A fun premise: a reality show uses quantum physics to allow a contestant to re-experience their lives and potentially make different choices. The reader plays along and follows the story through the main character’s POV. My using a choose your own adventures mechanism, you read the story you wish for the character.

I loved the idea of multiple timelines, infinite choices, and possibility at our fingertips. All This & More appeals to this universal pull of FOMO. Of knowing that hindsight is 20/20. It's for everyone who has been kept awake at night thinking of everything that could have been. That wishes on shooting stars to go back in time and pick different choices. The daydreams on our commute of what it might be like if we had taken the other path. There's a dreamlike quality, a thrilling possibility, to the beginning of All This & More which is only the beginning.

Having thoroughly enjoyed The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd, I was excited about her new book, All This and More. This book is written in quite a unique choose-your-own-adventure format, meaning each reader could have a different experience. The novel's main character, Marsh, has the chance to go on a reality TV show, but this show is remarkable in that it uses technology to change her life completely, not just her future but also her past. On the show, Marsh can make choices that result in her falling in love with a different guy or choosing a different career. Each time Marsh must decide, the reader can choose to keep her on the same path or make a change and skip to a different part of the book. At the same time, things are happening that leave Marsh wondering what's actually going on in this technologically created bubble.
Overall, I enjoyed this story, although it did get a little long and repetitive, likely because I went back and read all the storylines I skipped. Sometimes, I felt Marsh's career choices were over-the-top outlandish, but this added humor worked well with the story. All This and More reminded me of The Husbands by Holly Gramazio, except the reader takes on a more active role in Shepherd's book and can determine Marsh's eventual ending. Lastly, I loved how the cover relates so well to the story!

Thanks to William Morrow and Cindy Burnett's Thoughts From a Page Early Reads Program for the advanced copy of this book!

This was really fun. But if you're going to pick it up I highly recommend doing it physically. Ebook wasn't the best vehicle, I found, but it would be a really fun to read on paper.

This is a sci-fi choose your own adventure type of novel and it was a fun time. It was interesting exploring the nitty gritty of this womens life with a microscope and really dig into what we think would make us happy. The bubble idea was really interesting, and I appreciate the scifi elements to it.

I think part of my issue is that there was a little bit of repetition, and I think with the constant refreshing of worlds and Marsh figuring out the parameters of every new iteration of her life, that there were points that did seem a little samey after each jump. Which did help lend to the uneasy feeling, I will admit.

Otherwise, I think Peng Shepherd did something really neat here, any way you read this, whichever path you choose is well written and will be entertaining.

Thank you to William Morrow and Netgalley for an early copy.

I loved the Cartographers by this author, so when I heard she was coming out with a new book with the setup of a Choose Your Own Adventure I could not wait to read it. In All This and More, Marsh goes on a reality show that's part the Bachelor and part choose your own adventure novel, where she'll be able to go back and tweak aspects of her life until she's perfectly happy. Being able to choose which paths Marsh goes down made for such a fun reading experience.

I think reading a digital copy of this book was the ideal format because the links were so convenient for jumping around to the different choice sections. Once I got the hang of the layout, everything flowed so smoothly and I was so impressed by Shepherd's ability to weave the different stories into one coherent plot. I was not expecting the big reveals and loved the ending(s). I was also glad that the book didn't get too bogged down in the scientific "how" for the physics behind the Bubble! It was all very accessible.

I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest feedback.

This was a fun, fast-paced choose your own adventure novel for adults. The plot got a bit too convoluted during some sections, but overall this was a fun read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the free e-copy.

I think things happens for a reason, and that our choices are what can make us or break us. I've had the time of my life reading this book. I lost sleep and kept turning pages back and forth, hating, loving the characters and the choices I was making. The ending was unexpected but very clear and my choice. I love how the author pulled me into a world that doesn't exist and I was able to revive it and understand how everything worked. Excellent job, Peng!

45 year old Marsh becomes a contestant on the second televised season of the game show All this and More, where she gets to keep choosing different paths in order to achieve her perfect life. Part way through her season, however, she starts to notice that things just don't seem right, and the story turns into a mystery as well as a lesson on what is important in life.

I found the concept of this novel very interesting and inventive, as along with Marsh making choices, the reader gets to chose a path as well in a chose your own adventure adult novel. Where I got frustrated, however, is that the book seemed overly long, and Marsh got so over the top on what she didn't like about her life that she was changing lives over every little thing. I know the author was trying to make a point, but perhaps she went a little overboard. Never the less I did enjoy the creativity here and was glad I picked it up.

