That said, I was engaged with Maggie and the mystery. I left it dangling, because it would have diminished the change in Samantha to have it all settled and happy. Questions for discussion will be as follows: 1. 2. If you'd like me to review your book, contact me! Book Summary Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. All Right Reserved. All day, everyday. I would definitely be a different person if I was a single child. !hq�*�n�k�h. In addition to the museum setting, this story takes place during the year 2003 in LA. This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. I recommend it for those who are interested in: a.) Do our kids understand that it is just as important to applaud others and be humble? 6) Samantha owns the ugly parts of herself in order to move on with her life. The information about Still Life shown above was first featured in "The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's online-magazine that keeps our members abreast of notable and high-profile books publishing in the coming weeks. Author Araminta Hall had the difficult task of following up her previous novel, Our Kind of Cruelty, which was voted the best book of 2018 by both Crime Reads…, Ordinarily, I like to group together holiday titles around their respective seasons instead of plunging ahead as soon as possible after each book’s publication date, but I simply could not resist diving straight into Christin Brecher’s latest Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery! Does it ever have the power to hurt? She has her childish jealousy, her feelings of betrayal, and her anger over his driving habits that eventually lead to their family’s suffering. Her flaw of being too proud came back to the fact that if she couldn’t be the one “on stage” then she felt as if she was nothing of importance. And Now She’s Gone could have been produced as a pure mystery/private investigator story but ends but being something much bigger. Book Club Questions for The Last Story of... Book Club Questions for The Night Swim by... Book Club Questions for Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi, Book Club Questions for The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim, Review: The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim, Book Club Questions for American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, Book Club Questions for The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, Book Club Questions for The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes, Book Club Questions for The Guest List by Lucy Foley. Why is that odd for a homicide detective, and how does it influence his work? endstream endobj 11 0 obj <> endobj 12 0 obj <> endobj 13 0 obj <>stream Book Club Questions for Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa... Review: Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. 2. We meet in a private Facebook group and chat about a new book every month. Did you suspect Greg, Maggie’s ex, had something to do with Kim’s disappearance? It also has the ex-boyfriend relationship aspect too. 10) What were your thoughts about Haley? The Still Lives exhibit sounds disturbing but it is representing real-life murders of women. This would depend on many factors—how strong was our marriage and what crime did he commit that would send him to jail. The following book club questions will have spoilers so if you haven’t read the book yet, check out my preview and review first. Book Club Questions Sixteen questions for the book club reading Still Alice by Lisa Genova: What were your thoughts and impressions of Alzheimer’s disease before reading this book, especially as it would affect a younger person? They are very telling, so you may want to finish the book before reading this post. Was the ending satisfying? Did you see hints of it or did it take you by surprise? My personal findings is that the moment I begin judging others, life tries to prove a lesson to me. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.