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Join us as we get acquainted with the works of authors you’ve heard of but want to know better!
Is reading part of your New Year’s resolution? Are you eager to explore the works of different authors in depth? If so, the Brief Encounters Book Club is the perfect place for you! Over the course of the year, we’ll read two books by six different authors, giving you the chance to dive into their writing style, themes, and impact.Starting January 27, 2025, we’ll meet on the last Monday of every month at 6:30 PM. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with fellow readers and discover new literary voices!
2025 Reading Schedule
| Author | Month | Book |
| Octavia Butler | January | Kindred |
| February | Parable of the Sower | |
| Arundhati Roy | March | The God of Small Things |
| April | The Ministry of Utmost Happiness | |
| Jonathan Franzen | May | The Corrections |
| June | Crossroads | |
| Marita Golden | July | Migrations of the Heart |
| August | The Wide Circumference of Love | |
| Gabriel García Márquez | September | Love in the Time of Cholera |
| October | Chronicle of a Death Foretold | |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | November | Tender is the Night |
| December | The Beautiful and Damned |
