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Dec 25, 2013
Astrid Lim
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A hilarious read, perfect to end 2013 :) So many funny moments, twists, and crazy things along this book. I love the heroine, fantastic Bee, the daughter of Bernadette. This book shows us that being different is totally okay, and sometimes it's good to just release your creative energy, otherwise you're going literally crazy.
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Bernadette Fox is an architect who hasn't created in years. A former winner of a MacArthur Genius grant, she has become a depressed stay at home mom since a move years before to Seattle. When she goes missing, her young teenage daughter Bee is determined to find her--even if it means traveling to Antarctica.
I listened to this on audio, and although I wasn't enamored of the narrator's voice at first, she did an excellent job of bringing highlighting the humor and creating different voices for th ...more
I listened to this on audio, and although I wasn't enamored of the narrator's voice at first, she did an excellent job of bringing highlighting the humor and creating different voices for th ...more
This fun, fresh book was a delight. I loved the almost epistolary but not quite format and the almost crazy but not quite characters. Despite its lighthearted tone, the book still raised questions worth pondering about community, identity and adaptability. Read it when you're in the mood to laugh and be entertained.
A special thanks to all of my goodreads friends who rated this book 4 or 5 stars. Those ratings prompted me to buy it and read it! ...more
A special thanks to all of my goodreads friends who rated this book 4 or 5 stars. Those ratings prompted me to buy it and read it! ...more
A great book - when I finally started, I tore through it!
Quick and quirky.
It was occasionally hard to suspend my disbelief on this (who in the world writes emails even a fraction as lengthy, witty, and detailed as the ones in the book??), but overall I enjoyed the story and had a hard time putting it down.
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Mar 28, 2015
Robin
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