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Book Club Questions

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Murder in the Second Pew

1. What characters in the book did you like best? Least? Did the characters in the book seem believable to you? Did they remind you of anyone?

2. Which character in the book would you most like to meet?

3. Who would you consider is “family” to Matt, and what problems or concerns arise because of this?

4. What were the reactions of the different townspeople when the body found in the riverbed was identified? Did anyone’s reaction surprise you? Did anyone become a possible suspect?

5. What was your reaction when the second body was found in the church sanctuary and who was on your list of suspects?

6. Jimmy Jr.’s gubernatorial race plays a major role in the book. Why?

7. How did you feel about the treatment of religion in this book? Too much? Too little? What in particular was your gut reaction to Pastor Hayden’s conversation with Jimmy Jr. on the campaign bus?

8. How do you feel about the relationship between Matt and Angie? Thumbs up or thumbs down and why?

9. Do you think Zach shot the preacher?

10. If you got the chance to ask Ms. Gresham one question, what would it be? CLICK HERE to contact

Preacher's First Murder

1. What characters in the book did you like best? Least? Did the characters in the book seem believable to you? Did they remind you of anyone?

 

2. Which character in the book would you most like to meet?

 

3. Who would you consider is “family” to Matt, and what problems or concerns arise because of this?

 

4. What were the reactions of the different townspeople when the body found in the riverbed was identified? Did anyone’s reaction surprise you? Did anyone become a possible suspect?

 

5. What was your reaction when the second body was found in the church sanctuary and who was on your list of suspects?

 

6. Jimmy Jr.’s gubernatorial race plays a major role in the book. Why?

 

7. How did you feel about the treatment of religion in this book? Too much? Too little? What in particular was your gut reaction to Pastor Hayden’s conversation with Jimmy Jr. on the campaign bus?

 

8. How do you feel about the relationship between Matt and Angie? Thumbs up or thumbs down and why?

 

9. Do you think Zach shot the preacher?

10. If you got the chance to ask Ms. Gresham one question, what would it be? CLICK HERE to contact

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Three Days at Wrigley Field

1. What was your initial reaction to the book’s premise? What emotions did you experience when presented with the idea of a woman being good enough to play professional baseball? Did your attitude change as the book progressed?

2. Did you find there was too much baseball in the book or too little?

3. How did the players, coaches, and trainers react to Rachel before the try-out? After? 

4. What purpose did the WGN baseball announcers serve in the book?

 

5. How would you describe Rachel and Boswell’s early relationship after meeting in college? How would you describe it at the end of the book?


6. What was Rachel’s toughest challenge? Did she overcome it?


7. What was your favorite baseball scene in the book and why?


8. What was your least favorite scene in the book and why?


9. Owner Mike McAllister and Baseball Commissioner William Cannon had very different views about baseball. What were their views and which view would you have agreed with more before you read the book? After you read the book?

10. Does the reader of this book need to be a baseball fan? Why or why not?

11. If you got the chance to ask Ms. Gresham one question, what would it be? CLICK HERE to contact

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