This month's TAL book choice is one that both Princess and I have currently read. I was thinking of featuring it this month when Princess came to me and said she was reading a fabulous book...turns out it was the same book I was thinking of. (Surprise, surprise...Princess and I actually have the same tastes! How odd. Just kidding, of course!)
The book is called MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend by Rachel Bertsche. It was another recommendation from goodreads. This book is a memoir, not fiction. I typically prefer to read fiction books, but this one had me hooked from the first page. The premise is that the author moves from New York to Chicago to be with her long distance boyfriend. They get married soon after she moves there, and she realizes that while she doesn't regret moving halfway across the country to be with him, she feels a void in her life that he can't fill. She misses her BFFs. Her two closest friends are both friends from childhood and both live in New York. Bertsche longs to find a friend in Chicago like her two best friends in New York--someone she can call at a moment's notice to go get a pedicure, meet for a Sunday brunch, go to a movie, or just to chat about anything and everything with. She challenges herself to go on 52 friend dates in one year--in the hopes that by the end of the year she will have found her new BFF.
She meets tons of interesting (and some not so interesting) people, clicks with some, doesn't click with others, and learns about herself, her friendships and her life along the way.
MWF Seeking BFF really spoke to me for a number of reasons. First, the author's writing is easy to read--it reminds me of the way that I think and I speak.
Secondly, Bertsche is just plain funny.
Lastly, and most importantly, she deals with something most adults deal with--when there's no longer a built in social network (think school, college, grad school), how do you make friends when you move? This is especially true for those of us who aren't parents yet, so don't have the built in "play date/mommy and me" network. Also, how do you turn those work friends into real friends? Every one of us has those friends who we gossip with at work, and usually even share details about our personal lives with, but what happens when you take that friendship into the real world? As adults, when we move somewhere new, we often find ourselves isolated--even if we have loved ones in the area--but no one talks about it. It seems like wanting a friend is almost a sign of weakness--therefore we don't go out of our way to make strangers into friends. This is something that Bertsche learns along the way, and something that shapes her friend making escapades.
MWF Seeking BFF by Rachel Bertsche is my book pick of the month! Hopefully it's inspired you to read it as well.
(If you click on anywhere it says MWF Seeking BFF, it will take you directly to the book on amazon.com. If you click where it says goodreads, it will take you right to the site!)
She meets tons of interesting (and some not so interesting) people, clicks with some, doesn't click with others, and learns about herself, her friendships and her life along the way.
MWF Seeking BFF really spoke to me for a number of reasons. First, the author's writing is easy to read--it reminds me of the way that I think and I speak.
Secondly, Bertsche is just plain funny.
Lastly, and most importantly, she deals with something most adults deal with--when there's no longer a built in social network (think school, college, grad school), how do you make friends when you move? This is especially true for those of us who aren't parents yet, so don't have the built in "play date/mommy and me" network. Also, how do you turn those work friends into real friends? Every one of us has those friends who we gossip with at work, and usually even share details about our personal lives with, but what happens when you take that friendship into the real world? As adults, when we move somewhere new, we often find ourselves isolated--even if we have loved ones in the area--but no one talks about it. It seems like wanting a friend is almost a sign of weakness--therefore we don't go out of our way to make strangers into friends. This is something that Bertsche learns along the way, and something that shapes her friend making escapades.
MWF Seeking BFF by Rachel Bertsche is my book pick of the month! Hopefully it's inspired you to read it as well.
(If you click on anywhere it says MWF Seeking BFF, it will take you directly to the book on amazon.com. If you click where it says goodreads, it will take you right to the site!)
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