1. BOOK CLUB SPEED- DATE #1

2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING, AND WHAT IS THE PREMISE? WHY WERE YOU DRAWN TO THIS BOOK?

3. WHY DO YOU LIKE THE PARTICULAR GENRE YOU CHOSE? WHAT ABOUT IT APPEALS TO YOU? DOES THE SAME GENRE APPEAL WHEN YOU WATCH MOVIES/TV?

4. THINK OF A TIME WHEN YOU FOUND JOY IN READING. WHAT BOOKS DID YOU LIKE BACK THEN, AND WHY?

5. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE WORD, AND WHY?

6. WHAT IS SOMETHING ON WHICH YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR MIND BASED ON SOMETHING YOU READ IN A CLASS?

7. WHAT MOVIE, POEM, SONG, OR NOVEL HAS MOST INFLUENCED YOUR LIFE AND THE WAY THAT YOU VIEW THE WORLD? WHY?

8. BOOK CLUB SPEED- DATE #2

9. CREATE TWO QUESTIONS THAT DRIVE YOU.

10. DESCRIBE ONE OF YOUR QUIRKS AND WHY IT IS PART OF WHO YOU ARE.

11. DESCRIBE AN EXPERIENCE THAT FOREVER CHANGED YOUR LIFE AND YOUR OUTLOOK ON LIFE.

12. HOW HAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOU’VE GROWN UP IN MOLDED YOU INTO THE PERSON YOU ARE TODAY?

13. WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE THE BEST ADVICE YOU EVER RECEIVED? WHO GAVE YOU THAT ADVICE AND DID YOU FOLLOW THAT ADVICE OR NOT?

14. DESCRIBE AN EXPERIENCE THAT FOREVER CHANGED YOUR LIFE AND YOUR OUTLOOK ON LIFE.

15. BOOK CLUB SPEED- DATE #3

16. IF YOU WERE TO DEVELOP A MT. RUSHMORE REPRESENTING THE 20TH CENTURY, WHOSE FACES WOULD YOU SELECT AND WHY?

17. WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT POLITICAL OR SOCIAL MOVEMENT OF THE 2OTH OR 21ST CENTURY? WHY?

18. CHOOSE THE INVENTION THAT YOU THINK HAS HAD THE MOST NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR WORLD AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU CHOSE THAT INVENTION.

19. WHAT MATTERS TO YOU, AND WHY?

20. IF YOU COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ANY PERSON, ALIVE OR DEAD, WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE? WHY?

21. IF YOU FOUNDED YOUR OWN COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, WHAT TOPIC OF STUDY WOULD YOU MAKE MANDATORY FOR ALL STUDENTS TO STUDY AND WHY? WHAT WOULD BE THE VALUES AND PRIORITIES OF YOUR INSTITUTION AND WHY?