Thanks to net galley and the publisher for an e galley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to the author and NetGalley for allowing me the ARC of All This and More. Overall I really enjoyed this book. I liked the characters and I liked how there was options on how you read the book. I liked how the characters progressed throughout the story and how it revealed who the season two contestant was. However, it was difficult to choose options in the kindle format. This book gave me Black Mirror meets the Bachelor. Overall, I would give the book 3/5.

With a premise not unlike “The Midnight Library,” Peng Shepherd’s “All This & More” will have you contemplating the what-ifs of life paths not taken. In this book, Marsh, a 45 year old mother with a cheating husband and estranged daughter, gets that chance to perfect a different life in a choose-your-adventure style. Her makeover is not a chance available for anyone or everyone (presumably like Haig’s library), but a big, splashy quantum mechanics game show. Marsh is the third season contestant, while the first season star is Marsh’s host (the second season mysteriously never aired). Marsh starts crafting a law career, a different lover. Magic in ten episodes.

Of course, every choice has a consequence (and there’s a streaming social media overlay of comments cheering her choices and also being mean and denigrating). Marsh keeps reaching out to the host, Talia, to explain things, especially some glitches.

I initially gave up halfway on “The Midnight Library” because that protagonist just couldn’t make a final decision, and I found her utterly depressing and selfish midway (I finished it only because my book club chose it). Passive Marsh doesn’t fare much better. I wish we had been better introduced to the main character with a longer, more sympathetic backstory. It’s mentioned multiple times that her real first name is just “lost” - “Marsh” is the unfortunate shortened version of “Marshmallow” (presumably because she’s soft and sweet, and she hates the nickname). Her first choice should have been to reclaim her real name. I had other quibbles with her because she, too, like Haig’s character, never seemed to grow or learn much. No matter, because there’s something off (well, this is show business) like “something” of the sponsor is seeping through, so maybe her choices are being manipulated for the audience or someone else. It’s also a story about the quest for perfection — and often being a perfectionist isn’t about making things better, but about finding faults way too easily.

The book is long (over 500 pages), but often doesn’t seem so because of the jumping around. The choose-your-adventure structure is clever and gives the story a sense of uniqueness, but I suppose that the structure could also be seen as confusing. There’s an audience for this book, but it wasn’t my cup of tea (I despise time-travel and alternate reality tropes like this story remind me of that genre — and I really, really dislike reality TV shows). 3.5 stars rounded up to 4.

Thank you to William Morrow and NetGalley for a free advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review!

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for this ARC of All This and More by Peng Shepherd! For me this book is probably a 3.5 out of 5, but I would round up to a 4. It is such an original book and the reading experience itself was so unique that I think in a lot of ways this book is worth reading for that alone! It is a choose your own adventure book. I hadn't read one of those probably since I was around ten years old. So that was actually a really fun concept I was excited for and I think was well done.

The concept for the story is fascinating! Marsh is our main character and she is forty-five, with marriage, family, and career issues. There's so many points in her life where she feels she went wrong. Then she is selected to be on a reality television show that uses tech to allow her to go back and make the life choices she previously didn't. Picking a different job, different lovers, etc are all options on this show. As the reader, you get to make the choices and then you get to deal with the consequences. It's a really fun format for a book and I would encourage you to actually make choices to get the most out of the experience. It'll also allow you to reread and make different choices for a new experience. I just think that's the best way to approach this book!

I've read The Cartographers by this author, which I really enjoyed, and so I was definitely excited for this book! I do think Peng Shepherd's writing ability is still top notch. This book is definitely well-written, which is more impressive because of the style of book it is. I think a weaker author would've struggled and made readers confused. So full compliments for how well the execution of this choose your own adventure is! The only real issue I had was that unfortunately I didn't really find the characters or the story relatable. This is just a me problem, and so I think this book is still worth reading if you think you'd be interested. I'm sure plenty of people will be able to form connections that I couldn't and will enjoy the story more. I did enjoy the mystery that was going on throughout the book. That's another aspect of the story that I found engaging enough to make up a lot for my previously explained issue.

I think All This and More does a lot right, and while it got some stuff wrong for me, I believe it will be a great read for Sci-Fi fans, people who like watching Black Mirror, and for people who have read and enjoyed other works by Peng Shepherd. And of course, if you're looking for a fun and original book that allows for such an engaging way to read it- look no further!

