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Otis Chandler
May 30, 2013 rated it it was amazing
My wife suggested I read this book, and I resisted for a while as my impression of it somehow was "not for me" - but I was wrong! I'm glad she finally convinced me, because it was fun and I couldn't put it down after I got ~20% in.

Bernadette moved to Seattle from LA, abandons her career as an architect to have kids, hates Seattle, and basically loses it over the course of the book. The book was fun and written a light, humorous tone - from making fun of Seattle and Microsoft, the obsession of pa
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Elizabeth
Jan 18, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction
Really great. This book made my weekend.
Sara
Dec 24, 2014 rated it really liked it
I really liked this book. The author used a combination of documents to create the story, creating multiple perspectives and giving more insight into the credibility of each narrator.

The characters were also hilarious and sad.
Rachel
Jun 13, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction
Rediculously funny lighthearted and good :)
Beth Summerour
Jul 11, 2013 rated it really liked it
A wonderfully fun, humorous read. Its written in an unconventional style- using emails, letters, instant messages, itineraries, etc. to tell the story. I found myself caring deeply for the main characters- the precocious Bee and her agoraphobic, neurotic mother, Bernadette.
Arielle
Jul 07, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: book-club
couldn't put this book down ...more
hagar
Oct 07, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Jen
Feb 07, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Hannah
Apr 18, 2013 marked it as to-read
Kai
May 12, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: best-of-2013
Jade
Jul 02, 2013 added it
Melissa
Aug 09, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: funfiction, own
Jill
Aug 29, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Jayme Pendergraft
Nov 12, 2013 rated it really liked it
Corey
Jan 16, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Bagwags
May 22, 2014 rated it liked it
C.L.
Jun 25, 2014 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2014
Stacey
Jan 30, 2017 rated it it was ok
Puck
Dec 18, 2015 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Jenn
Jun 05, 2016 rated it really liked it
Janet
Jul 08, 2016 rated it really liked it
Lisa
Jul 17, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Erin
Oct 07, 2016 marked it as to-read
Laura
Apr 09, 2017 rated it liked it
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