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Book club questions
Below are some open-ended questions to consider as you discuss Hornsboggle & Dodge books with your book club. Feel free to skip any or invent your own!
Book 1: Dragons, Heists, and Other Retirement Plans
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What about this book resonated with you the most? How did it make you feel?
Did you identify with any of the characters or their experiences? Did they remind you of anyone in your own life?
If this book were a movie, who would you choose to play the main characters?
What do you think are the main themes of this book?
Who was your favourite animal character? Why?
How did the animal characters contribute to the story? Did they affect the plot? How would the book be different without them? Or if people could understand them speaking?
Much of Katherine and Imogene’s shared history is conveyed through dialogue (the author’s favourite bits to write). What did you learn about their relationship from the way that they talk to each other?
How would you characterize the relationship between Katherine and Ruben? Between Imogene and Ruben? How and why do you think their feelings toward him change over the course of the book?
How does this book compare to other fantasy stories you’ve read, cozy or otherwise? Based on what you’ve read, what do you think defines the cozy fantasy genre? The comedic cozy fantasy subgenre?
Book 2: Wizards, Heists, and Other Ways to Steal a Spellbook
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What about this book resonated with you the most? How did it make you feel?
What similarities did this sequel share with the first book? How did they differ?
The character of Fergie Mayweather was inspired by the author’s own great-grandmother. Did any characters remind you of someone in your own life?
If this book were a movie, who would you choose to play the main characters?
What do you think are the main themes of this book?
In this second book, Katherine and Imogene are joined by associates both old and new. How do these additional characters reveal more about Hornsboggle and Dodge themselves and the world they live in?
If Katherine had trusted her client to draw a reference map of his village for her, how would the story have been different? What other choices did the characters make that strongly influenced the outcome? Why do you think they made them?
How would you characterize the relationship between Katherine and the client? Between Imogene and the client? How and why do you think those relationships change over the course of the book?
How does the magic system described in this book compare to ones you’ve encountered in other fantasy stories?
Extra chapters & short stories
Book 1 – Bonus chapter: The Smallest Dragon at St. Percival’s
I’ve written a free bonus chapter for Book 1 — Dragons, Heists, and Other Retirement Plans — about August the little blue dragon!
You can get this one when you sign up for the “Meg Pennerson mailing list” put together by my publisher, Second Sky. Simply visit this link and enter your email address.
Short story: Shifting
When you sign up for my email newsletter — The Inky Pawprint — I will send you a free short story, Shifting, about Reginald the shape-shifting cat! (Please do remember to click the button in your confirmation email to confirm your subscription!)