The format of this book is interesting and fun to read! It touches on a variety of tough topics: racism, teen pregnancy, education issues, and gender identification as mostly seen through the eyes of a harried teacher and her best friend. I chose to read this book because, as a teacher, I knew I would identify with some of her problems. Read this if you enjoy women’s fiction where the main character struggles to do the right thing while overcoming her difficulties.

My sincere thanks to the author, J. Marie Rundquist, the publisher, Book, Ink, and NetGalley for my gifted copy. My thoughts are my own.

This book was so fun! Loved their friendships, loved the way it was written. Loved everything about it!

Naomi, a single mom, teaches classes online, belongs to a book club for candy lovers, and begins dating someone new. The whole book is told through emails, message board postings, text messages, online class assignments, etc., which sometimes works in a book but really didn't for this one, in my opinion. There was too much of two best friends sharing information they both already knew in order to fill in the reader. "Remember how your family took me in when my addict mother was too unreliable" type of stuff. Like, yes, of course you both remember this. Emails between friends was not the best way of getting backstory across in this case. While I didn't really like the book, I didn't actively dislike it either; I just think I maybe wasn't the target audience for it for a lot of reasons. 2.5 stars rounded to 3.

Thanks to Netgalley for providing me the Advanced Review Copy of this book. This was the first book in the epistolery format (messages,emails,book forum discussions) that I ever read.

I found the writing style of this book to be unique and captivating.This book consists solely of electronic communications which has become an integral part of our lives in this day and age.

This is the story of Naomi who in the attempt to do right by others bites more than she can chew and thus,in an attempt to fulfill all her responsibilities disappoints the people who matters the most to her.

This book reinstates the well-known fact that famiial connections are not always based through blood and you can connect and love with other people more than you can ever fathom loving your own 'real' family.

I found Jackson's character to be the best as he is such a gentleman and understanding person. You start to wish that he should not been a fictional character but a real person.

If you are looking for a quick and easy read,you should give this book a go as you will easily finish it in one weekend.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of All I'm Asking by J Marie Rundquist. This book has everything that I needed on this snowy weekend and then some. The characters are my new imaginary best friends and I am completely in love with Rundquist's original storytelling style.

Told through text messages, emails, and hilarious book club forums, we meet Naomi, a lovable teacher who works remotely with students who need alternative settings. She is also a loving but exhausted mother who is co-parenting her tween daughter Leyanna with her ex-turned-best-friend Jackson. Many of Naomi's dating experiences, teaching triumph and disasters, parenting struggles and hilarious online book club recaps are told through her emails to Jackson's sister Jessamine, who is her forever sister and closest friend. Jessamine is also facing her own obstacles when her wife Faith is diagnosed with a debilitating illness and the strength of their relationship is put to the test.

This is an incredible, laugh out loud, heartbreaking, real-feeling story of friendship, love, and family. I'm already searching for Rundquist's next novel to add to my TBR list.