralexist This was in my top dozen for 2018. Eerie and intriguing! 5y
ladyneverwhere @monalyisha I tend to be a sucker for people falling in love and almost always want it to work out ?‍♀️ but I remember being frustrated with the power differences between the two characters throughout most of the story. But I liked how the man (can't remember his name) resolved the power issue and the aging problem by putting "himself" on the same footing as Elsie. I thought it was a lovely and hopeful way to end the story. What did you think? 5y
monalyisha @ladyneverwhere I‘m honestly not sure! I have mixed feelings. I also always want to root for love... but I thought it was a little bit weird that he fell for her before he actually met her. It felt a little bit kinky instead of genuine. Is that strange? Eventually, I grew to like him, though, I think. But I was so conflicted about the ending! On the one hand, it solved the aging problem nicely — and yes, put them on more equal ground. 5y
monalyisha @ladyneverwhere But on the other hand, it was such a big deal that Elsie was NOT Dolores. And Elsie fell in love with Harvey... NOT his Mem (OR his epiphany). So it felt a bit too neat & not quite genuine. (edited) 5y
monalyisha @ladyneverwhere I do think it‘s lovely that Harvey knew that curiosity was not enough to create his own Mem. He understood that it could only be done for something direly important (if at all). It means that he counted Elsie as significant. Still, that was Harvey. Not his “epiphany.” Maybe it‘ll be different because his epiphany was *about* her; but is it granting his epiphany freedom if he was, effectively, created to love her? 5y
ladyneverwhere @monalyisha that's so true about Harvey not being his mem, and not something I even remember thinking of when I first read the book. I also don't think I gave much thought about Harvey's mem's freedom and independence but now that you've brought it up it's something I wish I had. This makes me wish I'd read it in book club or at school like you said before so I would have really analyzed it and not just fallen in love with the story 😁 5y
85 likes6 stack adds17 comments
quote
monalyisha
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

Bethany Morrow, casually describing exactly my type of fiction:

“One of the most rewarding aspects of writing speculative fiction is infusing magic and whimsy (and, of course, devastation) into a world not always unlike my own.”

P.S. I‘m not taking my tree down (yet or maybe ever*). You can‘t make me.

#NewYearWhoDis

abbielistenstobooks My tree (with bumble ornament) is still up too! 5y
PurpleyPumpkin Love the Bumble ornament!😄 And I‘m totally with you, we‘re not taking down our trees yet either (yes, we have two). Can‘t do that before the 12th day of Christmas, which was JUST today. 🎄 5y
monalyisha @abbielistenstobooks That particular ornament holds a special place in my heart. My Dad used to call my Grandma “Abominable” because of the way she walked (she had bad knees). I always *hated* it when she was alive, but now that she‘s gone, I‘m sentimental about basically everything. ❄️ Plus, it‘s totally cute. 😆 5y
See All 6 Comments
monalyisha *Okay, okay. I‘ll take it down EVENTUALLY. 😉 5y
CouronneDhiver My tree will be hanging around for awhile yet too... I like it 😉 5y
91 likes6 comments
blurb
monalyisha
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

My husband‘s away, touring briefly with his friend‘s band (taking photos & video for them at a video game conference they‘re playing in DC; livin‘ the nerdy dream) — so it‘s just me & my #NewYearWhoDis list all day today. 💕

Please, take a moment to admire my new mug, which I received in the annual Secret Santa that my college friends & I still manage to keep alive. I died when I opened it. It was the “party never” that really got me. 😅🥳❌

PagesByTheWater I love a good mug 5y
TrishMcCallister Hahaha 🤣🤣 that mug is amazing!! That is so the story of my life... 5y
See All 9 Comments
Marina_h Party never 🤣 I know that feeling! 5y
Tamra Ha! 5y
TiredLibrarian I feel that mug 🤣❤ 5y
TheLibrarian Love the mug! 5y
LauraBeth 😂😂 5y
Carolyn11215 My spirit animal!!!!! On a mug! 😜 5y
129 likes9 comments
quote
monalyisha
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

DivineDiana Truth! 😓 5y
Suet624 Oh gosh, yes. 5y
Pricel101 Wow 😞📖 5y
readordierachel Oof. That is sharp and true. 5y
80 likes4 comments
blurb
monalyisha
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

All packed up & ready to return to work. Sort of. 😭

At least I have my first #NewYearWhoDis book to keep me company! I‘ve read the first couple of chapters & I‘m liking it so far! The concept is cool: it‘s sort-of reminiscent of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” & sort-of reminiscent of “Westworld” but set in the 1920‘s & totally its own thing.

