Saying everything around what is happening without saying the exact thing that's happening. Tatum does this flawlessly in the first chapter alone, leaving me hooked.

A unique premise that had me hooked before I finished the first chapter. Have no idea where this one is going and I’m excited to find out.

I’ve now read three chapters of Mr. Tatum’s The Mommy Machine. I rarely actually “read” books these days, as the audio version better suites my lifestyle. This draft has captured me. I end up with a lump in my throat during each chapter. Here we have this loving, bereft, lost father who is having to make both subtle and gross adjustments during a time when grief wants to dominate. Between the father-daughter nicknames and Chloe’s questions, I’m loving (and feeling somewhat protective of) this relationship. Yes I want more!