At first, i didnt realize that rachel was an alcoholic. As such, book clubs that read this book have the opportunity to discuss american history, foster care issues or the relationships between characters in this particular novel. Yet since the relationship between truth and memory is often a slippery one, how objective or true can a memory, by definition, really be. Classic gin and tonic adapted from the kitchn makes 1 drink 2 oz gin 2 oz tonic go for high quality. Book club is coming up again next month and ive put together the girl on the train discussion questions so everyone can join along. Book club questions for the girl with the louding voice by. Feb 28, 2016 book club is coming up again next month and ive put together the girl on the train discussion questions so everyone can join online and add their thoughts. Listen as book club girl podcast cohosts tavia and eliza chat with authors and get fascinating behindthescenes details and insights into your favorite book club reads. Start a book club discussion and challenge your group to deepen their analysis of the reading material with this set of sample book club questions. In this book club discussion, we will have an indepth analysis of an anonymous girl by greer hendricks and sarah pekkanen.
Find resources for your book club, whether it meets in your living room or across cyberspace. Book questions and reading guides discussion guides for book clubs more than 500 printable reading guides for exceptional books. Jul 12, 2016 compulsively readable, the girl on the train is an emotionally immersive, hitchcockian thriller, and an electrifying debut that will forever change the way you look at other peoples lives. Heres a video of martha hall kelly introducing lilac girls. I read the book in one allnighter in just four hours. The girl on the train nov stony plain friday book club. The girl on the train book club discussions glamour. Book club discussions are great conversations based on a common book that everyone has read. The girl on the train movie tiein by paula hawkins. Designed to make your reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable, this study guide encompasses a wealth of information.
The girl on the train is so much more than the next gone girl. If not, you can visit the publisher or authors website and find online reading guides. Mar 06, 2015 the audio book club meets the girl on the train slate critics debate paula hawkins bestselling thriller. How different is the book from hitchcocks rear window and psycho. She thinks their life looks perfect until, one day, she sees something shocking. This episode is dedicated to our discussion of the girl on the train by paula hawkins. The lost girls of paris book club discussion guide the title, the lost girls of paris, refers to twelve female intelligence agents who disappeared while on their missions overseas.
In this comprehensive book club companion, kathryn cope guides readers through paula hawkins bestselling novel the girl on the train. Please feel free to respond to one, some, or all of the dis. Ive found that the best book club discussion questions are ones that are openended and that get people to share their personal opinions. Book club questions for the orphan train by christina baker. The girl on the train october bookshare book club general. The girl on the train is so much more than the next. Feb 28, 2020 ideally, everyone would come to the book club bursting with feelings, impressions, and ideas that the book had sparked. May 21, 2020 ive been in a lot of book clubs, and i know its not always easy to get a conversation going on a book. Vanity fair the girl on the train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since gone girl. Born and raised in zimbabwe and living in london since 1989, what can we identify from the book that shows her diverse cultural background. Who would you cast to play the major roles in a film version of the book. Listen to our movies meet book club podcast as hollister and otoole discuss the movie and book. The girl on the train book club discussion questions. The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other peoples lives.
The orphan train by christina baker kline moves back and forth between two stories that of a young orphan girl in the early twentieth century and that of a teenager in the modernday foster care system. What does the girl on the train have in common with gone girl. Reading groups for children and parents can bring families closer. In this way, with her own voyeuristic curiosity, rachel watson is not so unusual. This is a video for people who have already read the book. A crucial question in the girl on the train is how much rachel watson can trust her own memory. The main character, the girl on the train is rachel, a lonely, alcoholic woman who rides the train to london every morning, keeping up the pretense that she still has a job.
One way to include all members is to write questions on an index card for e. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from bookperk and other harpercollins services. If you would like to participate in a discussion of the book scheduled for 7 p. Oct 04, 2015 i had to craft some discussion questions for the group. It was griping and suspenseful that i couldnt go to bed until i knew who did it.
