It is: 2016!
Hello, reader! Okay! Let's get down to business, shall we? First off, a couple of little notifications for you, reader. 1) From now on, I will post at least once a week. 2) From now on, each post will contain not only a book review, but also the audio of a song that I enjoy. Song requests and book requests will definitely be taken in the comments section :) That is all. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And now, back to our regularly scheduled program. ;) Happy Labor Day, everyone! Tomorrow is (for me, anyway) the first day of school! I'm very excited. School is great! My favorite subject is probably math. What's yours? And for my final announcement-- Remember that book I reviewed? Paper Towns? Well, I went and saw the movie. It was pretty good! Ansel Eglort makes a cameo :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's book review: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple This book was absolutely wonderful! It is an epistolary novel that centers on fifteen-year-old Balakrishna “Bee” Branch and her parents, Bernadette Fox and Elgin Branch. Bernadette is a neurotic, quirky woman, and Elgin is the sensible, hardworking one. When Bee takes her parents up on an old offer, she’s entitled to a trip anywhere she chooses--and she wants to go to Antarctica. Bernadette will do anything to get out of going, and as she schemes, she also battles with her stuck-up neighbor, Audrey Griffin. Meanwhile, Elgin has an affair with his co-worker Soo-Lin Lee-Segal as well as attempting to get Bernadette locked up! It’s a chaotic family, and it gets worse when Bernadette goes missing. Bee compiles documents such as emails, notes, transcripts, and even classified records from everyone who may have been involved with the disappearance, such as Audrey, Soo-Lin, Elgin, Bernadette, and Bernadette’s virtual assistant, Manjula, in hopes of figuring out where her mother went. Will she find her? Read the book and find out! I loved this book! The characters were well-developed, the dialogue was hilarious, the plot was wonderful, and the satirical humor was spot-on. Bee’s intermittent narrations added much insight to the story, the correspondence was a delight to read, and the twists were masterfully foreshadowed and brilliantly executed. Strongly recommended! As you can see, I really enjoyed this book. However, someone who doesn’t like or doesn’t understand satire wouldn’t like it nearly as much. Rating--5 stars! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And, as promised, the song--New Americana by (you guessed it) Halsey!!! Thanks for reading! Until next time...!
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