I love the author's writing style, so a very easy and quick read. I thought the story itself was timely and interesting (because I would venture to guess that a vast majority of our society watches at least some form of reality tv). On top of that, a CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE! Love it! Such a clever (and appropriate) way to tell this story. When I first started reading I wasn't quite sure how I would read the book: always choosing my own adventure or reading it straight through, because I didn't want to miss out on anything. At the end of the day, I did a little of both. Sometimes I choose my own path, sometimes I just turned the page. Although I'm not going to lie, at the end, after picking my first choice for an ending, I read the other two just to see what happened. Not to give anything away, but I thought all three were very interesting (for very different reasons). Totally loved this book. Can't wait to read whatever the author writes next. I want All This....and More! lol.

I really liked the spirit of this novel and the concept was so fun - what would you choose if you could change every detail about your life? I did think it was a little long and took too long to figure out what the problems in the in book show were - too long for the character to figure it out and too long for the reader. The concept of choosing the next path to read like the old books read as kids was great but clunky to experience in digital format for me.

This is such a fun concept for a book- a choose your own adventure for adults! I loved that aspect of it, though the OCD side of me needed to go back and make sure I read all the options. The basic premise is that the main character Marsh is a contestant on a reality show called All This and More. In the show, she enters a "quantum bubble" and is able to make changes to her life and experience different paths she could take.

My main criticism of the book is that the plot was a bit convoluted and confusing. There's a mystery in there and a big twist, but I'm not really sure I understood what was going on and when I got to the end I was kind of like huh? But I really enjoyed everything up to that, so it didn't really ruin it for me. I loved seeing the adventures Marsh went on and it was fun to consider what things you would change if you could.

If you're looking for something a little different to read and don't mind sci-fi then this is a great book for you! Thanks to the publisher and @netgalley for the ARC!

A version of a Choose Your Own Adventure novel that parallels the story line. Marsh is a contestant on a TV show that uses quantum physics to allow her to try on different lives, make changes, and choose the direction for her life. You as the reader, get to, as select points in the book, make the choices and then you read different outcomes from those choices. Most of the book can just be read straight through, as there is a default set of choices that the reader can move through, though to get to an ending, you mush choose an option. So, my read through this book didn't include all the sections, just the ones on the path I choose.

Marsh, while in the show discovers that something is wrong. She keeps ending up with a former boyfriend. The cast and crew from previous episodes appear, often unknown to them, in new roles in this season of the show. As she tries on new lives, she is also trying to solve the puzzle of what is wrong with things. Through the show, we do see Marsh become more outgoing, successful, positive - all the things you want to see in a book that is about getting a redo on life.

If I had the choice, I would give this 3.5 stars. I liked the idea of a meek woman trying on different lives and becoming stronger and more fulfilled, but I didn't love the set up and didn't feel like the the characters had much depth. I didn't leave the book satisfied or feel that anything was resolved, which might have been the nature of the choose your own ending.

Thank you NetGalley and William Morrow for an eARC of All This and More in exchange for an honest review!

I absolutely adored this book. After reading the synopsis, I thought I knew what I was getting, after reading Peng Shepherd's other novels, The Book of M and The Cartographers, but this one totally surprised me. I knew to expect some amazing real world depictions, with a splash of magical realism and science fiction, but I was not expecting the psychological spiral this book threw me down.

All This and More follows Marsh, short for Marshmallow (because she's so sweet), as she becomes the new contestant on season three of a reality tv show called All This and More. The premise of the show is that the contestant enters into a quantum "bubble" so to speak and is given a series of choices that makes up the episodes. These choices are pivotal points in their life that they maybe wished they could have chosen a different path, for example, gone to law school instead of becoming a paralegal, or choosing to study abroad instead of staying with their significant other. As the reader, you get to help the contestant make their choices, like a choose your own adventure book. Unlike the choose your own adventure books, you do actually end up reading the whole novel, just slightly out of order, based on the choices you make. But something inside the quantum bubble isn't right. Season two somehow never aired - no one knows who the contestant was and where the crew went. There's a mysterious entity called Chrysalis stalking Marsh, and as hard as she tries to run from it, she can't escape it. Can she figure out what happened with season two and outrun Chrysalis before the finale or can she beat it at its own game before her season wraps?

The way this novel kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time, wondering what choice Marsh would make (even knowing I was the one who would be picking). It was fascinating to watch Shepherd weave the intricacies of the effect of the quantum bubble on Marsh - how the choices impacted her decision making and views on life and the people in it. As well as how it effected her views on morality and ethics - is it okay to make all these changes to HER life, although it impacts everyone close to her - her child, her child's father, her pet, her best friend, her boss, etc. without knowing what the lasting affects of those repeated changes could be.

