{ABC Book Club} Theme #3: Crime Fiction | Darkly Dreaming Dexter (book10)

[Anndrea Chan]

Hello book club members!!

It's time for our second book for our third theme! 

We will be reading:

Darkly Dreaming Dexter
by Jeff Lindsay

Meet Dexter Morgan, a polite wolf in sheep's clothing. He's handsome and charming, but something in his past has made him abide by a different set of rules. He's a serial killer whose one golden rule makes him immensely likeable: he only kills bad people. And his job as a blood splatter expert for the Miami police department puts him in the perfect position to identify his victims. But when a series of brutal murders bearing a striking similarity to his own style start turning up, Dexter is caught between being flattered and being frightened -- of himself or some other fiend.

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REMINDER

Our next meeting is on Sunday, October 13, 2013 from 1:30 - 4:30PM

Agenda

-Welcome new members

-Revisit club rules (e.g. what books we can/cannot read)

-Come up with next theme

-Discuss questions below

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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. Do you think the book is realistic? 

2. If you were Goodmoondoor and Sickreader, and someone posed as Father Friendly and turned out to be a criminal, would you easily take him in like they did in his time of need?

3. How would you react to Toxic showing up at your door? (As Gun)

4. Do you think that the people he killed deserved to die? If his job entailed merely hurting them (to serve as a warning), would that be OK? Furthermore, would you want to enlist that service to send a message to someone you hate?

5. How do you deal with people that annoy you or perhaps, even wronged you? 

6. Did the ending fulfill your expectations? Were you disappointed? 

7. Overall, did you like the book? Why or why not?

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As a bonus, I've also attached Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman.

It's such a good book and it relates to the theme in case you're interested in reading it :) 

Let me know what you think!! 

Festina lente!

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Anndrea Beatriz Chan
www.originalcolor.net

[Anndrea Chan]

Good afternoon everyone,

Proposing dates for the next book club meeting to discuss Darkly Dreaming.

Same time - brunch. 

Frances gets to pick the location.

November 3

November 10

Thanks! 

Anndrea Beatriz Chan
www.originalcolor.net