South Shore Readers discussion

Our August book is the novel Sadie by Courtney Summers.

We will be meeting in person to discuss, while socially distanced, on the last Sunday afternoon in August. We plan to meet under a pavilion at a park in Weymouth. You can RSVP here:https://www.goodreads.com/event/show/...

You can also post your thoughts on the book here in this discussion topic.

Just started the audio book this morning and it's great so far. It has a full cast of narrators and really feels like a podcast.

Joanie wrote: "Just started the audio book this morning and it's great so far. It has a full cast of narrators and really feels like a podcast."

Joanie i just started the audiobook tonight, totally agree with you, what a fun telling! podcast style. im hooked. takes on a very different form!

I have the audio book checked out on Libby and should be starting in the next few days.

Just finished the audiobook. I gave it five stars. What an intense, enthralling read! A wild story. My fave book club book of the year, would have never stumbled upon it if not for this group. Thanks all!

I've been listening to the audiobook and should finish later today. I agree it is very well done.

It reminds me of the audiobook production of The Night Swim, which I listened to recently. That book also featured chapters that were podcasts. That story also features teen girls in trouble, so it is also similar in that way.

Here is a reading group guide: https://www.litlovers.com/reading-gui...

I will cut & paste the questions here so they are ready at hand if we want them at the meeting:

1. In what ways does the dual narrative structure of Sadie add to the reading experience?

2. In the first episode of The Girls, how does the way West describes the town of Cold Creek set up the tone for the rest of the story?

3. What role do the towns Sadie passes through (Cold Creek, Montgomery, Langford, and Farfield) play in this story? Each town has a distinct description; what do these settings tell you?

4. How does the podcast element add to the overall story of Sadie?

5. Why do you think podcasts have taken listeners by storm? What do you think it is about them that appeals to listeners?

6. What forces are working against Sadie? What obstacles has she had to overcome in order to survive?

7. Out of all the people who Sadie comes across in her journey, which person (or people) do you think has the most effect on her? And who do you think Sadie affected the most; why?

8. What effect do you think the postcard from L.A. was supposed to have versus the actual effect it had on Sadie and Mattie? Do you think that the sender regretted sending the postcard?

9. What do you think Sadie would say to West if they ever met in person? Do you think she’d like him? Would she trust him with her story?

10. At the end of the book, what do you think happened to Sadie?
(Questions issued by the publisher.)