Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure
Fun Notes
DISCUSSION TOPICS:
1) The Thong: Best panty-line eliminator ever or modern-day torture device?
2) Manicures: What’s the cutest one you ever got?
3) Acrylic nails: Yay or nay?
4) Tax refunds: What’s the best thing you ever bought with a tax refund?
5) Fingernail trauma: What’s the most interesting way you’ve chipped a nail?
6) Financial scams: Have you or someone you know been a victim? What type of scam was it? Were the funds recovered?
7) Fun on the job: What was the most fun time you ever had at work?
8) Creative drug dealers: Heard about someone dealing drugs in an unusual way?
9) Femininity: What does it mean these days to be a woman? Can a woman be tough yet still feminine? What should a woman expect from the man in her life?
10) Mothers: What’s the best advice your mother ever gave you? What’s the worst advice?
FUN QUIZ!
In the book, rookie DEA agent Christina Marquez is into yoga. Her boyfriend, Ajay Maju, is Indian and quite proud to be from the culture that boasts the kama sutra. For each of the following entries, guess whether it’s a yoga pose or a position from the kama sutra:
- Downward-facing dog
- The Morning Star
- The Plow
- The Position of the Tongs
- The Feathered Peacock
- The Armchair
- The Full Boat
- The Hammock
(Answers: A, C, E, and G are yoga poses. B, D, F, and H are from the kama sutra.)
MAKE A MATCH!
Match these characters to the following quotes from the book:
- Tara Holloway – IRS special agent and star of the Death & Taxes series
- Eddie Bardin – Tara’s partner
- Lu “The Lobo” Lobozinski – Tara’s beehive-wearing boss
- Christina Marquez – rookie DEA agent who teams with Tara to take down a drug-dealing ice cream man
- Brett Ellington – Tara’s new boyfriend
- Dr. Ajay Maju – doctor at the medical clinic who routinely treats Tara’s injuries
- Joe Cullen – drug-dealing ice cream man
- “Don’t suck up.”
- “This is not the Mayo Clinic. You get what you pay for.”
- “Who other than the federal government would pay me to read Cosmo all morning?”
- “The girl’s got game. What the hell, I’ll take her on.”
- “Maybe you can get a professional nipple tweaker. I heard J-Lo has one.”
- “I’ve been thinking about you all day. Some parts of you more than others.”
- “Don’t worry, babe. I’ll come through for you.”
(Answers: 1-The Lobo, 2-Dr. Ajay Maju, 3-Christina, 4-Eddie, 5-Tara, 6-Brett, 7-Joe)
VEGGIE PIZZA RECIPES:
In the book, Tara and Christina order a vegetarian pizza while on a stakeout. Here’s links to some homemade veggie pizza recipes:
http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2009/10/wolfgang-puck-ellens-life-1015.php