Beautiful Disaster- Discussion #5

 

 

FAMILY...

 

The author shows us glimpses of what both Travis and Abby's

life was like growing up.

 

If we compare their upbringings and family life experiences, do you feel that there are more similarities or differences?

 

 

How does the way they were raised affect their approach to relationships? {or lack thereof}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Beautiful Disaster- Discussion #4

Time for MORE Beautiful Disaster Chit Chat!

I found a QUIZ on Goodreads...

Who Said It?

Check it out HERE

Just for FUN... what is YOUR score??

Do you have a favorite QUOTE from the book?

Please share... and tell us WHY!

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Here are a few of mine...

“Let me guess, it's the love of your life?" I said quoting Travis' statement about his motorcycle.
"No, it's a car. The love of my life will be a woman with my last name.”

“He was afraid of nothing. Until he'd met me.”

-Abby

“I'm gonna fuck up. I'm gonna fuck up a lot, Pidge, but you have to forgive me.”

-Travis

and of course...

“I know we're fucked up, alright? I'm impulsive, and hot tempered, and you get under my skin like no one else. You act like you hate me one minute, and then need me the next. I never get anything right, and I don't deserve you...but I fucking love you, Abby. I love you more than I loved anyone or anything ever. When you're around, I don't need booze, or money, or the fighting, or the one-night stands...”

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Pidgeon. Beautiful Disaster- Discussion #3

Pidgeon.

The nick name that Travis calls Abby.

From the first time they meet...

Excerpt from the book:

“Abs? What are you, a workout video?" he sneered.
"Pigeon?" I said with the same amount of disdain. "An annoying bird that craps all over the sidewalk?"
You like Pigeon," he said defensively. "It's a dove, an attractive girl, a winning card in poker, take your pick. You're my Pigeon.”

Did you like it? Hate it? Indifferent?

Did you wonder WHY he called her Pidgeon

rather than anything else?

OR...

did you GET where the author was coming from and her reasoning for Pidgeon?

{ I didn't actually put it together until I read an interview where Jamie McGuire explained it.}

Excerpt from Interview with Jamie...

Lily:

"When he calls her Pidge, was that something he got from Lady and the Tramp, and did you realize the little analogy there?"

Jamie:

"Yes! Finally someone caught it! Travis is the school Tramp…he calls Abby, the only woman he considers a “lady”, Pigeon. I am awestruck at the number of people that don’t get it."



Beautiful Disaster - #2

CHAPTER 1- RED FLAG

Click THIS LINK

to visit

author JAMIE MCGUIRE'S WEBSITE …

Click on BOOKS

Click on the BOOK COVER for Beautiful Disaster

You should see her Playlist

ok.. now CRANK UP SONG #1

C'mon C'mon by the Von Bondies

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This is the song that she envisioned

Travis walking in to the first scene..

the

 FIGHT SCENE

where they first see each other…

What do you think about this choice of song?

Can you visualize it??!!

I have chills. J

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Excerpt from their first meeting...

Travis turned, and for a moment I thought he had dodged another blow, but he made a complete circle, crashing his elbow straight into the center of Marek's nose. Blood sprayed my face, and splattered down the front of my cardigan. Marek fell to the concrete floor with a thud, and for a brief moment the room was completely silent...

Abby in her pink cardigan covered with blood spatter…

What did you think??

Were you hooked?

Disgusted?

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AND THEN...

...A pair of heavy black boots stepped in front of me, diverting my attention to the floor. My eyes traveled upward; jeans spattered with blood, a set of finely chiseled abs, a bare, tattoed chest drenched in sweat, and finally a pair of warm, brown eyes. I was shoved from behind, and Travis caught me by the arm before I fell forward.

“Hey! Back up off her!” Travis frowned, shoving anyone who came near me. His stern expression melted into a smile at the sight of my shirt, and then he dabbed my face with a towel. “Sorry about that, Pidgeon.”

How did YOU respond to the opening scenes??



Beautiful Disaster- Discussion #1

It's TIME!

Time to start DISCUSSING our August book selection!

If you missed it...

This month we read

Beautiful Disaster

by

Jamie McGuire

{Description taken from Goodreads}

The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate percentage of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance between her and the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University's Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs—and wants—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.

FYI.. if you  have NOT read this book yet..

you may want to come back

later for the questions.. there WILL be spoilers!

First off...

the COVER.

Here is the original cover.

Here is the current cover.

1. Why do you think the cover was changed?

2. Would seeing either cover affect your choice to read this book, based only on seeing the picture?

3. Any thoughts on either cover?

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Come on back...

many more questions and lots of discussion ahead!!



time for another NEW BOOK!

It's AUGUST 1...

and THAT means...

time to announce our NEW BOOK for this month!

Brooke here...

and I will be hosting our discussion

of

BEAUTIFUL DISASTER

{Beautiful #1}

by

Jamie McGuire

The description from Goodreads...

The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate percentage of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance between her and the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University's Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs—and wants—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.

HERE  is the Goodreads LINK if you want to see some reviews...

HERE is the Amazon LINK to the Kindle Version

HERE is the Amazon LINK to the Paperback Version

Here is the Barnes & Noble LINK for NOOK and paperback

GRAB a copy... ENJOY some READING... and come on back August 15 to

CHAT about the BOOK with the CHICKS!!!!