By Rachel Bertsche
Why I Picked It: I'd seen this book through Goodreads originally. It seemed like an interesting book and I've had it on my to-read list for years (probably since it was released!).
Synopsis: When Rachel Bertsche first moves to Chicago, she’s thrilled to finally share a zip code with her boyfriend. But shortly after getting married, she realizes that her new life is missing one thing: friends. Sure, she has plenty of BFFs—in New York and San Francisco and Boston and Washington, D.C. Still, in her adopted hometown, there’s no one to call at the last minute for girl talk over brunch or a reality-TV marathon over a bottle of wine.
Taking matters into her own hands, Bertsche develops a plan: Meeting people everywhere from improv class to friend rental websites, she'll go on fifty-two friend-dates, one per week for a year, in hopes of meeting her new Best Friend Forever.
My Thoughts: I wasn't expecting that this would read more like a memoir, but that's what it was--a fake memoir of Rachel's year. The book details her 52 dates, how she goes about finding friends for the dates and which friends make it to the end. I think if I had been expecting a memoir-type book, I would have liked this better, but I didn't love it.
The book also mentions a lot of research in it. I think this adds to the notion that it wasn't like story, but more the "I did this, then this..." feeling of the whole book. Maybe I'd say lacking the human appeal to the story?
Overall, I'd say I was disappointed with this book. It was so-so and not what I expected.
Genre: Fiction
Rating: 3/5 stars
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