The Year One Reading Journey
Book club meets the third Sunday of every month. Read at your pace — show up as you are.
Launch Night: Thursday, October 1, 2026
Our inaugural meeting — meet the club, meet each other, and kick off the year of reading.
THE KICKOFF
Be Your Own Bestie
Misha Brown
We open the year by becoming our own best friend. Where else would we start?
BELONGING
Braving the Wilderness
Brené Brown
True belonging — including at complicated holiday tables.
THE FUNNY ONE
Heartburn
Nora Ephron
Betrayal as comedy, with recipes. Cookie-swap Girl Dinner encouraged.
THE RESET
The Let Them Theory
Mel Robbins
Release what you can't control. Very applicable to exes.
THE ANTHEM
A Single Revolution
Shani Silver
Valentine's counterprogramming. Don't look for a match — light one.
SPRING CLEANING
Leave a Cheater, Gain a Life
Tracy Schorn
Sharp, funny, zero pity. Spring-clean the ex.
BOOK + MOVIE NIGHT
Wild
Cheryl Strayed
Read the book, watch the movie on your own time, then come talk about both.
GROWN WOMAN HEALTH
Grown Woman Talk
Dr. Sharon Malone
Women's Health Month, handled by the doctor who tells it straight.
SELF-LOVE SUMMER
Untamed
Glennon Doyle
The summer of becoming exactly yourself. Stop abandoning her.
THE BEACH READ
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus
She refuses to shrink for anyone. Funny, furious, triumphant.
LOOKING FORWARD
Women Rowing North
Mary Pipher
Why the decades ahead are often women's happiest.
THE FINALE
Killers of a Certain Age
Deanna Raybourn
Finish year one feeling dangerous. Year two announced this night.
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