Where'd You Go, Bernadette in DC Public Library

Dec 01, 2014 Katelyn rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, audio-books, grown-up-books, realistic-fiction, overdrive, library-books, female-authors

Very quick read. Started it on audio and was listening on my commute, but a third of the way through, I needed to find out what happened, so I checked out the eBook and sped through it in a couple hours. Can definitely see why it won an Alex Award (since it could appeal to teens and adults easily), and why book clubs love it. My only major complaint is that the ending was a bit abrupt.

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Jan 12, 2013 Shoshana G rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: grown-up-fiction, tournament-of-books

I read this to prepare for my favorite event of the year - the Tournament of Books - and loved it. It's funny, clever, and dark, but not so dark it flung me into an introspective depression. I loved and totally identified with Bee, and I'm a sucker for alternating narrators. ...more

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Mar 25, 2014 Aliza rated it really liked it

Great book! Funny but pointed critique of familial dysfunction, self-aware hipster culture, and the kinds of companies that inspire cultish loyalties (it's Microsoft here but Apple springs to mind). The narrator is Bee, who attends a hippie Seattle prep middle school and is excited for a family trip when her eccentric and occasionally troubled artist mother disappears. I enjoyed the portion of the book told through letters, reports and emails, but the journey in the final section was the highlig ...more

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Jul 13, 2013 Deepthy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: some-favorites

Smart and quirky characters, Seattle-area tech glam, and most importantly, a super sweet, mutually adoring mother-daughter relationship. What’s not to love? That said, it’s super fluffy and the characters are superficially drawn. But that’s okay with me, because the book does not pretend to be serious literature.

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Jun 04, 2013 Maria rated it really liked it

Shelves: loved, book-club, funny, author-recd

This book was funny and cute, of course. I loved it while I was reading it almost all the way through. The ending was a little rough, and the plotting became weird.

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