YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥ discussion

We are doing a buddy read on Dumplin Starting December 17 2018, and planning on reading it in 10 days.

I am in

I am on chapter 6 and why is (view spoiler)[dumplin shoving her phone in her shirt otherwise the start is slow so far I am just hearing about dumplin's concerns about her weight and El having sex with Tim (hide spoiler)]

So I’m liking it so far but it kind of bothers me that her mom calls her Dumplin at all. It’s not a very nice nickname and I feel like she has to know that...

Uswa wrote: "I am on chapter 6 and why is [spoilers removed]"

Yeah, I dunno. (view spoiler)[ I guess it’s just a handy place to put your phone lol... (hide spoiler)]

I also really like Lucy already, I think she is going to be kind of an opposite force to Dumplins mom. I also already love Bo, very excited for that haha Ok sorry I don't know how to hide spoilers lol

39% done (view spoiler)[I am not feeling the positivite at all and I thought this is about a chubby girl entering beauty peagent but I dont see it (hide spoiler)]

What chapter should I try and finish today? I’m reading an ebook and I think I’m a little behind...

So there are sixty one chapters and we have to finish in 10 days so six chapters a day would be good

I really like this quote:

"It was funny. I used to think of myself as a Monday and Ellen as a Friday. But Monday’s and Fridays were just twenty four hour stretches of time with different names."

I’m not quite halfway through and I’ve got to say (view spoiler)[ Will’s mom is kind of a bitch. I don’t like her very much and I wish she would stop calling Will Dumplin. Especially in front of other people. What a horribly embarrassing nickname! (hide spoiler)]

Ok I'm not gonna lie I have fallen behind with this due to the holidays and all the craziness, but i'm still chugging along lol.

Im on page 158: I love how Dumplin stands up to her mom and tells her how her treatment makes her feel. I think her mom is a small minded person who doesn't understand how her words and actions make others feel, or maybe she just doesn't care.

I'm on page 208 and I love this quote:Good friendships are durable. They're meant to survive the gaps and the growing pains.

What a great quote! I really appreciate how Julie Murphy writes friendships that are not perfect. Fighting with your friends is inevitable even your forever friends so its nice to see not just the love of the friendship but also the reality of it as well.

@Shayla

Yes! I totally agree about Will’s mom. I just don’t appreciate the way she talks to Will sometimes. She just comes across as mean and cold.

I've finished this and I really liked it. I was happy that (view spoiler)[ Will's mom eased up and was actually kind of supportive at the end. I was also happy that Will got out of her own way when it came to Bo. (hide spoiler)] I do want to read the next one, but I think I need a break before diving into that. Have you all finished yet?

I have about 50 pages left, but I also really enjoyed this book, I think it was a fun fluffy. I'll post more when I finish these last pages up

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Please can we have this reset for 8th May 2019

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Opening four chapters really make me nervous. Willow dean seems to be trying hard to give a positive vibe but she’s really judgmental. Hoping the Dolly Parton link doesn’t go into drag-queen cliche (not sure how, but that’s what I immediately think of).

Up to ch8. (view spoiler)[ So, Will is a bit of a rubbish friend on occasion and for all her confident talk she actually seems a mass of insecurities. (hide spoiler)]

Up to ch26. Seriously, how can someone not understand that nickname isn’t affectionate?

Up to ch31. Bold, or daft? I can’t decide. For such good friends these two are remarkably clueless about each other.

Up to ch42. Surprised that people are so accommodating of Willowdean’s mood swings. The thing with her and Mitch is a bad idea,

Up to ch53. No matter what she says, she has such little self-confidence. Hope someone calls her on it soon.

Skye, did you manage to start this? Let me know if not, and I'll keep an eye out for your comments.
Finished - review on home page. I wanted to like this more than I did.