Category: Book Club Discussion Questions

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Discussion Questions:

1. What do you think of the way the author revealed Molly’s personality and character as the story developed? Do you think that the author did this on purpose? Why?

2. Molly talks differently than the other workers at the hotel. Do you think that her speech and mannerism was a hindrance or something positive?

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1. Did you enjoy Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus? What rating out of 5 stars would you give it?

2. Elizabeth stated that ”cooking is a serious science. In fact, it’s chemistry.” Does this make you look at cooking differently?

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Discussion Questions:

1. Have you heard of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT; a pressurized oxygen chamber) for curing autism and infertility before you read this book?

2. Who did you think started the fire at the beginning of the book? Did you think it was Elizabeth Ward who started the fire that killed her 8 year old autistic child? Did your opinion change over the course of the book about who started it?

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1. Before reading the book, did you know who Marjorie Post was? What was your impression of her at the beginning of the book? Did your opinion of her change by the end of the book?

2. Did you like Majorie? What do you admire about her? Were you impressed with homes and property she built and the presidents she knew?

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Discussion Questions:

1. What do you think of Solo’s reaction to finding out the truth about the death of his father? Do you think he was over reacting? Was this pivotal in Solo’s unhappiness?

2. Domestic abuse in Betty’s life can be attributed to her husband drinking too much. Did you sympathize with Betty when the accident happened? Or do you think she should have gone to jail?

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Discussion Questions:

1. Harris Mickler was a bad guy and a predator. He drugged his victims and then blackmailed them. Did he get what he deserved when Fin switched the Rohypnol drug and he ended up with it?

2. Why do you think Fin decided to spy on Harris Mickler in the first place? Is $50,000 an enticement?

3. Fin asked Vero why she chose to help her hide the body. Vero said she liked her odds with the cover up/burial. She did the math and thought that getting away with murder had better odds. What are your thoughts on Vero’s calculations?

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Discussion Questions:

1.What do you think of voluntary euthanasia? Are you for or against it? Why? Do you have empathy for Dava making this decision?

2. Dava got pregnant by her boyfriend and then broke up with him when she went to study in England. She didn’t know she was pregnant until she was 6 months along. What do you think of that? Can you be that ignorant of your body and its changes?

Red Yellow Wife review here.

Discussion Questions:

1. What was your initial thoughts on Yellow Wife? Did the book pull you in right away? Was it a page turner for you?

2. Did you think Pheby was naïve in thinking that she would be free? Do you think freedom was a real possibility for her if her mother had not died?

3. How did Pheby change through out the book? Did your opinion of her change at all?

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Discussion Questions:

1.Did you know what Pachinko was before you read the book?

2. Pachinko is a popular gambling machine in Japan. Why do you think the book is call Pachinko? What does the title of the book relate to?

3. What was your initial reaction to the book at the beginning? Did it pull you in right away or did it take time to hook you?

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Discussion Questions:

1. The title of the book, Small Great Things is adapted from Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” What does that mean? What does the characters do to show this?

2. The book is told in three people’s perspectives- Turk, the white supremacist, Ruth, the Black nurse, and Kennedy, the public defender. Did you enjoy reading these three points of view? Did it enhance your reading experience and the book?