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How Long 'til Black Future Month?
by N.K. Jemisin
NO I don't think the question was addressed at all! Unless the answer is "right now" since it's a book of (mostly) "Afro-futurism" short stories.
YES I absolutely recommend it!!! This collection was SOLID!!!
Title: Why Didn't They Ask Evans?Author: Agatha Christie
The question was absolutely answered.
I recommend it, but then I would recommend most of Agatha Christie's work.
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Title: Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes
Would you recommend? Yes, it was fast faced. I felt the fist few parts were written like social commentary and very funny. The last few parts turned more serious.
I also just finished How Long 'til Black Future Month?.I second what Nadine said about it. Liked it a lot.
Lynn wrote: "I read Where'd You Go, Bernadette in 2017 and I liked it. I found it a bit difficult to totally suspend my disbelief near the end, but I did enjoy Semple's writing style. Did anyone..."*raises hand* yes, the ending was SO out there!!
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Title: Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Author: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes, and I feel like it functioned on not only a physical level, but also a metal/emotional level for the main character.
Would you recommend? I guess it would depend on the person. Like PP, I found it fast-paced, and enjoyed the wittiness and definitely laughed out loud at certain points. But by the end, I was kind of scratching my head like, "Okay, I guess we're here?" But I liked it better than the previous monthly reads so far!!
Sidenote: I decided to use this book for the advanced prompt about weird chapters.
Title: What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical QuestionsAuthor: Randall Munroe
Do you feel the question from the title was answered: yes. The entire book is looking at out there questions and giving scientific answers.
Would you recommend: yes. If you enjoy pondering the absurd this is a great book.
Title: Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes
Would you recommend? Yes, it was funny and a quick read.
Title: Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes but I was surprised how long it took to get to the disappearance.
Would you recommend? Yes, it was quite strange and wasn’t really what I expected but I enjoyed it. I can’t wait for the movie.
Title: Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes!
Would you recommend? I didn't really love this book so probably not. I think it might be because I listened to it on audio CD rather than read the actual book, but I just couldn't get into it. Like others I found the ending "out there" and a little far-fetched.
Title:Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes
Would you recommend? I'm not sure. I did not love the book as much as I expected I would.
Title: Who Is Vera Kelly?Author: Rosalie Knecht
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Addressed for sure, but not answered - which was kind of the point, I think.
Would you recommend? I would!
Title: What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical QuestionsAuthor: Randall Munroe
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes, the entire book is questions and answers.
Would you recommend? Probably.
Title: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?Author: Mindy Kaling
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes
Would you recommend? Yes! This was a quick, fun read.
Title: Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes
Would you recommend? Probably not.
Title: Why Didn't They Ask Evans?Author: Agatha Christie
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? It was definitely addressed and definitely answered. This is Christie we are talking about!
Would you recommend? If you are an Agatha Christie fan and not read it yet, I'd say yes, give it a go 😊
Title: Where'd You Go, Bernadette (links to my review)Author: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes
Would you recommend? Absolutely! I loved this book. I have a thing for epistolary novels.
Title: Can You Keep a Secret?Author: Sophie Kinsella
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? The question was addressed in the book.
Would you recommend? I would recommend. I thought it was a quick, fun read.
Title:Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor:Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes
Would you recommend?Yes
Title: Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book?: I do, in more ways than one.
Would you recommend?: No, I found the book to be a little flat, honestly.
Title: Why Didn't They Ask Evans?Author: Agatha Christie
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book?
Yes, it was answered at the very end of the book.
Would you recommend?
Not the writer's best book, but can pass off as an entertaining murder mystery.
Title: Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes
Would you recommend? I really enjoyed this book. It made me smile and occasionally chuckle out loud, and I'm not an easy audience. I liked the format of the book and the crazy characters. It is a fun read.
Title: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?Author: Mindy Kaling
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes, somewhere along the way.
Would you recommend? Yes. It was a nice quick read and one I had been wanting to read for a while. I enjoyed her writing style and would read her work again.
Title: Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor:Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes, the question was answered.
Would you recommend? I would recommend this book.
I read two books this month that have a question as a title:Title: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Author: Philip K. Dick
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes. There are both androids and electric sheep in the story.
Would you recommend? This book was the basis for the movie Blade Runner. If you want the book to be true to the movie, I would not recommend it-- the only similarities between the two are Rick Deckard and his hunt for replicants. If you simply want a good science-fiction read that bends and twists the reality of its world, I would highly recommend it.
