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[close] A Book Club for Curious Minds All are welcome to join in as we read a book together each month. This isn’t a club about speed or pressure — it’s about exploration, conversation, and connection. We read stories that make us pause, reflect, and sometimes smile. ✨ What to Expect ✨ Rotating themes: memoirs, social issues, personal journeys, reflections on life, and books that explore human thought and behavior. Thoughtful, curious discussions—never judgmental. A space to pause, share, and embrace the messy, beautiful complexity of the world and its people. For readers who value stories that stay with them and shift the way they see the world.

[close] The Becoming is the first book of Hal Eisenberg's 4-part series, Beautiful Souls. It is a fictionalized version of Hal's life story, told with names and places changed to protect the identifies of those involved, including many who have suffered through traumatic experiences. The purpose of this club is to extract key concepts, themes, and stories that would have the greatest chance of resonating with the public, and to consider ways in which our team could integrate such ideas into our marketing efforts. Club members are encouraged to read only as much as they have time for. No reading is necessary to participate, seeing as most themes from the book are universal. Members are encouraged to share their own stories, insights, and experiences as they relate to these themes. Themes: Spirituality, Wellness/Mental Health, Education, Youth Issues, Arts/Entertainment, Parenting, Societal Issues (homelessness, addiction, suicide risk, etc.)

[close] This month (August) we're reading The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett! Shelf & Society is a book club focusing on social, cultural, environmental, and wildlife topics. Our mission is to raise awareness and open up a dialogue about misunderstood or overlooked issues affecting society and our great planet. Alternating between fiction and non-fiction books, we'll explore an important new topic every month!!

[close] Friends, would you care to partake in a learned discussion of current events, the global economy, writing, selling, film, and reading? Then gift us with the honor of your sophisticated opinions, queries and humor on board our trireme of World, Writing and Wealth and sail the seven seas with us!