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Our book club met for the very first time in January 1999. Twenty years later we are still going strong, with four original members. There are currently 8 members, all women. We meet once a month from September to June.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Starry Nights Fundraiser

100% of the proceeds will go to local charities and community groups.
Tuesday, Nov. 22nd:  North side from 7:30PM - 11:00PM
Tuesday, Nov. 29th:  South side from 7:30PM - 11:00PM
Get your shopping done early, with the best deals of the season at Park Royal's annual Holiday Shopping Night. There will be entertainment, food, a ton of prizes and many surprises. So get your tickets and come shop the night away.

TICKETS $10 each or enjoy both nights for $15.

Grand Prize

Trip for 2 to Disneyland, including air, 3 nights in a hotel and Disney Park Hopper passes.

Contact Wendy if you're interested in tickets.  

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Happy Birthday Susan!!!


The bottle of wine on the cake just about says it all about our Bookclub.  :) 

Monday, October 3, 2011

Discussion Questions for Still Missing

1. How would you describe Annie's character...especially those qualities that enable her to survive her ordeal at the hands of The Freak? How well might you have fared?

2. At some point during captivity, Annie begins to almost like The Freak. She goes to far as to admit that "sometimes he's kinda sweet." Although identifying with a captor is a known phenomenon—referred to as the "Stockholm Syndrome" in psychiatric parlance—how do those feelings develop in Annie?

3. Are the early parts of the novel, the sex scenes, too lurid for your taste—do you consider them sensational. Or are they an integral part of the plot, necessary for us to grasp Annie's tormented state?

4. Is "The Freak" a good name for Annie's abductor? What would you have called him? Describe him.

5. Chevy Stevens has written her book as a flashback, the present peering back into the past. We know at the outset, therefore, that Annie escapes her ordeal. Why might the author have structured her book in such a way?

6. David-The-Freak tells Annie that she is perfectly safe with him. There's a degree of ironic truth in his statement. How so? (Consider what happens when she escapes to freedom.)

7. Describe what Annie finds once she returns home—starting with her mother and the accident that took her father's and sibling's lives. Then there's the old boyfriend, Luke, as well as her best friend.

8. What prompts Annie to realize that her captivity was intentionally set-up by someone in her old life?

9. What is the significance of the title, "Still Missing"?

10. In all, does this book deliver? Were you held in suspense? Or did you find it predictable? Was the ending satisfying?