Book club discussion questions do contain spoilers. Youll also find useful information on how to manage group dynamics. Ive found that the best book club discussion questions are ones that are openended and that get people to share their personal opinions. Mia was taken, kidnapped, leaving her mother, jf not the rest of the family, distraught. So he noses around and shows that he might have the chops to be a good private investigator, a shamus. Mary kubicas debut novel, the good girl, is a highintensity thriller, a psychological puzzle that will keep readers on their toes with its unique format. Initially detective hoffman wishes that he had not been assigned the case of the missing mia dennett, and yet later, finds himself completely preoccupied by it.
Book questions and reading guides discussion guides for book clubs more than 500 printable reading guides for exceptional books. General book club questions for study and discussion. I had been hearing about the good girl and mary kubicas books for a while now i still remember those giant banners from bea 2014. I found this book to be an excellent debut novel and a highly enjoyable read. These ten questions for your book clubs discussion of where the crawdads sing are just a starting off point. Kubicas powerful debutwill encourage comparisons to gone girl. The good girl mary kubica, 2014 harlequin mira 3352 pp. She has less than a warm relationship with her mother and sister and a worse relationship with her. This is an era when gals have gams, guys say dang and keep extra lucky strikes in their hatbands, and a lady liberty halfdollar buys a good meal. I know where she buys her groceries, where she has her dry cleaning done, where she works.
How to hold a better class discussion the chronicle of. The good girl feels a lot slower, less mysterious, and it doesnt have much of the same heartpumping elements that make gone girl such an intense and hardtoputdown thrill ride. Sep 05, 2016 does your book club need a little help in creating conversation. A highintensity thriller, a psychological puzzle that will keep readers on. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. The sites consensus states that a dark dramedy with exceptional performances from jennifer aniston and jake gyllenhaal, the good girl is a moving and astute look. Mary kubica goodreads author topics about this book topics that mention this book. If youd like, record any highlights in the space below. Oct 14, 2019 these ten questions for your book clubs discussion of where the crawdads sing are just a starting off point. Are you always struggling to come up with book club questions to help guide your group discussion.
Ive been in a lot of book clubs, and i know its not always easy to get a conversation going on a book. Each member or a team of 23 takes a card and answers the question. Mystery book club will meet september 17 to discuss the good girl planoreads says. Jul 01, 2019 one year after producing what might be the best spy novel since john le carres the spy who came in from the cold, daniel silva the other woman, 2018, etc. In the first half of the book the plot goes round in predictable circles and i found the text heavy on narrative detail which although it felt authoritative didnt move the plot forward and i found an unnecessary weight. At the bottom of the page you will also find useful links, all in one place. Dec 14, 2017 are you always struggling to come up with book club questions to help guide your group discussion. Born to a prominent chicago judge and his stifled socialite wife, mia dennett moves against the grain as a young innercity art teacher. But the plan takes an unexpected turn when colin suddenly decides to hide mia in a secluded cabin. Book club discussion questions this page gives you a full list of all the books featured on this site, split between fiction and non fiction.
In one of my past book clubs, we literally only read books that included discussion questions at the end of the book because we wanted to be certain wed have a meaningful discussion. I picked up a copy of the good girl as the author, ms. But that is a minor criticism, especially in a debut novel as rich and multilayered as this one. They should also provide a brief biography of the author. As a member or leader of a book club, you are likely to be reading books on a wide variety of topics, both fiction and nonfiction.
She embraced masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being. Good girl expands to encompass all of these meanings, which reflects upon the many powers that words wield. Youll also find useful information on how to manage group. Where do i even begin with mary kubicas debut novel, the good girl. Discussion forums on black literature, culture, and more. Innercity art teacher mia dennett is taken hostage by her onenight stand, colin thatcher, who, instead of delivering her to his employers. She abused marijuana, loved pornography, and embraced both masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being. It gets 5 out of 5 stars, and its the best book i read this year. The good girl by mary kubica the book addicts guide.
Its frequently been compared to gone girl by gillian flynn, but i dont think the comparison is very apt. It will inspire analysis, synthesis, interpretation, and critical thinking. While the concept of open book discussion at your book club is easy to grasp, it is a little harder to practice. The boston girl book by anita diamant official publisher. After reading holes, use these questions to start a discussion with your students about the book. Book club discussion questions for the good girl the good girl book club kit pdf. Jul 29, 2014 people wind up dead and archer becomes a suspect. An intense and thoughtprovoking novel, ideal for book clubs and discussions. Im not sure when i first felt i wasnt good enough, but my earliest stinging memory of it happened in a place where strobe lights tumbled. Alternating chapters describe mias life before and after the abduction, always circling the questions of what really happened in those snowy woods, and what mia might do if shes ever.