Title: Dortmunder #5: Why Me
Author: Donald E. Westlake
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes. The Dortmunder series of books are comic crime caper novels written and set in the 1970s and 80s. Dortmunder is a petty criminal with very bad luck (hence the title).
Would you recommend? I would recommend this series to anyone who likes to laugh and enjoys crime novels.
Just finished reading Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleThe question was answered. I would recommend.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple.I finished it yesterday. I was a little disappointed in the end.
Was the question answered? Yes
Would I recommend? Yes, but it wasn't as good as I was hoping.
Where’d You Go, Bernadette? By Maria SempleI finished this a few weeks ago. Was the question answered? Yes. Would I recommend the book? Yes, I passed it on to my friend named Bernadette :) I’m sure she will enjoy it.
Title: Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes
Would you recommend? To some readers, yes, depending on the types of book they like. I don't think it's for everyone.
Title: How Long 'til Black Future Month?Author: N.K. Jemisin
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? No, although I feel the question may have been more of a rhetorical question to make one think of how people of color will be represented in the future.
Would you recommend? Yes. Definitely.
Title: Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor:Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes it was.
Would you recommend? I would recommend if you like satire and humor in a book. This isn't one to be taken too seriously.
Title: What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal
Author: Zoë Heller
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes, although will we ever truly know what she was thinking?
Would you recommend? Yes, trigger warnings for the teacher/student relationship
Title: Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor:Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes, on more than one level.
Would you recommend? To certain readers. It is more female than male. I thought it was hilarious and sweet.
Title: Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes
Would you recommend? Yes
Title: Where'd You Go Bernadette?Author: Maria Semple
The question was answered over the course of the book.
Yes, I would recommend. This book definitely surprised me!
Title: Can You Keep a Secret?Author: Sophie Kinsella
This book is all about secrets and I think the question was addressed constantly even if it was never said by a single character.
I would recommend this book to someone looking for a light, romantic read.
Title: Where'd You Go, Bernadette?Author: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes, it was! Though Bernadette will leave you with plenty of more questions.
Would you recommend? Yeah. Quick and fun read. And loved the different narrative format.
Title: Where'd You Go, Bernadette?Author: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes, in more ways than one; I love when a title means more than one thing. :)
Would you recommend? Yes! I enjoyed this book quite a lot.
I actually read a book in sync with the group! This never happens!Title: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Author:Horace McCoy
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book?
In this book this question is actually an answer.
Would you recommend?
That's a difficult question. It was certainly interesting, but at the same time incredibly irritating, but intentionally so.
Title: Are You There God? It's Me, MargaretAuthor: Judy Blume
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Addressed but not answered.
Would you recommend? Yes.
Title: Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes, in that we find out where she went at the end. No, in that I want to know what happens next!
Would you recommend? Yes. Especially to my ftf book club.
Title: Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? It was, yes.
Would you recommend? Not really. It wasn't a terrible book, but it wasn't a great book either. I think it's supposed to be funny, but I didn't find it funny. I was also disappointed by the ending.
Title: Whose Body?Author: Dorothy L. Sayers
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Absolutely, they definitely figured out whose body it was.
Would you recommend? Hard to say, it isn't a great start to the Lord Peter Wimsey series, but first books are often the roughest. I do want to read one more before I decide if it is worth it.
Title: Why Didn't They Ask Evans?Author: Agatha Christie
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes! Evans' identity was ultimately revealed, as was the reason the question was asked.
Would you recommend? Yes, but then I'd recommend just about anything by Agatha Christie. This was one of her stand-alone mysteries.
Title:Did You Ever Have a FamilyAuthor: Bill Clegg
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Sort of. In the context of the story it was a rhetorical question uttered in frustration. However, it also represents the theme of family within the book and how you would cope if they were no longer there
Would you recommend? Definitely, as long as you don't mind books with a lot of characters and POVs. I do so this book was great for me.
Title: Where'd You Go, BernadetteAuthor: Maria Semple
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes, it was definitely answered!
Would you recommend? I really liked this book. The ending was a little abrupt and there were still questions to be answered, but I would recommend this for sure!
Title: Can You Keep a Secret?Author: Sophie Kinsella
Do you feel the question from the title was addressed or answered through the book? Yes, the main character cannot keep a secret.
Would you recommend? This is a favourite book of mine that I've read many times so I would recommend this to people who like the shopaholic series by the same author.
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