Where'd You Go, Bernadette

This isn't really my sort of read, but I found it to be a surprisingly clever approach to the mother-daughter story. The humor is sweet, but grows cloying by the end. That's not to say I laughed (I don't easily laugh), but I did smirk from time to time, particularly during the events leading up to the school's event for prospective parents.

The charm wore off though. It just went on too long for me. The author's choice to present the story in an epistolary form was probably the best; the choice to keep the story going so long was questionable. The best parts of this novel were Bernadette's squabbles with her neighbor and the events of the first few chapters. The longer it went, the more I felt myself disengaging.