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bookandbedandtea

Joined January 2017

Wife. Mama. Nana. Avid reader. Over thinker.
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WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson
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Here are June's #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks 😊

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Susanna Kearsley is one of those authors who writes books I don't think I should like, but I've loved the ones I've read 😂 Haven't read that one yet though!! 2d
bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks 😂 I usually enjoy her books so I'm ready to read this one, even though the synopsis doesn't totally pull me in. I probably wouldn't have gotten it if it wasn't her! 21h
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The Blessing Way | Tony Hillerman
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#WhereAreYouMonday
Today I was, both physically and figuratively, in the Navajo Nation (reservation) and at Four Corners Monument. 🧡
Pictured: the Shiprock monadnock
@Cupcake12

AnnCrystal 😍💝🤩. 2d
Ruthiella I‘ve read a number of Hillerman‘s Leaphorn/Chee mysteries. They never disappoint. 2d
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Husbands & Lovers | Beatriz Williams
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May wrap up; I can't believe it's June already! A lot of these were good. My favorite is tagged.

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Our roadtrip starts today! Yay, family vacay!
But first, I got up early for a (very) little alone time and to get a start on this pretty book.

Aims42 Ooo I love road trips!! Have fun!! 4d
BooksandCoffee4Me Perfect pairing of that cup and book cover! 🩵🩵🩵 4d
AnnCrystal Happy, Safe Travels 🥳📚💝. 3d
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bookandbedandtea @Aims42 Thanks! So far, we are! (edited) 3d
Aims42 @bookandbedandtea lol, always a good start! 😁 3d
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The Duke Who Didn't | Courtney Milan
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This was sweet and adorable and romantic- with some underlying deep topics- and I loved it! Wish I hadn't waited so long to read it

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@Jerdencon and @TheAromaofBooks I mailed two #TravelingThrills books to Denise today- the tagged and The Last To Disappear 😊

Jerdencon @TheAromaofBooks my books will be in the mail on Monday. 5d
bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks Hi Sarah! The books you sent just arrived. 😊 @Jerdencon 5d
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! As you can tell, I did a terrible job posting that they were on their way 😂 Maybe I should get your email instead haha @Jerdencon - I'll be on the lookout towards the end of next week!! 4d
bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks My email is ps.harp @ comcast.net 😊 2d
TheAromaofBooks Thank you!! I am going to send you a test email so that it's saved in my address book 😁 2d
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Red River Road | Anna Downes
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Mehso-so

I was hooked early and the mysteries kept me turning pages. But I didn't connect with any of the characters and I had to force myself to finish. It wasn't bad but I didn't actually care about what was going on.
This is has excellent reviews everywhere so maybe it's me.

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Red River Road | Anna Downes
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I'm getting invested in this, so I'm reading a little when I should be focused on working. 🙃 Or, if not working, cleaning my desk off so I have more than 1 square foot of work space! I'm starting to feel squeezed between the computer monitors on one side and a wall of books on the other. 😬

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Husbands & Lovers | Beatriz Williams
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I've been meaning to read her for ages and I really wish I hadn't waited so long because I loved this! Both Hannah's and Mallory's stories engaged me from the beginning and kept me interested all the way through.
I'm off to investigate her blacklist.

TheBookgeekFrau Love her! So many good ones--The Wicked City ones are my favorite 1w
bookandbedandtea @TheBookgeekFrau Oooh good! I wasn't sure where to start so I'll look in that direction first. 😊 1w
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One Perfect Couple | Ruth Ware
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This was a fast, entertaining read. It was exactly what I was in the mood for yesterday so it's a pick for me.

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Husbands & Lovers | Beatriz Williams
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Tried #backporchreading but it is cold today. 🥶 So now I'm inside to start this book.

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Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy
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Mehso-so

There's much love for this book but it didn't quite click for me. There was a lot I liked, especially the descriptions of island, the ocean, & the animals. I even liked all of the main characters, which I thought was impressive for so many. But it all became #toomuch - every one of those 5 characters was burdened with grief & secrets. And the sense of oppression, while well written, wasn't for me. Still, I was mostly enjoying it till the end. 😩

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One Perfect Couple | Ruth Ware
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My long weekend has started and I could not be more delighted. 😊
I'm enjoying my back porch while starting this book.