The audio book club meets the girl on the train slate critics debate paula hawkins bestselling thriller. Discussion guide sales materials805 the flight girls book club kit2am. Sep 15, 2020 by using thoughtco, you accept ourgone girl by gillian flynn. Lilac girls was based on real people and real events that happened during. Were discussing the third book for our book club the girl on the train by paula hawkins. The novel debuted in the number one spot on the new york times fiction best sellers of 2015 list print and e book dated 1 february 2015, 2 and remained. Compulsively readable, the girl on the train is an emotionally immersive, hitchcockian thriller and an electrifying debut.
For signed book plates for your book club members, send a list of your members names if they want their book plates personalized along with a selfaddressed, stamped envelope to. A debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other peoples lives. The book opens with rachel, a lonely woman with an active. Welcome to this fall quarter discussion of girl on the train.
The book was selected with the help of a panel made up of reading agency and library staff from across the uk. New york times bestselling author christina baker kline and andy robinson, winemaker for seghesio family vineyards, will join us to taste seghesio sonoma chardonnay and sonoma zinfandel and and discuss the exiles on thursday september 24th at 7pm est on the book club girl facebook page. It is the kind of book that readers are eager to talk to other people about. This book touches on the female pilots who helped train soldiers. Each month, we discuss a different best selling novel with a strong female lead. The girl on the train by paula hawkins book club discussion. The thirteenth tale by diane setterfield is a rich story about secrets, ghosts, winter, books and family. Lilac girls book club discussion questions arlenes book club. We sipped on a book inspired cocktail while we chatted about this page turner. Jun 10, 2015 book club is coming up again next month and ive put together the girl on the train discussion questions so everyone can join along. Paula hawkins has 15 years experience as a journalist.
Were a global book club for likeminded women to discuss great books. The girl on the train by paula hawkins paper clips. Use these book club discussion questions on the thirteenth tale to delve into diane setterfields magical world. She had to borrow from her father to be able to complete it. Sixyearold gretl schmidt is on a train bound for ausch. Delve deeper into the books making the charts, and get tips for keeping your reading group engaged. Feb 16, 2015 an 11yearold boy named michael boards a ship crossing the indian ocean and the suez canal. If youre ready to start a book club, heres 40 of the best book club questions, for fiction. Women served many important roles during world war ii. We have an exclusive extract available for you to read as well as discussion questions for your reading group. The girl on the train is a 2015 psychological thriller novel by british author paula hawkins that gives narratives from three different women about relationship troubles and binge drinking. Openended questions help ignite discussions involving the whole group. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck.
Questions every book club asks, the story behind the writing of orphan train, and more. Sounds like life of pi, but in this tall tale form the seas, parts of the story are retold in his adult. Recommending new books each month to spark lively conversation. Oct 06, 2016 welcome to the first official meeting of the bookshare book club. Rachel sees the same couple breakfasting on their deck each morning as she passes by in her commuter train. With the endless supply of literature both online and in shops, it comes as no surprise that finding the perfect book can be a big challenge and thats one of the reasons why book clubs are so great. Samantha cerff, an editor for fandango latin america and member of the book club sinopsis in lima, peru, recommends organizing all those thoughts prior to the meeting. Book club members gathered recently in the railroadthemed kct board room at union station to discuss hawkins bestselling debut novel. Through these internal and dialog interactions with three different women throughout the book, the author has forced the reader to become guilty of similar curiosity. It is being published all over the world and has been optioned by dreamworks. Fyi book club discussion for the girl on the train by. Its a crime thriller bestseller novel by the author. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Please feel free to use these, or modify them to suit your own book club.
