The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

Welcome to the It Happened One Summer Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on April 18th and anyone can join at any time. Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed in this thread but only up to the group's current reading place. Do not spoil the book if you've read further than the group. Any extra days can be used to catch up!

Each day we will be reading by chapters or page numbers. Page numbers are an approximation based on the hardcover or paperback that is the default on Goodreads. The suggested Buddy Read discussion schedule is as follows:

Week of 04/18
April 18th: Chapters 1-4
April 19th: Chapters 5-9
April 20th: Chapters 10-14
April 21st: Chapters 15-19
April 22nd: Chapters 20-24
April 23rd: Chapters 25-29
April 24th: Chapters 30, 31 and epilogue

PARTICIPANTS
~ Laura
~ Sophie
~ Darcey
~ Amanda
~ Amelia

Starting this one tonight, I may have to read ahead. As my hold came in early and runs out at end of week, I could have returned it but unlikely would've had it in time to read now.

It seems to be very popular, lots of waiting list at library even with being a few copies 😂

Chapters 1-5

(view spoiler)[Just from reading the first coule of chapters, I'm kinda happy to see that Piper isn't the stereotypical perfect fmc. Is it weird to say that I'm happy she's kinda shallow?? lmao

Also, I wonder what the deal is with Brendan and the wedding ring, any thoughts?? (hide spoiler)]

I feel like Piper's shallowness is a bit too exaggerated at the moment for me, but a friend who read it before mentioned that she gets better as the book goes on. I don't hate her though, but I don't have many thoughts on her yet.

Brendan is intriguing, but I'm not sure I know enough to form an opinion on him either.

So far, I'm really liking what I'm seeing (but it's early yet). I look forward to reading with you all!

@Laura - No problem about the reading ahead thing. I'm finding this a pretty easy read so I might do that too if I don't get too busy with the Ruin and Rising BR.

End of Chapter 4

I agree, she comes across ridiculous to me so far. Considering she is 28, she acts like a spoiled teenager. The constant mention of how gorgeous she is and her reaction to being sent away, cut off she just seems so childish. I don't hate her, I just find very cliche and boring. I can see why many may love her though.

Brendan seems like the typical bad boy type at moment, very set in his ways by looks of it and hate how he looked down on the girls. Even with how ridiculous they're. But not seen enough of him yet, so see what happens.

Its definitely easy reading, fast paced and short chapters so that helps. I'm not sure at the moment about it, feeling it won't be for me but I'm still intrigued to see how things develop and character growth.

sorry guys, i don't think i'll be able to buddy read this one with you all, life got a bit busy! hope you all enjoy though :))

I've read a bit ahead (to chapter 15), but I will make sure to hide the spoilers. I wrote part 1 of this post before I read the second part, so I'm pretty sure the opinions I had for today's chapters are unaffected by what I read when I went ahead.

So, I've found this book easy to read and well-paced but maybe not exactly to my taste.

Piper, while I don't hate her, is a bit too spoiled. Piper is starting to show a different side of herself, but I can't get past her more obvious traits. Brendan hasn't really gotten my attention much; at most he's attracted some mild interest from me. There is room for both to grow, but I don't think their characters are really doing it for me (and for me, the characters make the story).

I'm not hating the book, it's just not clicking for me. However, there are definitely some moments where I had to chuckle... like when Piper lit their dinner on fire and ran out into the street with the flaming pan in hand. I definitely had to laugh at that seeing as when I was in high school I lit almost anything I tried to cook on fire (luckily I've gotten better at cooking, but I don't see that happening any time soon in Piper's future).

(view spoiler)[So... I'm still not loving it, but it's picking up for me. I'm looking forward to seeing what will come of Piper and Hannah's bar. I don't really have much to say about the events, but I am starting to like Brendan more, and Piper doesn't seem so bad.

I think Brendan stumbling his way through figuring out Instagram was kind of cute, and him sending the hardware store guy (sorry, I can't remember his name) to put up padding on Piper's bunk was sweet. I also really liked when he decided to help Piper and Hannah out with the bar. It was just... nice. Sweet. I liked it.

Piper being willing to help the hardware store guy go to read the paper at the museum was sweet too, and I liked that part too.

I think the pacing is pretty good so far, but I'm still struggling with the characters (Piper more so than the others). I'm still finding the book easy to read and maybe a little more enjoyable than I did yesterday, but I'm still not sure if it's for me. (hide spoiler)]

And that's where I'm at right now.

Sorry I haven't continued yet, I just haven't felt motivated too. But going to give a final try tomorrow hopefully, see if gets any better for me. I can see why people love it for the writing, plot and fast pace just characters haven't clicked for me.

I have finished ahead of time and while I totally get why people like this book I don't think it was for me. I enjoyed myself well enough: it was fast-paced and relatively uncomplicated which makes for a good beach read. Like Laura said, I just couldn't get into or click with the characters. I think the plot got more interesting in the last quarter(ish) of the book, but I just couldn't fall in love with the characters (more so Piper than Brendan, although he was a bit hard to grow attached to as well).

Oops I thought I had commented, sadly this was a dnf for me i only made it to ch 5 and gave up. I just wasn't invested or cared about either rmc enough to continue.

I am way behind but I have started it - first impression is Piper is very unlikeable but I guess that is the point