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#WhereAreYouMonday
The tagged book started in North Carolina and is currently at Bletchley Park, with plans to end up in Germany. The shores of WDS are on a remote island, closer to Antarctica than anywhere else. Enjoying both, so far.
@Cupcake12

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The Names: A Novel | Florence Knapp
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What's in a name? Potentially quite a lot! This is good. Not feel-good- because some of it is difficult to read- but interesting, well written, and thought-provoking. I'll watch for more by this author.

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Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy
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It's porch reading season again! 🥰 Starting this while enjoying tea and a breeze.

Ruthiella Heaven! 😊 3w
AnnCrystal 😍📚💝. 2w
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The Names: A Novel | Florence Knapp
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A little pre- work reading this morning, and a million flowers on our snowball bush, started the day off right. This is good, so far, but some scenes are hard to read.

AnnCrystal 😍❄️ snowball bush 💝💝💝. 3w
bookandbedandtea @AnnCrystal It's looking so pretty this spring! 🥰 3w
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Guide | Peter Heller
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Finished this during the grandbaby's swim lesson.
I really enjoy Heller's writing. His love for nature, his self sufficient MC, and musings on human nature, literature, and poetry are all very appealing to me and I would have been satisfied if that's all the book offered. I can see a version of this where Jack manages to heal a bit while working as a fishing guide for the über wealthy on a beautiful river for a few weeks. But almost immediately

bookandbedandtea there are signs that something is off in this paradise and the last quarter of this book becomes an appalling horror story I didn't expect. But, we are left with an impression that Jack may be starting to heal after all from events in his past, see
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#WhereAreYouMonday
This is NF about Shakespeare and scholarship questions about his plays so I'm "in" 1600 England. So far it's interesting.
@Cupcake12

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The Guide: A novel | Peter Heller
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A little bit of reading time before we go watch the grandbaby in his final soccer game of the season. 😊

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The Snowbirds: A Novel | Christina Clancy
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I can‘t explain my lack of interest but I‘m having to force myself to read this so I‘m giving up #next

BookmarkTavern #hailthebail On to better books! 4w
bookandbedandtea @BookmarkTavern Exactly! No one has time for books that aren't working. 😉 4w
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Three Keys: A Novel | Laura Pritchett
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Mehso-so

There were parts of this I enjoyed along with parts I really disliked. I ended up skimming the last third because I was pretty tired of Ammalie by then.

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#WhereAreYouMonday
I'm in Lapland where the brother of a murdered woman both helps and interferes with the police investigation while everyone wonders if the murder is connected to three other women who have disappeared in the last 20 years.
@Cupcake12

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Three Keys: A Novel | Laura Pritchett
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I'm starting my #BookSpin this fine Sunday morning (I ❤️ weekends)

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Saturday morning reading 😊

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WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson
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Here are my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin reads for May
@TheAromaofBooks 😊

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! I love the cover of Three Keys! 1mo
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Swept Away | Beth O'Leary
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My April wrap up. Swept Away, The Family Experiment, and The Austen Sisters were my favorites.

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The Lost Symbol | Dan Brown
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Mehso-so

I occasionally enjoy a good conspiracy theory and a mystery that mixes art, science, and religion seems like it should be a surefire hit. But I'd forgotten that I find DB's writing kind of annoying. This one was repetitive and choppy, yet still entertaining. But my biggest compliant was with our hero, Robert. For a scholar/ professor who has made a career out of learning and deciphering the meanings of symbols and ancient languages, he was

bookandbedandtea exceedingly cynical and condescending throughout the entire book. I don't think he had a single conversation where he didn't express disbelief about the ideas being presented to him. He even frequently told people their information/ concepts/ beliefs were flat out wrong simply because he'd never heard the ideas before. I wanted to slap him. 1mo
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The Federalist Papers: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Ian Shapiro
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I just opened some book mail to discover this atrocity. 😭 I hope it comes off.

