Book Club Resources

A group of twenty in a library. Ten people in a bookstore. Five friends with wine in a living room. Two colleagues at a water-cooler. An online discussion among strangers who live a world apart. Whatever the size or configuration of your reading group, I want to do what I can to help. How? Virtual chat, signed book plates, bookmarks, questions that come up. Whatever it is, don’t hesitate to ask.

Molly Molloy & the Angel of Death

Here’s my list of the Best Stories of Death Personified

  1. Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief

  2. Martine Leavitt’s Keturah and Lord Death

  3. Neil Gaiman’s Death: The High Cost of Living

  4. Terry Pratchett’s Reaper Man

  5. T.J. Klune’s Under the Whispering Door

  6. And my own Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death.

Legend of All Wolves

FYI: This interview with Dabney Grinnan over at All About Romance is one of my favorites

General Questions

Do you read paranormal romances? What have you liked about them? Or not liked? How does this compare?

The Iron Moon is three full days long, not just one night. What is the impact of that on Pack life and structure?

Shifters can be wolves, but rarely ever are. How have they dealt with this almost—but not quite—human life?

If you were Leonora Jeansdottir and responsible for teaching the Pack Human Behaviors, what would you make sure they knew?

The Pack has a close relationship with death. How does that manifest itself in what they eat, in their rituals, in their thinking about their own dead?

If you were given a choice—Pack, Shifter or human—which would you be? Why?

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The Last Wolf

Did Silver feel human to you? In what ways?

How about Tiberius? If so, what about him felt more human.

Ronan, a relatively minor character, set many parts of the story in motion. How?

This is not a fated mate story. What do Tiberius and Silver bring to each other?

Tiberius did have pack of sorts, led by his father. How did Shifter and Pack understanding of leadership differ?

A Wolf Apart

What are the elements of Elijah’s disguise?

Elijah’s a miserable human being at the beginning. Is a miserable wolf, too?

What is it about Thea that appeals to him?

Thea is not afraid of being alone. What is the impact of this on her reactions to the men in her life?

What happens at CU that makes Elijah screw up so royally?

There is discussion of what goes into being a monster. Who is the real monster here?

And here’s my list of Best Stories Told by Monsters

  1. 1) Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

  2. 2) John Gardner’s Grendel

  3. 3) Steven Sherrill’s The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break

  4. 4) Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea

  5. 5) Patrick Ness’s A Monster Calls

  6. 6) & I’ll plug my own werewolf books, BC they are more wolf than ‘were’, more monster than man.