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📕: The Measure by Nikki Erlick
Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
🤓: book pick by @carlymoore411

Our book club really enjoyed this one! The Measure has such an interesting, thought-provoking premise: one morning, every adult receives a box containing a string that reveals exactly how long they will live. The catch? You get to decide whether or not you want to open it.
And naturally, that led us straight down the rabbit hole: Would you open yours? Would you want your spouse to open theirs? Would you tell anyone how long your string was? And if you were single, would someone’s string length affect whether you chose to build a life with them?
The story follows several people as they navigate this new reality, but what we enjoyed most was how many bigger questions it raised. How differently would you live if you knew your life would be short? Would knowing you had a long life make you more fearless—or make you take your time for granted? Is it better to know what’s coming, or is not knowing part of what makes life meaningful?
As the world begins dividing people into “short-stringers” and “long-stringers,” the book also explores how quickly fear and uncertainty can turn into judgment, discrimination, politics, and more.
There were definitely parts of the story we liked more than others, but this was such a good book club pick because there is SO much to talk about. It makes you think about love, marriage, family, mortality, and whether knowing the length of your life would actually change the way you choose to live it.
Our biggest takeaway: Would you open the box? And surprisingly, we definitely did not all have the same answer. 😂

A thought-provoking read and a great one to read with a group!