|
Start Here! :wave:
|
|
1
|
1332
|
April 17, 2025
|
|
2026 first quarter besties
|
|
25
|
58
|
April 14, 2026
|
|
What are you reading this week? And what did you think of last week’s books? (4/09/2026)
|
|
43
|
106
|
April 14, 2026
|
|
BookBrowsers ask Michelle Collins Anderson, author of The Moonshine Women
|
|
5
|
30
|
April 14, 2026
|
|
Of Lidy, Elsie says, "Right or wrong, but never indifferent. She was a Strong through and through." Did you agree with the steely matriarch's decisions to do what she thought best—whether keeping a painful secret or ending a life prematurely?'
|
|
10
|
30
|
April 13, 2026
|
|
Many women were scared or intimidated into submitting themselves to these facilities. Women didn't receive due process through a court system. Why do you think women were the primary focus of immoral behaviors and not men?
|
|
21
|
63
|
April 13, 2026
|
|
What’s the best nonfiction book you read in 2025?
|
|
56
|
693
|
April 13, 2026
|
|
What are you reading this week? And what did you think of last week’s books? (4/02/2026)
|
|
57
|
183
|
April 9, 2026
|
|
The Finest Hotel in Kabul discussion (spoilers!)
|
|
26
|
32
|
April 12, 2026
|
|
There are many motherless daughters in The Moonshine Women. How do the women mother each other? How do sisterhood and female friendship become even more important when our mother figures are unavailable or gone?
|
|
7
|
32
|
April 13, 2026
|
|
Best Historical Fiction of the Century so far
|
|
5
|
64
|
April 9, 2026
|
|
Did you enjoy the ending of the book? Where were you left in terms of your feelings?
|
|
21
|
84
|
April 11, 2026
|
|
New 5 Under 35
|
|
6
|
40
|
April 9, 2026
|
|
What was the last novel you read that was set primarily in a Latin American country?
|
|
21
|
60
|
April 8, 2026
|
|
Have you read Michelle Collins Anderson’s first novel, The Flower Sisters? If so, how do the two books compare?
|
|
24
|
90
|
April 13, 2026
|
|
Overall, what did you think of The Greek House? (No spoilers, please!)
|
|
22
|
87
|
April 13, 2026
|
|
Overall, what did you think of The Moonshine Women? For what audience would you recommend the book? (no spoilers in this topic, please!)
|
|
27
|
76
|
April 14, 2026
|
|
In 10 words or less, tell us what your favorite book is without using the title
|
|
57
|
208
|
April 8, 2026
|
|
Who did you blame for Billy’s disappearance? Why do you suppose he wasn’t found by the authorities? Did you have any theories about what happened to the boy?
|
|
17
|
45
|
April 13, 2026
|
|
How did the setting of The Greek House influence your experience of reading the novel?
|
|
12
|
47
|
April 13, 2026
|
|
Which of the plot twists did you see coming, and which surprised you the most?
|
|
18
|
75
|
April 13, 2026
|
|
Hiram worships the memory of his dead wife Alta and grieves her; a put-upon Lidy resents her. Rebecca and Elsie crave her softness and stories, while Shine has no memories of her at all. How do you feel about this complicated voiceless character?
|
|
14
|
35
|
April 9, 2026
|
|
How did you feel about Thirza's relationship with Emilio? How does it impact her time in Corfu?
|
|
13
|
51
|
April 11, 2026
|
|
To what audience would you recommend The Greek House? Is there another book or author you feel has a similar theme or style?
|
|
12
|
45
|
April 11, 2026
|
|
What’s your opinion on movies that are based on classics in general? Are there any that you think were particularly well done, or feel were absolutely dreadful?
|
|
4
|
32
|
April 13, 2026
|
|
Lidy Strong knows what people in the Ozark hills call "granny cures." Which one did you find the most interesting or surprising? Can you share one from your own culture or upbringing?
|
|
7
|
31
|
April 10, 2026
|
|
Making moonshine requires careful identification of the different parts of the distillate. Shine becomes an expert at this at an early age, but is far less adept at handling matters of her own heart. Are you glad she gets a second chance with John?
|
|
17
|
37
|
April 9, 2026
|
|
The "cow shoes" that Shine wore to cover her tracks were just one creative way that moonshiners and bootleggers kept their operations clandestine during Prohibition. Have you heard of others that you found particularly clever?
|
|
8
|
32
|
April 11, 2026
|
|
Lidy believes "the lot of women isn't right"—specifically that undesired pregnancies disproportionately affects females. This situation plays out repeatedly over the course of the novel. Do you agree? Or is hers a sentiment and symptom of the era?
|
|
15
|
37
|
April 9, 2026
|
|
What did you initially think of Penelope, and of her relationship with Piers? How did your opinion of her change over the course of the novel? How about your opinion of Piers?
|
|
10
|
34
|
April 10, 2026
|