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EVENTS

We love fostering community here at Book + Bottle and one of the best ways to do that is to host fun events where people can gather and share in their passions. Our full calendar of interesting events is below and here’s what you can expect on a regular basis:

Regularly Hosted Events
Sip + Stitch: Wednesdays 10AM - 12 PM; Have a latte or a glass of wine as you knit/crochet/embroider with likeminded textile artists of all levels; free
Writer’s Happy Hour: Tuesday 4-5PM; A combination of curated writing guidance and dedicated writing time, this is a great community to get your creativity flowing; free

B+B Sponsored Book Clubs
Fiction Book Club: Monthly on the last Thursday of the month from 6 - 7:30 (arrive early to get a seat)
Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club: Monthly on the last Sunday from 10AM - 12PM (outside of regular business open hours)
Genre Book Club: Alternating with New + Noteworthy, every other month on the last Wednesday from 6 - 7:30 (arrive early to get a seat)
New + Noteworthy Book Club: Alternating with our genre book club, every other month on the last Wednesday from 6 - 7:30 (arrive early to get a seat)

Wine Events
Weekly Happy Hour: Tuesday through Friday from 4 - 6PM, get $1 off any alcoholic drink on our menu and free popcorn while you drink

HOURS
Tuesday 12 - 9; Wednesday - Saturday 10 - 9; Sunday 12 - 7; remember…Book + Bottle is closed on Monday!

 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

 
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Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club (*Special Date!)
Mar
24
10:00 AM10:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club (*Special Date!)

LADY LEADERS + READERS BOOK CLUB
We’ve combined our two amazing book clubs for ambitious women - whether you’re an entrepreneur, a manager, or an otherwise ambitious lady leader, this is the book club for you! We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management, leadership, and/or entrepreneurial positions.

Schedule
Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club will meet on the last Sunday of each month from 10AM -12PM (right before the shop opens!). We’ve got mimosas, coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss these great books!

This month discussing: Brave, Not Perfect by Reshma Saujani

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Inspired by her popular TED Talk, the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code urges women to embrace imperfection and live a bolder, more authentic life.
 
“A timely message for women of all ages: Perfection isn’t just impossible but, worse, insidious.”—Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit
 
Imagine if you lived without the fear of not being good enough. If you didn’t care how your life looked on Instagram. If you could let go of the guilt and stop beating yourself up for making human mistakes. Imagine if, in every decision you faced, you took the bolder path?
 
As women, too many of us feel crushed under the weight of our own expectations. We run ourselves ragged trying to please everyone, pass up opportunities that scare us, and avoid rejection at all costs.
 
There’s a reason we act this way, Saujani says. As girls, we were taught to play it safe. Well-meaning parents and teachers praised us for being quiet and polite, urged us to be careful so we didn’t get hurt, and steered us to activities at which we could shine. As a result, we grew up to be women who are afraid to fail. 
 
It’s time to stop letting our fears drown out our dreams and narrow our world, along with our chance at happiness.
 
By choosing bravery over perfection, we can find the power to claim our voice, to leave behind what makes us unhappy, and to go for the things we genuinely, passionately want. Perfection may set us on a path that feels safe, but bravery leads us to the one we’re authentically meant to follow. In Brave, Not Perfect,Saujani shares powerful insights and practices to help us let go of our need for perfection and make bravery a lifelong habit. By being brave, not perfect, we can all become the authors of our best and most joyful life.

Previous Selections: Year of Yes, Wisdom from the Wild, Rest is Resistance, Lead from the Outside, Humor, Seriously, Financial Feminist, Radical Compassion, The Sum of Us, Finding Me, You Learn by Living, Composure, Burnout, Fearless, Joyful, Grit, We Should All Be Millionaires, Lean In, Just Work, Dare to Lead, Radical Candor, etc.

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Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club
Feb
25
10:00 AM10:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club

LADY LEADERS + READERS BOOK CLUB
We’ve combined our two amazing book clubs for ambitious women - whether you’re an entrepreneur, a manager, or an otherwise ambitious lady leader, this is the book club for you! We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management, leadership, and/or entrepreneurial positions.

