TT Book Club Help!

[heiros-acumen.livejournal.com]

I'm part of a neighborhood group offering Zoom sessions daily in lots of subjects as mental health and education during Covid. They do book clubs, and naturally I asked to lead sessions on The Thief. I thought they wanted to keep things local, so I didn't post about it on here. But they just said they'd like me to invite anyone, so — any of you reprobates want to join me? Here's the link: https://zoom.us/j/457210006?fbclid=IwAR2s9cWSbmghaJgVLSPEIUnH34YlHfrSnA4qiMd4HMcJMUSxfPULg8HLbZE Or go to oaklandmillsonline.com and click on the book club link. We have a waiting room for security, so please name yourself something Sounds-related so I'll know who you are and to let you in. :)

Something I really need help with: the format they use is that the first session just introduces the book without anyone having read any of it yet. How do I talk about anything vaguely Queen's Thief related for 30-50 minutes without spoilers?

(And MWT-if you're reading this: PLEASE COME!!! I would die of happiness!)

Comments

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Fun! Is there a specific date/time for it?

Is the group for all ages? One thing that might be fun for younger readers--and it's a great literacy skill--is to read a paragraph to them and ask for predictions about what might they think happen in the book, or for questions that immediately come to mind. For example, after reading the first paragraph of the book, I wondered what in the world he'd done to land himself in that awful prison, what time period it might be, and how he would ever get out of there. You get such a great feel for Gen's snide character from the first couple of paragraphs of the book, too. You could ask about everyone's favorite fantasy/historical fiction books, what makes for well-written fantasy world building, etc. Are those the kinds of things they might like? You could also quote from some of the spoiler-free reviews out there (giving credit) to get people interested.

[heiros-acumen.livejournal.com]

Thanks for pointing out that important detail I forgot to say:

It's Monday evenings at 5pm EST, starting tonight, June 1st.

And thanks for the great ideas! Yes, it's all ages, but their might be younger, elementary school readers. My first question was what had Gen done to get put in prison, too!

[whataliethatwas.livejournal.com]

You could also talk a little about how the book was written after mwt took a trip to Greece and maybe give an age-appropriate intro into the country, the lion gate she fell in love with, and maybe even touch on some Greek mythology as it can help provide some context for later parts of the story.

This is such a fun idea! I hope we get some new thief lovers out of this. :)

[heiros-acumen.livejournal.com]

Yes, I definitely want to talk about Greek mythology next time!

Creating new Thief lovers is exactly why I signed up to do this!!

[deirdrej.livejournal.com]

Hi!

I'm assuming I missed this? Or is it actually happening in the future?

The link took me to a discussion today (I clicked because I am ever hopeful), but the discussion was about a different book. Good discussion, though!

[heiros-acumen.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm sorry I forgot to put it in the original post- the discussions for The Thief are Monday evenings at 5 pm. We're talking about Chapters 1-4 on June 8. The link above goes to any of the books clubs being held by the organization. I think tonight (June 5) is Because of Winn Dixie.