<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35962919</id><updated>2011-04-21T11:40:56.815-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Queen of Diamonds Book Club Questions</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qdbookclub.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35962919/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://qdbookclub.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>R.O. Palmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06165805483190515637</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_36fpjjjEblU/SbXv08kS4YI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rrqrnS91ysU/S220/ROP_tight_headshot_2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35962919.post-116074409001648933</id><published>2006-10-13T05:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-01T13:25:33.890-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;E-mail the author if you would like him to appear at your book club meeting to discuss &lt;em&gt;Queen of Diamonds&lt;/em&gt;. For clubs meeting more than 4 hours from Boonton, New Jersey, the author will participate via telephone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Suggested Queen of Diamonds Book Club Questions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;How are gem diamonds different from most consumer products?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are gem-quality diamonds worth their price?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why does Ngoc Soàn want to break the De Beers cartel?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is Ngoc Soàn justified in her actions concerning Peter Bergmeier’s mining specifications?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why does Ngoc Soàn reveal her secret to Barry Tolson?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How are Ngoc Soàn and Paul Weeks alike?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who is the most admirable character?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who is the primary villain?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who changes the most: Ngoc Soàn, Jenna Soàn, or Paul Weeks?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What does the book tell you about happiness? Wealth? Beauty?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What secondary character reveals the most about our society?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35962919-116074409001648933?l=qdbookclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qdbookclub.blogspot.com/feeds/116074409001648933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35962919&amp;postID=116074409001648933' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35962919/posts/default/116074409001648933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35962919/posts/default/116074409001648933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://qdbookclub.blogspot.com/2006/10/e-mail-author-if-you-would-like-him-to.html' title=''/><author><name>R.O. Palmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06165805483190515637</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_36fpjjjEblU/SbXv08kS4YI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rrqrnS91ysU/S220/ROP_tight_headshot_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
