We Are Inevitable by Gayle Forman - Starting June 3rd 2021

[Sarah Elizabeth]

'I got this whole-body feeling... it was like a message from future me to present me, telling me that in some way we weren’t just bound to happen, that we had, in some sense, already happened. It felt... inevitable.'

So far, the inevitable hasn’t worked out so well for Aaron Stein.

While his friends have gone to college and moved on with their lives, Aaron’s been left behind in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State, running a failing bookshop with his dad, Ira. What he needs is a lucky break, the good kind of inevitable.

And then he meets Hannah. Incredible Hannah – magical, musical, brave and clever. Could she be the answer? And could they – their relationship, their meeting – possibly be the inevitable Aaron’s been waiting for?

[Karen]

A romance...with books...can't hep but think this will be a winner!

[Bayan]

I'm at page 37 so far because I'm reading a lot of things together
page 14: (view spoiler)[Reading about someone who's gotten over an issue with reading is kind of emotional, I can't imagine being unable to read or do something that is just as necessary, so that makes me emotional. (hide spoiler)]
page 26: (view spoiler)[I'm enjoying what the author does, names chapters after book titles and giving a quote or the first line of the book (hide spoiler)]

[Karen]

Read opening two chapters. Like you, an empty bookstore makes me more anxious than I’d like to think about.

[Karen]

First quarter - there’s a warmth to this I wasn’t expecting. Highlights just how closed off people are now.

[Karen]

Second quarter (view spoiler)[ Really hope he gets round to telling Ira he’s sold the shop soon. Ike’s story had me choking up a little-really shows how we can form connections without always realising it. (hide spoiler)]

[Karen]

Third quarter (view spoiler)[ Aaron is floundering a little, but there’s so many people around him trying to boost things. (hide spoiler)]

[Karen]

Finished. Review on home page. Melancholy was used by one reviewer, and I think that about sums it up.

[Karen]

Bayan wrote: "I'm at page 37 so far because I'm reading a lot of things together
page 14: [spoilers removed]
page 26: [spoilers removed]"

When we were first told to work from home I had a brief moment of thinking I would get so much reading done. the reality was that I struggled to pick anything up and focus on it for months...hated that feeling of being so disconnected.

[Karen]

Bayan wrote: "I'm at page 37 so far because I'm reading a lot of things together
page 14: [spoilers removed]
page 26: [spoilers removed]"

Some of the book titles were a little more obvious than others - I was unsure about the dinosaurs book he keeps referring to...but it does make sense by the end.

[Bayan]

Karen wrote: "Bayan wrote: "I'm at page 37 so far because I'm reading a lot of things together
page 14: [spoilers removed]
page 26: [spoilers removed]"

When we were first told to work from home I had a brief m..."
I totally get it especially when you consider books an escape and suddenly there is just too much and even your escape is a little distant 😭😭

[Bayan]

Karen wrote: "Bayan wrote: "I'm at page 37 so far because I'm reading a lot of things together
page 14: [spoilers removed]
page 26: [spoilers removed]"

Some of the book titles were a little more obvious than o..."
I’m a little bit slow because I read lots of books together so I haven’t finished like you even though it’s quite an interesting book, so I’ll just get back to you when I do :3

[Karen]

Bayan wrote: "Karen wrote: "Bayan wrote: "I'm at page 37 so far because I'm reading a lot of things together
page 14: [spoilers removed]
page 26: [spoilers removed]"

Some of the book titles were a little more ..."

No need to apologise, Bayan, I do the same. BR reading tends to go in fits and starts - and I always set up too many - but I'll keep checking in and see what you make of it.

[matty]

I’m so sorry, I’ve been horrible with buddy-reads. Today is the last day of finals and then I’ll catch up on all of these!