Many books have reading guides at the end of the book that are perfect to use for your book club. Jan 21, 2015 rich in detail and epic in scope, orphan train by christina baker kline is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. The girl on the train is one of a string of thrillers involving women, including gone girl and the woman in cabin 10. Due in part to the three female points of view pov, we found it was very difficult to like any of the characters although megan drew some sympathy. Commuter trains are very common in the uk and i was unsure of the rules. Ron weasley for the role of the redhaired man, of course. As a member or leader of a book club, you are likely to be reading books on a wide variety o. Rsvp here today learn more about our book club girl book and wine tasting events and order a fantastic. The girl from the train is a best book club book for discussion set during the final moments of wwii about a polish resistance fighter and a young girl bound for auschwitz. Website facebook amazon author page discussion questions for lilac girls 1. The girl on the train took paula hawkins six months to complete. All members of the book club read the same book over the same period.
Readers find the pacing of the girl on the train, a bestseller known as this years gone girl, quite up to speed. Does girl on the train reflect a journalistic style. Always get your questions ready beforehand and keep in. Cant wait to debrief after listening to the latest episode of your favorite audio series. Each month bookshare will work with the book club members to select a new book to read and enjoy together. If there is one thing that can be said about the girl on the train and the whole group agreed on it is one heck of a good discussion book. Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. The girl from the train by irma joubert reading guidebook. Jan 28, 2015 i coordinate a book club plus group and found this discussion site the best for inspiring thought and delving into the story. The girl on the train by paula hawkins transworld will be featured on the radio 2 book club on monday 26 january. Mirna valerio shares how she rediscovered running and learned to focus on herself without guilt or shame.
By laura bennett, dan kois, and katy waldman to listen to the audio book club discussion. Book club discussion questions the book club guide. In this book club discussion, we will have an indepth analysis of the girl on the train by paula hawkins. How reflective is this book on the current societal situation. Berkeley college online book club girl on the train. Jul 12, 2016 a site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. The creator of fat girl running shares how she rediscovered herself through running. All of these thrillers involve women in the context of parenting, marriages, romantic relationships, and familial. The train moves on immediately, but she cant keep it to herself and informs the police. May 28, 2017 please put your comments for lilac girls book club discussion questions in the comments area below.
From the train she can see the house she had shared with her husband, tom. Fyi book club discussion for the girl on the train by paula. The best book club questions for every kind of discussion. Designed to make your reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable, this study guide encompasses a. A new growing crop of podcast conversation clubs on and offline can connect you with other eager fans, book clubstyle. Book club discussion questionsthe orphan train by christina baker kline discussion questionsbook club discussion questions for my sisters keeper by jodi picoultdiscussion questions for in cold blood by truman capotethe secret life of bees by sue monk kidd discussion questions.
Over the next month, well devour, discuss and digest the twists and turns of the novel on facebook. Our group meets tomorrow and i cant wait to share during the plus part of our gathering. Book club girl is a promotional service of harpercollins publishers, 195 broadway, new york, ny 7, providing information about the products of harpercollins and its affiliates. He lives there now with his new wife and their daughter. Aug 26, 2016 between the lines book club will be meeting tomorrow, august 27, 2016, at arden dimick library at 10. In what ways are the three lead charactersgrace, marie, and eleanorlost, and how are they ultimately found. Sep 05, 2016 when you choose a popular book club book, you can often find a wealth of book discussion questions already written for you. How to find your local book club in the uk, because sometimes you need to discuss that ending. General book club questions for study and discussion. Jan 16, 2015 the mashablereads social book club has selected the girl on the train as our first pick of 2015. Nothing is more addicting than the girl on the train.
Fat girl running discusses ultramarathoning training and her new book shape. Shop and save on gifts for everyone on your list sections show more follow today setting up a book club for your children will no. Lets discuss the girl on the train by paula hawkins thanks to our genius books editor and soontobepublished author. Mar, 2015 members of fyi and the library staff chose the girl on the train by paula hawkins. These book discussion questions are highly detailed and will ruin plot points if you have not read the book. Book club questions for the orphan train by christina.
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