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Well, this sounds totally bizarre. Im in! 5y
ladyneverwhere Yay! I can't wait to hear what you think of it!!! 5y
73 likes4 stack adds2 comments
blurb
monalyisha
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

It‘s mere hours until the official start of the #NewYearWhoDis reading event! Here‘s some sparkle & a fat stack to get you pumped up!

I‘m looking forward to reading a good chunk of these, @ladyneverwhere 🎉!

Happy New Year, Littens! 😻 Hope your night is bright & your 2019 goals have nothing to do with self-sacrifice. 😉😜🥳

#istillplantoeatallthecookies

Reviewsbylola Pachinko! 😍😍 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Sing, Unburied, Sing ❤️❤️ 5y
ladyneverwhere Oh my gosh you got so many!!! I hope you like the ones you read 🤩 5y
AmyG Nice pile! I am getting ready to begin my first book... 5y
Redwritinghood Happy New Year! 🎉🎉🥳🥳 5y
83 likes5 comments
blurb
TheBookStacker
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

Sneaking this thin book in to boost my end of year count.

ladyneverwhere It's so good! One of my favorite books I read this year! 5y
59 likes1 stack add1 comment
blurb
monalyisha
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

Full #NewYearWhoDis list, compliments of @ladyneverwhere 📚. The titles highlighted in red represent those I‘ve already read (see what I did there? 😆 #homophonepun). The green are the titles I want to read most.

I likely won‘t read the titles that haven‘t been color-coded (for various reasons; for instance, “Homegoing” is on my IRL book club‘s list & I have to wait to read it with them 🙄).

Thanks for creating such a sparkling gem of a list!💎

CoffeeNBooks I love what you did with the #homophonepun, lol! #loveswords #wordnerd #englishteacher 5y
MeganAnn I think you‘ll really enjoy The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet! It‘s one of my favorites from this year. 🌌🚀 And I also loved Pachinko ❤️ 5y
monalyisha @MeganAnn Nice! I haven‘t decided which title I‘m going to start with yet, but I think TLW will definitely be one of the first. I‘m looking forward to it — & also, I trust you. So that helps. 😉💖 5y
69 likes1 stack add5 comments
blurb
Smrloomis
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

Yup, clear proof that I filled in my feedback form wrong 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️😂😂😂

Smrloomis This is my life right now - clearly not following the directions 😩😖🥺😂 5y
zsuzsanna_reads Went back to have a look at your Litsy review and stacked this book! 5y
Smrloomis @zsuzsanna_reads YESSSSS! 🥳🥳🥳 Let me know what you think when you read it! 5y
zsuzsanna_reads @Smrloomis that might be five years from now, looking at my tbr... 5y
Smrloomis @zsuzsanna_reads I completely understand! 5y
46 likes5 comments
blurb
Smrloomis
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

Great, um, except those should be flipped. I LOVED Mem so much I wanted to make everyone I know read it. I couldn‘t get past the first few pages of Atlas. Maybe I filled out the form wrong 🤔 I don‘t get a lot of uninterrupted sleep these days 😖 Just for the record y‘all: Bethany Morrow is fantastic; I need to read more from her.

review
Smrloomis
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Pickpick

This was AMAZING. Beautiful, thought-provoking, and so well written (and read since I listened to it). I cannot praise this enough. I will definitely be looking for more from this author. Thanks to Book Riot‘s Tailored Book Recommendations for putting this on my radar.

sprainedbrain This sounds fascinating! 5y
Smrloomis @sprainedbrain I thought so! Let me know if you read it. 5y
72 likes1 stack add2 comments
review
scowler1
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Mehso-so

