I chose From The Jump by Lacie Waldon for our last SUMMER book club pick!

Meet you back here at the end of September to discuss!!!

Ok, first things first, after reading From the Jump, I was left wondering, “Why this title?” and “Why this cover?” I don’t think either match the content of the book at all! I am so confused as to why the author/publisher chose this! Aside from that, I thoroughly enjoyed the book! I hope you did too!

Anywho…here is the synopsis: “Liv Bakersfield is used to living her life in “shoulds.” Be fit. Be financially responsible. Be your best self. An overworked graphic designer, she’s stretched so thin that she’s about to miss yet another vacation with her beloved group of college friends. But when Liv finally decides to start saying no, it feels good…good enough to leap straight into quitting her job and hopping on a plane to join them in South Africa.
Amid the exotic landscape and unforgettable sights, Liv expects sun and safari animals and an easy time with her best friends. But such close proximity makes everything more complicated, especially with the emotionally unavailable Lucas Deiss. Their friendship is the only thing in her life that's still solid, and she vows to do anything she can to keep the group together. But once they get back to LA, Liv discovers that her leap of faith has become a freefall, sending her crashing into Deiss's arms. With the trust of the people she loves most on the line, Liv must decide between doing what she should … and risking everything for what she shouldn’t want.”

Questions:

1) Do you have high school/college friends that you have gone through life with? I loved how these characters really stuck together after all these years. Do you think that is realistic?

2) Diess is slow to share (as in he NEVER shares) about his childhood. Do you think you could be as close as these friends were without knowing ANYTHING about someone’s childhood or home life? Maybe it’s just me, but I really get to the bottom of things and ask a lot of questions at the beginning and throughout friendships. I feel like I would have gotten more from Diess much sooner!

3) If you were Liv, could you have forgiven Simone?

4) As far as Phoebe and Mac go…do you think relationships that are on again/off again every tend to work out in the long run? Do you think they’ll make it?

5) Rate it! 1-5 stars

As Always:

To spread the love of books, I will gift TWO copies of the book club pick each month. Just comment on any book post and/or on @sarahtakesabreather on Instagram so that I know you are following and interested! I’ll randomly choose the winners during the first few days of each month.

Check out our January discussion of The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot HERE!

And our February discussion of The Authenticity Project HERE!

Our March chat about Somebody’s Daughter HERE!

April’s discussion of The Flatshare HERE!

Our discussion in May of The Sky is Everywhere HERE!

Every Summer After in June HERE!

One Italian Summer read in July HERE!

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