marleed Ohh that‘s bad😟 1mo
Ruthiella Yikes! It‘s huge. Using a blow dryer to loosen the stickum often works for me. 1mo
Deblovestoread That is just wrong. Shame on them. 1mo
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nanuska_153 😵 1mo
dabbe They owe you a virgin book! 😱 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau 😲🤯🤬 And to add insult to injury, it's upside down! 1mo
bookandbedandtea @marleed @Ruthiella @Deblovestoread @nanuska_153 @dabbe Fortunately, it came off pretty easily and didn't damage the cover. But sheesh! 1mo
bookandbedandtea @TheBookgeekFrau Right?! As if it isn't horrifying enough to slap an enormous sticker smack in the middle of the cover they also had to put it upside down?? 🤦‍♀️ It came off pretty easily, though, so all is well. 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @bookandbedandtea Oh good! Because that was a pretty bad case of book abuse. 1mo
nanuska_153 I actually just noticed it's the federalist papers, that's such an interesting read (I love Constitutional Law). Are you going to listen to Hamilton while reading it? 😂 (Also love musicals xD) 1mo
bookandbedandtea @nanuska_153 I can‘t say I had thought of that but I‘m thinking it now! 👀🎼 1mo
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The Last Bookstore on Earth | Lily Braun-Arnold
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I picked up these pretty books at an indie bookstore yesterday then took them with me to Rifle Falls state park. What a gorgeous day! (And I can't wait to start reading both of these.)

TheBookHippie Beautiful! 1mo
bookandbedandtea @TheBookHippie It sure was! I had never been there before and it was a perfect day. 😍 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau Damn we live in a beautiful state😍😍 1mo
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TheBookHippie @bookandbedandtea It‘s so zen! 1mo
bookandbedandtea @TheBookgeekFrau Truly! I had never been to this park before and I loved it! You know how short we are on water here, so being near so much of it felt amazing on top of it being so visually stunning. 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @bookandbedandtea We've been wanting to go there since we moved here; and 5 years later we still haven't gone 😂 It must've been really amazing from all the snow we had this winter! 1mo
bookandbedandtea @TheBookgeekFrau Have you been here 5 years already?! 😲 It was impressive- and the melt-off is just beginning! I'd think it would be more amazing in a few weeks. But I wonder what it looks like in August, after months of no precipitation? 🤔 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @bookandbedandtea 5 years this month--crazy, right?! 1mo
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Found these cute little stickers at a cute little bookstore in Glenwood Springs- Alpenglow Books and Gifts
The one that's blurry says Banning Books Is Bananas. Which it is. 🍌 Among other things.

TheBookHippie 🎉 1mo
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Do any of these sound good to you? @TheAromaofBooks @Jerdencon #TravelingThrills
The Mumford isn't in the database

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Jerdencon Haven‘t read any - first choice would be last to disappear but I‘m good with any of them. 1mo
TheAromaofBooks I also haven't read any of these!! They all sound good, so I'm cool with whichever one you choose!! @Jerdencon 1mo
bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks @Jerdencon We'll go with Last To Disappear 😊 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! 1mo
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Greenteeth | Molly O'Neill
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The workweek is a wrap and I have a lovely evening in front of me. 😊
This book is fun, so far (35%), and I absolutely 💚 the cover!

Ruthiella TGIF! 😃 1mo
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I liked this a lot. There's a lot going on here as we have 5 MCs and the author hits a lot of the main plot points for each of them on their way to finding love with their correct, Austen-ordained, match. This is like a love letter to Austen fans and was a fun read but I wonder if it would work for readers who aren't familiar with all the original books.

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I'm at Mansfield Park, a very exclusive resort in Kentucky, where the Austen sisters- Elinor, Elizabeth, Anne, Emma, and Catherine- are bridesmaids for their cousin Fanny's wedding to Edmund.
I'm enjoying it so far but I do find it weird that Edmund's groomsmen are Knightley... and Willoughby, Wickham, Thorpe, and Elliot! 🤯 They have to be included somehow, obvi, but how could they be such friends of Edmund?? 🤔
@Cupcake12

bookandbedandtea I forgot Frank Churchill! He's a groomsman too. No sign of Henry Crawford yet. Darcy, Tilney, and Edward have been mentioned but not Wentworth- tho Anne's melancholy and regret about a past event have been touched on a well as tons of other 2ndary characters. 😁 1mo
Blueberry I was thrown for a loop for a minute seeing an Austen book in Kentucky. 😆 1mo
bookandbedandtea @Blueberry I felt the same! Every time they mentioned the location I felt a little zing of weirdness.🤪 It was a fun story though. 1mo
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This was good. I did not see that ending coming.

