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The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion: by Fannie Flagg | Conversation Starters A Brief Look Inside: As she approaches her 60th birthday, Sookie seems to have this life thing figured out. She is married with four grown children,and her biggest concern is trying to get her overbearing...

A More Perfect Union: by Dr. Ben Carson | Conversation Starters   A Brief Look Inside: From best-selling author, Dr. Ben Carson, comes A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties. In the book, Carson talks about the United States Constitution...

The Burgess Boys: by Elizabeth Strout | Conversation Starters   A Brief Look Inside: EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation Starters is...

The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan | Conversation Starters A Brief Look Inside: EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation...

The List: A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year by Amy Siskind: Conversation Starters The List: A Week-By-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year, by Amy Siskind, goes over the weekly deeds that President Trump has done since he took his office. From the President’s various tweets...

**Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson | Conversation Starters ** A Brief Look Inside:   EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,  and the characters and...

In the Midst of Winter: A Novel by Isabel Allende | Conversation Starters In the Midst of Winter, written by Isabel Allende, introduces the reader is introduced to two characters who are brought together by a cataclysmic event that brings them and another character together. The story flows...

Few novels have offered the modern reader such a fresh view of World War II as Markus Zusak's The Book Thief. With this new guide, you will have an even greater understanding of the book. Included in this guide: a biography of author Markus Zusak, a look at the book's context, its literary...

ABOUT THE BOOK I believe it was Arthur C. Clarke who once said that science fiction rarely tries to predict the future, but rather tries to prevent it. In many ways, he’s absolutely right. The purpose of great science fiction isn’t to show us what our future will be, but to help us reflect,...

Did you know the novel continues to generate controversy today as modern society has become increasingly aware of the lasting damage created by child sexual abuse? Or did you know due to the book, t**he name "Lolita" has entered pop culture to describe a sexually precocious girl? What...

Trivia-on-Book: If I Stay Take the challenge yourself and share it with friends and family for a time of fun! ------------ You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may call yourself a fan, but few truly...

Trivia-on-Book: American Gods by Neil Gaiman Take the challenge yourself and share it with friends and family for a time of fun!   You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may call yourself a fan, but...

Between the World and Me: by Ta-Nehisi Coates | Summary & Analysis A Smarter You In 15 Minutes… What is your time worth? In Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates shares all of his answers in a letter to his son, and the readers. It is a story of his awakening to a very deep realization...

Daring Greatly: by Brené Brown | Summary & Analysis A Smarter You In 15 Minutes… What is your time worth? In this self-help book, Brown presents a new ideology for those who struggle with it: it’s okay to be vulnerable. So many people try to put up a front and be tough in life,...