Speculative fiction. That's what they call this apparently. I got a bit lost in places, it leaves a lot to the imagination. If you have questions about the plot you'll have to answer them yourself. Very nicely written short read and quite fascinating on the whole, I'm still thinking about it a week later.

blurb
scowler1
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

The first few pages are confusing, what the hell am I reading? Then click, your brain starts to work and you're in, you can't put it down but you have to. Why do I start books so late in the evening?

review
Kempii
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Panpan

It's not a good sign when you reach the end and double-check to make sure you didn't miss a chunk or misunderstand that it is not the first book in a series. I kept thinking the book must have more coming because it set up the story and character on an intriguing premise about an extracted memory fragment who becomes her own being. But then it sputters along and just ends. It read like a long pitch proposal that had not developed into a novel.

blurb
Smrloomis
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

I signed up for @bookriot ‘s Tailored Book Recommendation service and I‘m really excited to read my recommendations! This is the first pick and it sounds really interesting.

71 likes1 stack add
review
catiewithac
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Pickpick

Impressive debut novel that imagines an alternate past in which people have managed to extract embodied memories. Dolores Extract No. 1 defies expectations from her inception. More than just a Mem, she questions her nature, the right to ownership, and what it means to be an individual. The novel is short almost too sparse at times. I wish some themes had been explored more, but it‘s a promising debut.

38 likes2 stack adds
blurb
LouLouLane
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

Must be good. Named after the airport code of the greatest city in the world.

9 likes1 stack add
review
ralexist
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Pickpick

What if you could extract your memories? Just remove the ones you don't want. Would you do it? Now, what if those memories were exact copies of you, living but forever locked in that point in time? Told from the viewpoint of a unique Mem (memory) who has somehow gained sentience, this short speculative fiction novel set in the Art Deco period is a delightful story that makes you think about how we define what's real and what's not.

29 likes3 stack adds
review
MadCatRamble
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Pickpick

Mem is a lovely book. Though very smart and considered, it‘s ultimately driven by emotion and the sort of spontaneous realizations that happen when one least expects it - the kind one looks back on as having a “before” and “after”.

emilyhaldi Loved this one 🖤 6y
13 likes1 comment
review
AshleyC816
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Pickpick

Loved this one! The idea of creating living memories to forget pain of the past is so original. A very quick read but worth it!

Smrloomis I still haven‘t read this but I need to move it up on my TBR! 5y
10 likes1 comment
blurb
DannyOlda
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

Stopped by one of my favorite indie bookshops (Bookstore 1 in Sarasota) while a couple packages came in the mail. I love having so many books-in-waiting.

saresmoore Great picks and I‘m loving that wall color, too. 6y
DannyOlda Thanks, @saresmoore ! Painting the room that color was definitely my way of claiming it as the library. I love it too 6y
9 likes2 comments
quote
executivespooky
Mem | Bethany C Morrow

"Why is memory this way? Why isn't it content to hurt you just once? Why must it remind you of all the times you've been hurt before?"

executivespooky @TheFunkyBookworm that quote hurt in a real way 6y
10 likes2 comments
blurb
InLibrisVeritas
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

Found this on my library app during my grudging "wish this were Libby" browsing this morning. It's a sci-fi novella about the ability to extract memories and placing them in "holders" that look like the person they come from. A curious idea for sure.

Redwritinghood I loved this one. 6y
InLibrisVeritas @Redwritinghood I am loving it too! I only have 1/3 left in it. 6y
Ashley_Nicoletto I just reviewed this yesterday! I loved it as well. 6y
58 likes1 stack add3 comments
review
Ashley_Nicoletto
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Pickpick

"I am Elsie, Harvey Parrish, not Dolores. And I am an epiphany."

