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Joy of Reading: A No-Pressure Book Club

2024-07-23 19:00:00 2024-07-23 20:45:00 America/New_York Joy of Reading: A No-Pressure Book Club All book lovers welcome! Join us to chat about what you are reading. No assigned book to read. A fun and engaging social book club. Held bi-monthly. Registration required. Ages 18+ Online - Virtual Room - Southwest

Tuesday, July 23
7:00pm - 8:45pm

Add to Calendar 2024-07-23 19:00:00 2024-07-23 20:45:00 America/New_York Joy of Reading: A No-Pressure Book Club All book lovers welcome! Join us to chat about what you are reading. No assigned book to read. A fun and engaging social book club. Held bi-monthly. Registration required. Ages 18+ Online - Virtual Room - Southwest

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Virtual Room - Southwest

All book lovers welcome! Join us to chat about what you are reading. No assigned book to read. A fun and engaging social book club. Held bi-monthly. Registration required. Ages 18+

All book lovers welcome! Join us to chat about a book you are reading, one you finished, a book you would like to read, or your favorite author. Get recommendations for what to read next from others.  No assigned book to read.

A fun and engaging social book club! Virtual and in-person meeting options are held bi-monthly. 

If you prefer in-person, register for the Joy of Reading No-Pressure Book Club event on Thursday, July 25 held in the Southwest Meeting Room at 2:00 PM. 

For ages 18+. Registration required.

This is a Virtual Event hosted through Zoom. An additional invitation including the link will be sent to all registered the day of the event via email. A computer with access to the internet and speakers or headsets are required. A webcam and microphone are suggested to fully participate. Please note that Zoom allows you to share your video and audio with the group. If you choose to enable these settings, you are consenting for you to appear on audio and video. This event is not being recorded and we ask that out of courtesy to the other participants, please refrain from screen captures, photography or resharing information about the participants or the discussion outside of this event. If using a mobile device, Android and iOS users must install the Zoom App.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Authors - Books - Writing |

TAGS: | southwest | bb-bookclubs |

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Mon, Feb 16 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Feb 17 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Feb 18 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Feb 19 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Feb 20 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Feb 21 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Feb 22 1:00PM to 6:00PM

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