2025 Reading Challenge discussion

This month we will be reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

This is your space to chat about this month's book selection with other readers. There is no set schedule to follow, and no discussion leader is assigned. Everyone should feel free to post comments, share pertinent articles or interviews, ask questions, share likes or dislikes, etc. Most importantly, enjoy reading together!

This book was nominated by Halfmetal Alchemist for our monthly theme Sunflower.

This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives. We may not know to whom he is writing. All we know is the world he shares. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. The world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that the perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite.

Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, a powerful novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up.

What prompted you to join this group read?
Have you read this author before? What do you think of their other books?

My 13 year old daughter read this book in school last year and she raved about it. I also enjoy reading books my daughter has read and I added this book to TBR after she told me about it. Looking forward to finally reading it.

I read this book probably about 10 years ago when I was 16. I don't remember anything about it, but I do remember enjoying it and resonating with it in some ways, so I am excited to be giving it a reread :)

I’m in. I read a preview on Goodreads as I was nosing around at books to fulfill various challenges, and it ended up on my “want to read” list. It sounds intriguing.
Thanks!
Blākie

I am starting this today. I like to try to join in the group reads if I have not already read the featured book and it was ready for me to borrow yesterday so I guess I will make this the first book of August.

I have heard of it before but I am going in completely cold. I don't know what it is about, and I don't think I have read the author before.

I finished this last month before it got picked. I show the movie to my students and decided should read the book. I enjoyed it