Gorgeous.

emilyhaldi Yes. Loved this!! ❤️ 6y
Ashley_Nicoletto @emilyhaldi Same! I set it down for a while and then when I came back to it I wished I hadn't. I devoured the remainder this morning. 6y
emilyhaldi It's definitely a great read-in-one-sitting book and that's exactly what I did. Couldn't put it down! 6y
67 likes3 stack adds3 comments
blurb
executivespooky
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

Some amaretto and a good book 👌 #mem

kristincatastrophic How is it? When I first heard about that book I got really excited to read it but haven't actually picked up a copy yet and have now heard more mixed reviews than at first. 6y
executivespooky @kristincatastrophic I'm really enjoying it so far. I like moral/ethical dilemma about personhood. 6y
9 likes2 stack adds2 comments
blurb
Ashley_Nicoletto
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Cortg Cute mug! 6y
Ashley_Nicoletto @Cortg Thanks! The other side says "I like big books and I cannot lie" ?? 6y
Cortg Excellent! 6y
Books88 The mug!!! 6y
Purrfectpages That mug ❤️ 6y
82 likes5 comments
review
Jas16
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Pickpick

For such a short book it left me with a lot to think about. Set in a world where people can extract memories that then become their own beings called Mems. Most mems are just shell like reflections of their source but Dolores One is able to think and feel and make memories of her own. This book covers questions about humanity and memory in under 200 pages.

emilyhaldi Yes I loved this one!! Still thinking about it a few weeks later.... 6y
82 likes5 stack adds1 comment
blurb
NeeSwee
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

Afternoon reading.

blurb
Mitch
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

Loving the book under the jacket. Fancy! #goodlookingbooks

Cinfhen Ohhh! That‘s a lovely surprise!! 6y
TheBookgeekFrau 😍😍 6y
LeahBergen Cool! 6y
See All 6 Comments
Soubhiville Very cool! 6y
tracey38 Love it when the book under the cover is a great surprise! 6y
Mitch Me too - @tracey38 I‘ve only recently got more into hardback and it‘s one of the first places I look for the hidden ‘ treasures‘! (edited) 6y
83 likes1 stack add6 comments
review
Beachesnbooks
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Pickpick

I enjoyed this concise, thoughtful, well-written historical science fiction novel that asks what it means to be human. Recommend if you enjoy literary scifi.

Yeah_I_Read I got this in my May pagehabit box 6y
Redwritinghood I just finished this today, too, and also really liked it. 6y
37 likes5 stack adds2 comments
review
Redwritinghood
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Pickpick

This novella packs a lot into a slim volume. Much in the same vein of “Never Let Me Go” it explores the question of what makes a person. Additionally, though, this book explores memory, how it shapes us, how it helps prepare us for life ahead, and what we become without it. I liked the writing style and the early 20th century setting. 5⭐️ The ebook is available on Hoopla.

UrsulaMonarch Intriguing AND on #hoopla ?! Stacked, thanks!! 👍 6y
68 likes2 stack adds1 comment
blurb
Beachesnbooks
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

I'm back from vacation and getting re-organized with life stuff, but here are the 4 books I'm currently in the middle of! Ideally I'd love to finish all of them within the next week or so.

emilyhaldi I really enjoyed Mem!! It sucked me in 👍🏻 6y
43 likes1 comment
blurb
kathleenaflynn
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

On page 50 of this 184 page book, intrigued but still puzzled. I feel like I should understand better than I do this far in what the central question or problem is.

review
emilyhaldi
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image
Pickpick

This weird little novella presents a world where people who need #help forgetting can elect to have a memory extracted, where it then spins off into its own person and is kept separate from the rest of the world. Think Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets Westworld 🤯 I loved Morrow's philosophical approach to our concept of memories, good or bad. Save this for a rainy day when you can open it up and read to the last page 🖤
#heyjune

Mdargusch Sounds interesting 6y
BarbaraBB This sounds really good! 6y
Cinfhen Interesting but I‘m taking a pass😂😘 6y
See All 7 Comments
KarenUK This sounds like totally my jam... stacked! 👍 6y
minkyb I am curious but I think I would get nightmares! 6y
Reviewsbylola I‘m stumped. Would you compare this in any way to Dark Matter? 6y
emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola no not really. It's hard to compare to anything I've read before! Very compelling though... Give it a try!🤷🏻‍♀️ 6y
116 likes13 stack adds7 comments
blurb
Ashley_Nicoletto
Mem | Bethany C Morrow
post image

Novellas and giant bags of Kettlecorn.

#thanksscribd

Melissa_J Nice! 6y
77 likes1 comment