{"id":2729,"date":"2014-08-06T01:45:42","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T01:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontowots.wordpress.com\/?p=2319"},"modified":"2015-08-14T14:27:11","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T14:27:11","slug":"welcome-to-the-word-on-the-street-book-club-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/welcome-to-the-word-on-the-street-book-club-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to The Word On the Street Book Club!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Word On The Street has selected four great Canadian reads by authors appearing at the 2014 festival as part of our first summer book club.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be discussing the books each week throughout the summer, and on September 21st, everyone will\u00a0have the chance to meet the authors in person at Queen\u2019s Park Circle. \u2018Tis the season for beach and park reading, so let\u2019s get the conversation started!<\/p>\n<p>If you aren\u2019t an \u2018official\u2019 member of the book club, that shouldn\u2019t stop you from joining in with your thoughts\u00a0in the comments of the blog.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the tabs above to check out the discussion questions our intrepid Book Club Leaders have come up with!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The Indifference League<br \/>\n<\/strong>Richard Scarsbrook<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/torontowots.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/9781459710368.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2320 size-thumbnail alignnone\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/torontowots.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/9781459710368.jpg?w=93\" alt=\"9781459710368\" width=\"93\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Book Club Leader: Dave Nadalin<\/p>\n<p>Dave Nadalin is a Toronto-based publishing professional who likes dogs more than cats. He is the winner of many one man pizza-eating competitions, and boasts the least updated account in twitter history.<\/p>\n<p>Take it away, Dave!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Section 1: Chapters 1-8<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Section 2: Chapters 9-11<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Section 3: Chapters 12-20<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Section 4: Chapters 21-26<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Part 1:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">After the first 8 Chapters which character(s) did you identify with most and why?\u00a0Did your opinion of any of the characters change after the first chapter?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">What do you think the stat cards at the\u00a0beginning of each chapter bring to the story?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why do you think the characters keep making time to visit Mr. Nice Guy&#8217;s cottage every year?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Word On The Street has selected four great Canadian reads by authors appearing at the 2014 festival as part of our first summer book club. 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