Having great book discussion questions is essential to leading a successful book club, and now that i run an online moms book club i use this lesson to. The good girl is an almost completely characterdriven story. Since this book had been compared to gone girl and is categorized as a mysterythriller, i was looking for twists and mysteries throughout, trying to figure out what really happened. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. In what ways is the saying you cant judge a book by its cover a good one for this story.
It is a good idea to plan on finishing the book a little earlier than you might otherwise so that you have time to think about it and prepare before your book club meets. Have a good topic of discussion to start the conversation and make sure to have some more ready to introduce if the conversation flags, goes off topic, starts to repeat itself or gets uncomfortably contentious. This may seem obvious, but it is the most important step, so it is worth stating. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors.
Other frequently used terms to describe a book discussion club. Experienced instructors learn to prepare a mix of questions. Girl in the blue coat good reads common sense media the guardian ny times book companion beautifully written, intricately plotted, and meticulously researched, girl in the blue coat is an extraordinary, gripping novel about bravery, grief, and love in impossible times. A good girl cliffsnotes study guides book summaries. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. She knew that christians had a lot to say about all of the above. For some reason, perhaps the title alone, this book has been compared to gone girl but where gone girl is well written, fast paced, and always readable, the good girl has lots of awkward writing, is slow paced because it jumps around so much that we want to yell, get on with it. Coming up with book club discussion questions is often the hardest part of hosting a book club meeting. To enroll books in the publishers book promotion program and reach thousands of avid readers globally. There are so many things to talk about in this novel. The good news is if you start out with a few good questions, the ball gets rolling from there.
You can also use any of these questions as writing prompts. This reading group guide for the boston girl includes an introduction, discussion questions, and ideas for enhancing your book club. The bad girl was so self centred and utterly unlikable. Aug 21, 2017 ive been in a lot of book clubs, and i know its not always easy to get a conversation going on a book. A book discussion club is a group of people who meet to discuss a book or books that they have read and express their opinions, likes, dislikes, etc. Read chapter 1 of the becoming more than a good bible study girl book. The good girl by mary kubica book club discussion questions. This reading group guide for good girl, bad girl includes an introduction, discussion questions, and ideas for enhancing your book club. Here are seven strategies you can use to change students behavior and disrupt the norms that get in the way of a good discussion. If the book youre discussing has one its certainly worth printing it out. I dont normally read this type of book, thrillers or crime. Mia dennett is abducted one night by an enigmatic stranger named colin thatcher, whose job was to kidnap mia as part of a wild extortion plot and deliver her to his employers. Whether you are discussing characters and their actions, setting, theme, or images, having a guide to questions that will.
This blog is about books obviously, poetry, music, and ideas. Many books suitable for book clubs have discussion guides. Every book page contains useful information for your book group including book club questions. Jackie grew up fatherless and experienced gender confusion. Select a number of questions, write each on an index card, and distribute. Choose one question at a time and toss it out to the group. For more ideas, read book riots book club discussion questions, which includes 40 questions that work for nearly any book.
Below are several types of questions and suggestions about when to use which kind. After throughly enjoying gone girl i search for and found the good girl. He really means that she can be trusted, that she will keep max a secret, and that she will not be the cause of maxs discovery and death. Judy walker as i read the book, i kept thinking both, theres no way the ending can be as good as the rest, and theres no way this can end well. A good question is both answerable and challenging. Touted in its backcover copy as written in the tradition of gillian flynn and tana french, the good girl does bear some similarities to gone girl and the likeness in that it is certainly a book and it certainly is filled with pages. Book questions and reading guidesdiscussion guides for book clubs more than 500 printable reading guides for exceptional books. And, again, the power of words becomes apparent in how hans says that liesel is a good girl. Online since 1998 is one of the oldest online forums for the discussion of black literature, culture, poetry, technology and more. This study guide refers to the kindle edition of the good girl by mary kubica mia dennett, the protagonist in mary kubicas the good girl, lives on the perimeter of her highsociety family. No matter the genre, age, notoriety, or length of the book of the moment, book club questions can kickstart or enhance your group discussion.
If youre ready to start a book club, heres 40 of the best book club questions, for fiction. It is more often called simply a book club, a term that is also used to describe a book sales club, which can cause confusion. Designing effective discussion questions teaching commons. The good girl by mary kubica came so close to being a really great read for me. Free printable list september 5, 2016 in book club, life. In gay girl, good god, author jackie hill perry shares her own story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of finding wholeness. This is an era when gals have gams, guys say dang and keep extra lucky strikes in their hatbands. Mias mother and detective gabe hoffman will stop at nothing to find them, but no one could have predicted the emotional.
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