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Becoming by Michelle Obama: Conversation Starters Michelle Obama is a racial trailblazer who has not received enough credit for how deftly she played and balanced her role as the First Lady. People don't realize how hard she worked. This memoir shows how Obama remains herself as she goes...

The Perfect Mother: A Novel by Aimee Molloy: Conversation Starters One of the May Mothers has a notorious past that she hides from her fellow mothers. Another has a wealthy and famous family. Two of them went through great losses, while Winnie tries to hide the fact that she once was a TV...

Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, its Chaotic Founding... its Purloined Basketball by Sam Anderson: Conversation Starters Oklahoma City is a place "born from chaos" and one of the "great weirdo cities of the world." Oklahoma's basketball team Thunder is...

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly | 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 peppered with questions...

Emma in the Night: A Novel by Wendy Walker | Conversation Starters Sisters Emma and Cass disappear from home late one night. The police find Emma’s car at a nearby beach, her shoes floating on the water. Signs of Cass are not found. After three years, Cass, now 18, suddenly appears at her...

**Battlefield Earth: Alien Arrival. Alien Invasion. A Post-Apocalyptic Earth Space Opera by L. Ron Hubbard | 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...

**Golden Son (The Red Rising Series, Book 2) by Pierce Brown | 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...

** The Secret History by Donna Tartt | 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 New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander | Conversation Starters When Barack Obama won the presidency in 2009, the world thought that America has finally won over racial discrimination. Legal scholar and civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander however...

Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Tim Ferriss | Conversation Starters After having a somewhat difficult year, New York Times bestselling author and motivational speaker, Timothy Ferriss asked for help from some of the most brilliant people he knows. He decided...

We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel by Georgia Hunter | Conversation Starters We Were the Lucky Ones is the first book release from author Georgia Hunter. We Were the Lucky Ones tells the true story of Hunter's family, the Kurc family. The story takes place in Poland in 1939. Even though the...

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder | Conversation Starters Red Notice: A True Story of Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice” is Bill Browder’s captivating memoir surrounding the time he spent in Russia and his...

Trivia-on-Book: When I Found You 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...

I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World by Malala Yousafzai | 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...