Asking for It by Louise O'Neill → Start Date: July 1, 2016

[Katie]

Vicki and I will be reading this. Anyone may join.

[Vicki]

This one looks really good! Thanks for making the thread!

[Katie]

I think I'm probably going to start this later this afternoon or evening instead of tomorrow, since I have two buddy reads and one per day almost every day after that, and I don't want to fall too behind.

[Vicki]

Okay. I have 2 of my grandkids with me and they're spending the night so I most likely won't have a chance to start today.

[Katie]

That's alright. I just have a lot of buddy reads and most of them are books that I'm going to have to return to the library, so I want to make sure I get them read.

[Vicki]

No worries! I have the same problem at times. Lol

[Katie]

I've read through Last Year: Friday (page 54 in the hardcover). It's good so far.

Emma (view spoiler)[I don't particularly like her super well, since she isn't very nice, especially to Ali, who's supposed to be one of her friends. (hide spoiler)]

Jamie (view spoiler)[It sounds like Dylan said something to her and I don't think she consented to it. (hide spoiler)]

Conor (view spoiler)[He seems like he's a good guy. It's too bad that Emma doesn't like him, though he's probably deserves someone better than her anyway. (hide spoiler)]

[Katie]

Through Last Year: Sunday (page 109)

Emma (view spoiler)[Wow, it doesn't seem like that party went very well for her at all. And the fact that her parents found her on her porch unconscious was pretty bad. (hide spoiler)]

Paul (view spoiler)[He gave Emma some drug, and it seemed like he forced her to sleep with him when she tried to stop him. (hide spoiler)]

Jamie (view spoiler)[So it's pretty clear that Dylan raped her, but Emma told her not to tell anyone, which she shouldn't have done if she was a good friend. (hide spoiler)]

[Katie]

I've finished the Last Year section (page 167). This is about half of the book. It's a tough read, but good and worthwhile.

The Facebook page (view spoiler)[This was awful. To not only rape someone, but also to post pictures. (hide spoiler)]

Her "friends" (view spoiler)[Her supposed friends aren't very good if they won't support her and listen to her side of what happened. (hide spoiler)]

Conor (view spoiler)[I think he really likes Emma, and he wasn't going to take advantage of Emma by having sex with her when she was upset, even if she said she wanted to. (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

Sorry, Katie, but I was going to start this but my NOOK hadn't charged. Then things happened so I will start today sometime.

[Katie]

I ended up having to return this to the library because I wasn't able to renew it. I was partway through part 2, and I liked it but (view spoiler)[the writing style wasn't my favorite. I probably would like to get it from the library again sometime to finish though. (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

Oh shoot. Can you recheck it out so you can finish it?

[Katie]

I can check it out another time. I just had to return it first since there was a hold on it. Normally I could've renewed it but someone placed a hold the day that I was planning on renewing.

[Vicki]

Should I just wait for you then because I haven't started mine and I own it?

[Katie]

No, you can start it whenever you're ready to since I got pretty close to the end anyway. And I'm not sure when I'll get it back again since there's only one copy in the library system.

[Vicki]

Okay