What are good book club discussion questions for Communion?

Spoiler-free questions to get the conversation going: Settle in with your warm drink: what is one small act of love, given or received lately, that made you feel truly cared for?; Which passage felt like a soft hand on your shoulder, the kind you wanted to reread and sit with?; hooks writes about learning to love ourselves first. What did reading that stir in you, and where in your own life did it land?; The book explores friendship as a form of deep love. Did it make you think of a friend you want to hold closer, and why?; When hooks talks about the difference between being needed and being loved, did anything feel comforting or gently challenging to you?.

What food and drinks should I serve at a Communion book club?

Food: Slow-simmered vegetable and bean soup, Warm cornbread with honey butter, and Fresh-baked oatmeal cookies. Drinks: Honey-chamomile tea, Spiced hot cocoa, and Mulled red wine.

How do I host a Communion book club night?

A warm, wise invitation from bell hooks to rethink how women give and receive love, this slim book reads like a heartfelt conversation with a trusted friend.

Communion Book Club Questions, Food & Host Guide

Warm-up questions

1 Settle in with your warm drink: what is one small act of love, given or received lately, that made you feel truly cared for?
2 Which passage felt like a soft hand on your shoulder, the kind you wanted to reread and sit with?

Digging in

1 hooks writes about learning to love ourselves first. What did reading that stir in you, and where in your own life did it land?
2 The book explores friendship as a form of deep love. Did it make you think of a friend you want to hold closer, and why?
3 When hooks talks about the difference between being needed and being loved, did anything feel comforting or gently challenging to you?
4 Which of hooks's ideas about care and honesty made you feel most seen, and how did it move you?

Going deep

1 By the final pages, what did this book leave you wanting to nurture in your own relationships, without giving anything away for others still reading?
2 hooks invites women to keep evolving in how they love. As you closed the book, what quiet shift did you feel taking root in you?

On the table

Slow-simmered vegetable and bean soup

A nourishing, tend-to-yourself bowl that mirrors the book's message of care and self-love

Warm cornbread with honey butter

Comfort rooted in the Southern kitchen traditions of hooks's Kentucky upbringing

Fresh-baked oatmeal cookies

Homey, shareable, and a little indulgent, perfect for passing around a circle of friends

To sip

Honey-chamomile tea No alcohol

Soft, soothing, and made for slow, open-hearted conversation

Spiced hot cocoa No alcohol

A cup of pure comfort to hold while you share and listen

Mulled red wine

Warm and gently spiced, a mellow companion for a relaxed evening

Gentle, soulful, and warm, like candlelight and an unhurried heart

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