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Saturday morning reading 🤎

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I've been scrolling a lot this morning, which has left me sad/angry/dismayed, so I decided to focus my mood board on things that bring me joy.
Family is first, of course, but here are things I do that make me happy.

#moodboardcontest @dabbe congrats on 200k litfluency! As someone else said- #dabberocks

Texreader Perfect. I‘ve sworn off the news today. 2mo
dabbe Oh, how I love this! I say you print it out, frame it, and put it somewhere where you'll see it to remind you that THIS is what life truly is. Thanks for sharing yourself. 💙🩵💙 2mo
dabbe @Texreader 🎯🩵🎯 2mo
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Such a Pretty Girl | T. Greenwood
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This is heavy reading but it's well-written and timely.

TheLudicReader I recently finished this one, too. I really enjoyed it…tough subject aside. 2mo
bookandbedandtea @TheLudicReader I looked up her other books and they all sound good! They all sound pretty heavy, as well, so I'm going to give it some time but I plan to read more from her. 2mo
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I get why most of the #NancyDrewBR found this a bit (ok a lot 😂) OOT but I'm pretty sure 10 year old me was delighted by the nonstop adventure. I didn't remember much of the story so I don't think I read this multiple times but I did recall Nancy driving the boat and I have a clear memory of being impressed by that as a kid because I had never seen a girl doing that. Now, as a Colorado kid, I wasn't spending a ton of time

bookandbedandtea on lakes! 😂 But when I did, I typically saw men- and the occasional woman or teen boy- driving the boats so it was eye opening to me that Nancy was so comfortable doing so. And so competent. As an adult I appreciate these books for showing child me other options for girls. 2mo
Librarybelle There was one quote from this when a man was skeptical that Nancy could do something. It was such a good moment that Nancy and Bess and George could prove him wrong! 2mo
Ruthiella I liked that both George and Nancy talked about aspiring to be an astronaut! 👍 2mo
bookandbedandtea @Librarybelle @Ruthiella Yes good examples! That's one of the things I like best about these books. We poke fun at Nancy having random skills (golf, scuba diving, code breaking, tap dancing, horse riding to name a few) in addition to being a good detective but I think it's great, & was especially so in the past, for girls to see that it's OK to be competent in a wide range of skills. Even something as basic as being comfortable driving a boat. 2mo
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Such a Pretty Girl | T. Greenwood
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#WhereAreYouMonday

Where is small town Vermont and NYC; when is 1976 and 2019
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Sunday reading. ☺️

Grandson started a puzzle on my coffee table two days ago and hasn't touched it since. Guess I'll have to finish it. 😒

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Saffron, a city girl from DC, inherits her uncle's chicken farm in Hawaii. While getting the place ready to sell she encounters- and solves- several mysteries. This is the first in a series so we're introduced to a lot of people in town and given the lay of the land. I'll probably read the next one.

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I agree with this. I feel like I read a variety of genres, but, of the blurbs they included, I was definitely more drawn to the thrillers on the list.

Ruthiella That‘s definitely a clear preference! 2mo
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Night | Elie Wiesel
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#bookhaul from a local used book store

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This is what my blind date book turned out to be. Sounds good!

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I picked up a mystery book at 2nd & Charles this evening. I'm meeting friends now so I'll wait to unwrap it. I hope it's a good one! 🤞🏻

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Artifact | Gigi Pandian
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I gave this till the 30% mark then decided I'd had enough. I couldn't connect with Jaya but I was pretty interested in the ruby bracelet and snippets of Indian history related to it so I figured I'd push through. But the twist that happened on the train to Scotland tipped me over into not caring about the story. #Next

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Monday, Monday: A Novel | Elizabeth Crook
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#WhereAreYouMonday
I'm in St Petersburg and Scotland at the moment.
@Cupcake12

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It's been a bit since I've read a John Marrs, and, as was the case with most of his other books, I couldn't stop turning pages. I'm impressed by the way he examines technology and pushes concepts to a plausible- sounding yet troubling point. Here it's possible to create a MetaChild and 6 families compete on a reality show to care for a child, with the winner getting to keep theirs. That's already wild enough but there is a LOT more going on here.