Discussion questions for your book club
Which character did you relate the most to and why?
Which character(s) did you find the least likeable?
Do you think Charlotte made good choices? What would you have done differently?
Did you think Jay was good for Charlotte?
What did you think of the way dust and dirt kept showing up?
Did you find any symbols or metaphors that were meaningful to you?
What did you think of Frank? Should Luella take him or leave him?
Who did you think would die before the murder happened?
Did you guess who the killer was? What clue was the most important?
Is Madame Rusalka real or imagined? What does she represent?
What was the most shocking or surprising moment of the book?
Is Sonny Sterling's mansion a place you'd want to visit or a place you'd want to avoid?
What happens next? What would you tell Charlotte to do if you were her friend?
If you got the chance to ask the author of this book one question, what would it be? (Hey! Ask me!)
Other fun tips for hosting a book club for Circus Train at Sunrise:
Create a book group playlist of songs that come to mind as you read the book and play it at your meeting!
Cook foods that appear in the story! For Circus Train at Sunrise, you could have a 'breakfast for dinner' theme with biscuits and gravy, coffee, eggs, grits, and bacon. Circus foods include popcorn and cotton candy. Dinner foods include pot roast and vegetables, eggs benedict, oysters, and mashed potatoes.
Make fun drinks or mocktails from the prohibition era! For ideas on 1920s cocktails click here.
Host a 1920's or circus theme dress-up party.
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