Our book club read the book in 3 parts. We found many discussion points from many and varied themes. Learning about the Japanese Geisha culture was interesting in itself. After we finished the book, we watched the movie. Of course the book was better than the movie but we thought that having read the book really helped with understanding the movie.

(FYI: We reserved the media room of our local library and were able to view the movie after hours. We all brought comfortable chairs, had pizza delivered and snacked on popcorn and other treats while we watched the movie. It was really fun! Something your book club might want to try.)