Schedule
Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club will meet on the last Sunday of each month from 10AM -12PM (right before the shop opens!). We’ve got mimosas, coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss these great books!

This month discussing: Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

The instant New York Times bestseller from the creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of How to Get Away with Murder shares how saying YES changed her life. “As fun to read as Rhimes’s TV series are to watch” (Los Angeles Times).

She’s the creator and producer of some of the most groundbreaking and audacious shows on television today. Her iconic characters live boldly and speak their minds. So who would suspect that Shonda Rhimes is an introvert? That she hired a publicist so she could avoid public appearances? That she suffered panic attacks before media interviews?

With three children at home and three hit television shows, it was easy for Shonda to say she was simply too busy. But in truth, she was also afraid. And then, over Thanksgiving dinner, her sister muttered something that was both a wake up and a call to arms: You never say yes to anything. Shonda knew she had to embrace the challenge: for one year, she would say YES to everything that scared her.

This poignant, intimate, and hilarious memoir explores Shonda’s life before her Year of Yes—from her nerdy, book-loving childhood to her devotion to creating television characters who reflected the world she saw around her. The book chronicles her life after her Year of Yes had begun—when Shonda forced herself out of the house and onto the stage; when she learned to explore, empower, applaud, and love her truest self. Yes.

“Honest, raw, and revelatory” (The Washington Post), this wildly candid and compulsively readable book reveals how the mega talented Shonda Rhimes finally achieved badassery worthy of a Shondaland character. Best of all, she “can help motivate even the most determined homebody to get out and try something new” (Chicago Tribune).

Previous Selections: Wisdom from the Wild, Rest is Resistance, Lead from the Outside, Humor, Seriously, Financial Feminist, Radical Compassion, The Sum of Us, Finding Me, You Learn by Living, Composure, Burnout, Fearless, Joyful, Grit, We Should All Be Millionaires, Lean In, Just Work, Dare to Lead, Radical Candor, etc.

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Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club
Jan
28
10:00 AM10:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club

LADY LEADERS + READERS BOOK CLUB
We’ve combined our two amazing book clubs for ambitious women - whether you’re an entrepreneur, a manager, or an otherwise ambitious lady leader, this is the book club for you! We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management, leadership, and/or entrepreneurial positions.

Schedule
Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club will meet on the last Sunday of each month from 10AM -12PM (right before the shop opens!). We’ve got mimosas, coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss these great books!

This month discussing: Wisdom from the Wild: The Nine Unbreakable Laws of Leadership from the Animal Kingdom by Julie C. Henry

Take a walk on the wild side with fascinating and compelling leadership lessons from the animal kingdom.

Nature is the perfect teacher for the challenging and very personal concept of leadership. And no one knows this better than former zoo and aquarium senior leader turned leadership consultant Julie C. Henry.

Wisdom from the Wild shows you―whether you’re a new or experienced leader―how to learn from and be inspired by the wildlife and wild places all around you. This fun, new approach to leadership presents nine “Unbreakable Laws” from the animal kingdom. These true, fundamental guidelines with concrete examples from wildlife can steer your work and decisions as a leader.

Creatures that might seem unusual or even unexpected in a book about leadership―such as naked mole rats, spiders, and even sea cucumbers―will teach you how to:

  • deal with change,

  • more effectively lead teams,

  • build your resilience muscle as a leader.

    Reinforcing these essential lessons from the wild, Julie C. Henry presents a myriad of business case studies and immediately actionable tools to strengthen your leadership skills. So join this extraordinary dive into the natural world as you’ve never seen it before, as you uncover your leadership prowess among the animals.

Previous Selections: Rest is Resistance, Lead from the Outside, Humor, Seriously, Financial Feminist, Radical Compassion, The Sum of Us, Finding Me, You Learn by Living, Composure, Burnout, