Book Discussion Guide for Reading Groups for Homesteading Adventures

1.    Did your idea of "homesteading" change after you read the book? Do you think there is any one description of a homesteader? Do you consider yourself a homesteader?

2.     How is your life different, day to day, than Sue and Steve's? How is it similar?

3.    Did the fictional thread with JJ and CindyLou add to your enjoyment of the book? Did it get in the way?

4.    Did you relate to JJ or CindyLou? Why or why not?

5.    Do you think this way of life is practical? What would happen if "everyone" lived that way, in your community? In your state?

6.     Do you know how much of the food you eat is grown within 100 miles of your home? Within 500 miles?

7.    What would happen if you and your community suddenly had to provide for yourselves? How would your life change? Short term? Long term?

8.    What chapters or subjects were most interesting to you? To read about or to do?

9.    Have you incorporated any of the ideas in your life? What projects are in your plans?

10.    How do you view self-sufficiency? As a personal endeavor or as a community program?

11.    In what way is the "simple life" simple? Do you think your perception of this lifestyle is at all close to the reality?

12.     How is your dream utopia world different than your everyday world? What would happen if you "lived today as if that world existed today"? Have you tried it? Does it make a difference?

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