I don't think I will ever stop recommending this book to people. This is Peng Shepherd's best one yet!

At first this book started off well. It was interesting to see how the different decisions that Marsh was making would have an impact on her life. But at some point, it started getting abit too tedious for me, especially when Marsh realized that there was something not quite right with her Bubble and yet she continued venturing deeper and deeper. Im sorry to say that I just gave up at one point.

I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review

All This and More by Peng Shepherd is a third person-POV contemporary speculative novel that asks ‘if you could do things over again to get the perfect life, how many times would you do it? And what cost are you willing to pay?’ Not only does the novel explore these questiona, but it puts some power in the hands of the reader and lets them make choices, putting them in the MC’s, Marsh, shoes.

The formatting of the novel calls back to the adventure books from many people's childhoods. There are so many choices the readers can make and they can either stick to the ‘main’ story by turning to the next page or by skipping to a different one. It’s a really nice boost of nostalgia while also connecting the reader and Marsh even more.

The active choices that the reader makes and the different viewers who periodically show up to provide commentary on what is happening also bring in questions of compliance and when is someone just a witness or are they part of someone else's choices, which makes them partially responsible when things go wrong. Thematically, this ties into the butterfly effect which is a very strong central component as every decision Marsh makes not only impacts her life, it impacts the world around her and the lives of other people without their consent.

One thing I really liked was how Marsh is asking questions and is resistant to certain things even when other people tell her it's OK for her to be selfish. It shows her moral compass and how much it will take for her to reach a point when she starts bending her morals and for what reasons. One of Marsh’s biggest motivations is her daughter, Harper, who she has with her now ex-husband Dylan. One thing that never changes is that Marsh wants Harper to have a chance to study music and become the absolute best she can be, going so far as to pick certain choices that would benefit Harper the most in the long-run while still making Marsh happy.

Marsh starts out wanting to start over after she catches Dylan having an affair and she accidentally calls her rekindled old flame, Ren, by Dylan's name. The two men are just as impacted by what happens on the show as Marsh, with Dylan having strong feelings that All This and More is interesting as a thought experiment but is terrible in practice while Ren is constantly changed throughout the show into as many iterations as it will take for Marsh to be satisfied. But can changing someone that much lead to actual happiness or is Marsh trying to get back what she had with Dylan?

All This and More is incredibly thought-provoking and earnestly explores it's central idea of do-overs. Marsh becomes a lawyer, a dream she gave up to raise Harper, a photographer, an actress, and more. She goes to Hong Kong and Iceland and space and lives a million different lives in a bubble until there's no more time. Through all of the changes, we never lose sight of how these exciting changes can come at a cost and nothing is ever 100% the same if you make tweaks.

I would recommend this to fans of speculative fiction that explore theoretical technological advances, readers who like media exploring the butterfly effect, and those who want something akin to the adventure novels from their childhoods.

3.5 ⭐️ While I loved the concept of this unique, choose your own adventure, sci-fi novel, it was just not for me. Marsh is a 45 year old divorced woman who is feeling disillusioned with her life and career. When she lands on the reality TV show, All This and More, she is offered the chance to change key pivotal points in her life— choose a different romantic partner, a different career choice, etc- until she makes the perfect life. But each change creates a butterfly effect and she must decide what is most important and when is it time to stop.

I enjoyed playing along and choosing her adventures along the way. There is a mystery throughout the book as well which kept me reading until the end. My issues with the book were the elementary writing and that it became repetitive.

I do think readers who like sci-fi, eccentric and complex books will enjoy this one.

Thank you to Cindy Burnett from Thoughts from a Page podcast, NetGalley, and William Morrow for an advanced reader copy.

I really like the way Shepherd tells a story. There is so much detail and depth to the characterizations. The premise here is a fascinating one, and since it seems like the concept of consequences is being all but lost in the modern world, strikes me as a particularly timely one. Through a "what if..." approach, Shepherd captures all the dangers of the old adage to be careful what you wish for, and does it without preaching but with plenty of lessons provided along the way nevertheless. I did find the story to get a big draggy at points - the reboots and choices got increasingly ridiculous and melodramatic as the story progressed, and while I understand the point from a narrative perspective, it did make the story move slower by emphasizing the details of the reboot rather than the story arc. Still, I found it to be a very engaging and thoughtful read and I quite enjoyed it.