The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

Welcome to the Seven Days in June Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on May 10th 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 05/10
10th: Prolouge + chapters 1-4
11th: chapters 5-9
12th: chapters 10-13
13th: chapters 14-17
14th: chapters 18-21
15th: chapters 22-24
16th: chapters 25-end

Week of 05/13
13th: chapters 14-17
14th: chapters 18-21
15th: chapters 22-24
16th: chapters 25-end


PARTICIPANTS
~ Sophie
~ Dia

Started this today and I’m LOVING it so far.

I liked that we got some chronic illness rep in our FMC, I’m not sure it was specified what she has (unless I missed it). Shane has come across very cheeky thus far, I just know he’s going to be trouble. Trouble that I love 👀

I already know that this one is going to pack an emotional punch, I’m ready for it tho.

How’re you enjoying so far?


Psa- I’m not really going to have a chance to read tomorrow, but I’ll try and catch up by Sunday/Monday :)

I've only just started and I love it! Eva is hilarious and with that opening scene, who wouldn't be hooked?
I may have missed it but I didn't realise our FMC will have an illness, it hasn't been specified yet till where I've read it, but something about headaches? But I'm loving this representation too!

and don't worry about the reading pace!

up to 9

(view spoiler)[ omg Shane and Genevieve - Sebastian and Gia - things are starting to get really interesting (hide spoiler)]

Up to 13
(view spoiler)[ isn't it convenient how Eva knows of an English teacher right when she needs one
and wow the first 24 hours of how they met is intense especially for teenagers. I've never been exposed to drugs but I can imagine that their pain drew them to each other.
Ch 13 feels like the calm before the storm. it's nice to see them fall back into step, like nothing really changed but it also feels like they haven't addressed whatever happened before, and at some point they'll need to. Watching Shane noticing the little things about Eva makes me jealous too, wish someone looks at me like that hahha
what surprises me is they're talking about Eva's mum now, I'd think that as a teenager, Eva would have spilled it all to her only friend. BUT I could see how her legacy is the book she'd really like to pursue. what a history of women!
Eva's fans in the wild are funny
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Up to chapter 18

(view spoiler)[ I’m really loving this one so far! So much heartbreak between Eva and Shane, it’s a shame it all went wrong. I would really like to get into the throes of Shane’s addiction; its mentioned a lot, but I think I would feel more towards it if we had a few examples to add more of an emotional impact.

I’m looking forward to seeing Audre and Shane interact, I have a feeling that it’s going to be hilarious. (hide spoiler)]

sorry I was kinda slow as this seemed like an easy read, I was trying to tackle other books first lol

I love Audre, she seems wise beyond her age, but at the same time, still sound and act like the teenager that she is! I also love Eva's relationship with her. They're such a good pair. If I ever have a child I'd love this kind of a relationship.

I feel for Eva, I'm not a parent but she was caught up in being a good mum that she forgot to be herself and meeting Shane again seems to help with that.
WHAT THEY ARE SO BRAVE OR RECKLESS IN AN UNKNOWN ROOM WHERE THEY COULD BE CAMERAS???

oh the trauma that both of them must carry I don't understand what they went through specifically but I can empathise in parts, and perhaps that's why I like them both? They're so real as characters.

You're going to love when Shane meets Audre if you haven't read that far yet!

I just ended Ch 19 and wow that revelation must have hurt Eva. I have to say I can't stop here now, so I would probably finish this some time today.

Lizette is mental. Like I want to hate her but she probably has her own share of trauma. But then again, could she be a narcissist? How could a mother be jealous over her young teenage daughter receiving love just because she hasn't omg

As humans why do we talk ourselves out of happiness, as though we don't deserve it :(

I finished it and I'm screaming omg I didn't think I'd love this book as much as I do