It's been several days since I've read it, but I remember finding the Bachelor one pretty interesting. It was longish and I read it through the end without getting bored, which is a feat for me. It was less about whether that aspect of the show was morally okay or not and more about the "how," from a psychological perspective. How do these women (or men) consistently fall for the Bachelor, knowing they have a slim chance of ending up with him, let alone building a stable relationship outside the bounds of the show? And what is it about this highly constructed "reality" that is so compelling to so many viewers?

So I don't want to misrepresent it, it's more psychology than ethics, but I did enjoy it. And I've never seen a single episode of the show.

I've never read anything by Alcott aside from her children's lit, though I think I read everything in that vein I could find as a kid. Do you remember any specific titles I should check out? I kind of think it would be fun to read sensational lit from someone whose kids' lit I read as a child.