"Book Club"

I have a "Book Club" with a couple close friends from church.  In the last meeting, we decided to read Catching Fire in the Hunger Games series.

For those of you that have not read the book, here is the synopsis:

"Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games.  But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe.  The Capitol wants revenge... and President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe!  By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdenn and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly became the faces of an impending rebellion."

Last night we planned to discuss the book as a group. It was my turn to host our “Book Club” so I choose to have it at our neighborhood pool.  

With summer vacations,  some of the members of the club were unable to attend.  But we met as a smaller group anyway.  Some of the questions that I threw out for discussions were...

1.   Why does the Capitol devise a special reaping procedure for every 25th Game? Do you believe the requirements for this Quarter Quell were decided in the past or were they designed for this Game to force Katniss and Peeta back to the Arena?

2.   What is more harmful to the players in this Game—the physical traumas like the fog and rain of fire, or the emotional trauma of hearing the jabberjays?

3.   Why does President Snow come to Katniss’s home? What does he mean when he says, “you have provided a spark which left unattended may grow into an inferno....” What, exactly, was the significance of the handful of poisonous berries at the end of The Hunger Games?

The next book that we decided to read is Life As We Knew It, by Susan Beth Pfeffer.  It was suggested by one of my friends that had said this author is a great writer.

Here is the synopsis of this book:

"Through journal entries, sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions."