Melissa's Book Club
Melissa's Book Club is a public book club. If you are interested in joining, please contact Jenny Lawrence at jlawrence1@gmail.com
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Upcoming Selections:
2021:
December: The Dancing Girls by M. M. Chouinard
2022:
January: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
February: All Adults Here by Emma Straub
March: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
April: Into the Garden With Charles by Clyde Phillip Wachsberger
May: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
June: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
July: The Guncle by Steven Rowley
August: Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larsen
September: Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
October: Black Widows by Cate Quinn
November: Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
December: Night Road by Kristin Hannah
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