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You try your best, or you don’t try your best. The mountains don’t care.

Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

July 11, 2020 by Sophia Leave a Comment

This year I am very excited to finally be taking part in Cannonball Bingo. Today Will Be Different is filling out the “Shelfie” square as a book from my bookshelf (one that sat on my shelf for way too long before I finally got around to reading it). I am lucky enough to have a friend who gets tickets to a Pen and Podium lecture series. She has invited me to a few literary lectures from visiting authors. So far, the lectures have all been very interesting. But what’s […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: cbr12bingo, Maria Semple

Sophia's CBR12 Review No:22 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: cbr12bingo, Maria Semple ·
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Jumping on this 2012 bandwagon

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

August 6, 2019 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

What a fun read!  Like the movie Booksmart, no sooner was I finished reading this than I began to push it onto other people- you’ll love this!  Its hilarious! A comedy of errors with heart!  It is all of those things, and this is me pushing it onto CBR readers (those of you who haven’t read it already- I realize I’m late to the party). Semple’s novel is a modern family story set in Seattle, centred around genius architect Bernadette Fox- Branch, her tech wizard […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, Fiction, I Love This, Maria Semple, Where'd You Go Bernadette

Wanderlustful's CBR11 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, Fiction, I Love This, Maria Semple, Where'd You Go Bernadette ·
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Quirky, adorable mystery – perfect beach read.

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

July 12, 2019 by kella Leave a Comment

This was a book that I voted for in our book club selections because of seeing it on several “Must Read” lists. I had no preconceived ideas about the plot, just knowing that others liked it. Fifteen year-old Bee is a typical teenager with a very untypical mother. Bernadette is outspoken, opinionated and is the definition of “marches to the beat of her own drum”. In a previous life she was an acclaimed architect, with designs that were revolutionary and award-winning. Now she is bordering […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: coming-of-age, Maria Semple, mystery, Where'd You Go Bernadette

kella's CBR11 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: coming-of-age, Maria Semple, mystery, Where'd You Go Bernadette ·
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Runaway…

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

July 11, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Wow. So this book bounced all over the place and my brain still feels fizzy because there was a lot of things going on, but boy did I love this book! I loved Bernadette, Bee, their weird dog Ice Cream, and I loved the emails and letters between two women who I would have throttled if I ever met in real life (Audrey Griffin and Soo-Lin). This book was in parts funny and sad and back to funny again. I picked this because I wanted […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Mystery Tagged With: Bernadette, cbr11bingo, humor, Maria Semple, mystery, Where'd You Go Bernadette, women's fiction

Classic's CBR11 Review No:161 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Mystery · Tags: Bernadette, cbr11bingo, humor, Maria Semple, mystery, Where'd You Go Bernadette, women's fiction ·
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I was cruising right along for the first half, and then. . .

August 27, 2018 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo entry Backlog. This is gonna sound weird, but this novel lost me when it started introducing too much plot. I was loving it for the first half when we were just learning about the characters and making fun of people in Seattle (no offense, Seattle), but then things went off the rails for me, and not in a fun way. Where’d You Go, Bernadette is a story about a semi-dysfunctional family living in Seattle. Bernadette was once a celebrated Los Angeles architect who […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, Backlog, cbr10bingo, epistolary nove, KimMiE", Maria Semple

Post by KimMiE" · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: #CBR10, Backlog, cbr10bingo, epistolary nove, KimMiE", Maria Semple ·
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