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Discussion Questions for Book Clubs

Discussion Questions for The Diva Cooks A Goose

If you only have time for one question, discuss number 8!

1. 1.    Christmas is almost ruined when someone steals the gifts.  What would you have done?  Would you have looked for an all night drugstore like Laci, or organized a neighborhood effort like Sophie?  Or would you have done something else?
   

2. 2.    Phil’s arrival with Bonnie at the Christmas Day festivities is certainly awkward.  How would you have handled it if you were Marnie or Laci?
   

3. 3.    Bonnie and Phil meant well by bringing an antique doll (even if it did look like a Madam in the Wild West) as a gift for Jen.  What do you think about giving children valuable antiques or keepsakes? 
   

4. 4.    How did you feel about Ginger?  One of my readers would like to see more of her.  Do you share that feeling?
   

5. 5.    When Sophie thinks Bonnie is sprawled on the floor, she breaks a window to get inside.  Would you have done that?  Or would you have waited for the authorities to arrive?  Would you have done something else?
   

6. 6.    How did you feel about Phil?  Was he wrong to bring Bonnie to the family Christmas celebration?  Did you think he might be trying to make Marnie jealous?  What about the announcement of his engagement to Bonnie?  Was Phil an insensitive jerk or a clueless pawn?
   

7. 7.    Were you surprised that Marnie and Phil reconciled?
   

8. 8.    Regifting plays a major role in this book.  Have you ever re-gifted anything?  Have you ever received something that was re-gifted?  Are there times when re-gifting is okay or is it always a bad idea? 
   

9.     Did you guess the identity of the murderer?  Who did you think it was?

The Diva Paints the Town

1. 1.Sophie feels very guilty for having neglected an aging neighbor.  Can you relate?
   

2. 2.Even though she’s married, Nina Reid Norwood went out to dinner with an old boyfriend.  Have you gone to dinner with an old flame?  Was Nina wrong to have dinner with him?
   

3. 3.Mordecai’s bequest brings a group of old friends back together.  Have you been to a reunion lately?  Did old feelings resurface?
   

4. 4.Sophie heard some very bad news about Wolf in this book.  If you were Sophie, how would you have handled it?
   

5. 5.Francie tells Sophie “it’s always the ones without money who want you to think they’re loaded.”  How do Nolan and Camille fit that description?
   

6. 6.Mordecai lived in a very old, historic home.  Have you lived in a historic house?  Would you like to?
   

7. 7.Sophie thought Natasha’s employee, Beth, acted odd.  Did you figure out what was going on?  What would you have done if you were in her shoes?  Could this book have been written from her point of view?
   

8. 8.Mars and Bernie are always trying to put Natasha in her place.  How do you feel about that?
   

9. 9.Sophie and Mars clearly get along.  Should they get back together?
   

10. 10.Did you guess the identity of the killer?  Who did you think it was?