Started "Dept. of Reproductive Management"

Read the first 50 pages of Kelly A. Wilson's Dept. of Reproductive Management. It was a very intense first 50 pages. We learn a lot about the world that Maggie, an illegally born child who is now 16, and what happens to children who are illegally born. But Maggie is unique, she was brought to the governments "orphanage" like place that they keep these children when she was only a baby. Babies never go to the center; they usually arrive as small children about 4 years old or so. The idea is strange and yet believable in this odd dystopian world.

The government decided that they needed to regulate who could and could not have children because so many children were being neglected by parents. So now those who want to be parents need to go through a process to see if they can be accepted. And those who have children without clearance have their child taken away and sent to these government centers to raise them and either ready them for adulthood or train them to be enforcers of the DRM (Dept. of Reproductive Management.) I really like the concept of this book so far and I hope it continues to intrigue me as I continue, but I probably won't get much reading done this weekend. Happy reading everyone :)