# Book club discussion

Book and author:
Meeting date:

## Opening — 5 minutes
One sentence each: what stayed with you? Let anyone pass.

## Discussion — 35 minutes
1. Which moment made you want to keep reading? What changed there?
   Follow-up: Was it something you needed to know, or someone you wanted to understand?
   Passage or page:
   Notes:

2. Which choice by a character did you understand even though you disagreed with it?
   Follow-up: What would that person have had to give up to choose differently?
   Passage or page:
   Notes:

3. What does the narrator leave out, misunderstand or refuse to admit?
   Follow-up: Where does the reader have to do work the narrator will not do?
   Passage or page:
   Notes:

4. What question does the ending leave you with?
   Follow-up: Does leaving it unanswered make the ending stronger or less satisfying?
   Passage or page:
   Notes:

5. What will you remember six months from now, and why?
   Follow-up: Has anyone else chosen something you almost overlooked?
   Passage or page:
   Notes:

## Close — 10 minutes
What changed in your reading after hearing the group?
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