YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥ discussion

Golden boy Ezra Faulkner believes everyone has a tragedy waiting for them—a single encounter after which everything that really matters will happen. His particular tragedy waited until he was primed to lose it all: in one spectacular night, a reckless driver shatters Ezra’s knee, his athletic career, and his social life.

No longer a front-runner for Homecoming King, Ezra finds himself at the table of misfits, where he encounters new girl Cassidy Thorpe. Cassidy is unlike anyone Ezra’s ever met, achingly effortless, fiercely intelligent, and determined to bring Ezra along on her endless adventures.

But as Ezra dives into his new studies, new friendships, and new love, he learns that some people, like books, are easy to misread. And now he must consider: if one’s singular tragedy has already hit and everything after it has mattered quite a bit, what happens when more misfortune strikes?

Robyn Schneider’s The Beginning of Everything is a lyrical, witty, and heart-wrenching novel about how difficult it is to play the part that people expect, and how new beginnings can stem from abrupt and tragic endings.

The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider will be our 1st GBR for June 2016.

Please read at your own pace, and hide any spoilers ☺ You are welcome to join at any time during the month ☺

Happy Reading Everybody!

Pre-Reading Questions -

Anybody got any thoughts on this one before we start?

Has anyone read anything similar to this before?

Anybody read anything else by this author previously?

No, I expect it to be good :)

Sarah wrote: "Golden boy Ezra Faulkner believes everyone has a tragedy waiting for them—a single encounter after which everything that really matters will happen. His particular tragedy waited until he was prime..."

Can you explain how the reading challenge works? This book sounds interesting. I would like to read it as well. Do I purchase it on Kindle?

This is just one of our group reads for this month, so you would purchase the book and then start reading on June 1st, then make comments about the book on this thread, using <.spoiler.> without the dots to hide any spoilers ☺

Chapter 1 - (view spoiler)[Yuck. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 12 - Starting to feel a bit bored of this now.

chapter 1 (view spoiler)[ so his friend caught a decapitated head on his 12th birthday - nice gift. not.
and then he catches his girlfriend cheating and then has his life totally in a car accident - not good luck at all. (hide spoiler)]

Going to try and join—I've been in a contemporary mood lately.