Let's Play a Game! Or, Book Question of the Week

Last week I bought one of those Table Topics cubes. Have you seen these? It's a hefty cube made of some sort of heavy plastic that is full of cards. I suppose that because it's called Table Topics and the cube is sort of pretty in a MOMA kind of way, it is intended to sit upon your dining table or coffee table. Then, when you're sitting around starving for conversation, you can choose a card and read the thought-provoking, ice-breaking, conversation-starting question printed upon its face.

Anyway, I bought the Book Club Edition. Which means that every card poses a book-related question, like, "Do you agree with the point of view of the author?" or, "Was the writing style appropriate to the story?"

I propose that every Monday, I will use this cube of query to post a Book Question of the Week. I will choose a book and instead of writing a normal review, I will answer the question. Then, you, dear reader, get to play along. You pick a book, too, and answer the question for your book in the comments. Though I will be choosing a multicultural book, you certainly don't have to.

I will also choose my book before reading the question in the cube. That way, I can't cheat and choose something easy to write about.

Got it? OK, let's play. We'll start tomorrow.