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2020 Reading Goal

January 3, 2020July 1, 2021by bonitappétitLeave a Comment

I have loved reading ever since I was a kid. It’s a form of escaping into an imaginary world that’s still considered socially acceptable as an adult. Sure you may outgrow your genre preference and your bookshelves may be filled with thick wordy books rather than a 10-page picture book but reading is still something you enjoy and it allows you to escape from the mundanity of life and into an imaginary one that exists only in your mind. It’s one of my favorite pastimes and I can’t imagine my life without it.

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Book Review: “The Unhoneymooners” by Christina Lauren

October 27, 2019July 1, 2021by bonitappétit2 Comments

Rating: 3/5

If you had the chance to take a fully paid for tropical vacation but it was with someone you don’t get along with in the least would you still take it? I would. And I think most of us would. The setting of this book is exactly that and it ends in all the ways you would expect romantic comedy to end.

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Book Review: “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” by Maria Semple

October 4, 2019July 1, 2021by bonitappétit3 Comments

Rating: 4.5/5

I absolutely adored this book!

Bee is a 15-year-old excelling student who is searching for her mother, Bernadette, who has disappeared right before their family trip to Antarctica. To Elgie, Bernadette’s husband, she is a troubled wife, to her neighbors and the mothers of Bee’s school she’s a menace, but to Bee, she’s her mom who she always enjoys spending time with. Bee’s search includes digging through confidential emails, handwritten notes, and other evidence such as receipts.

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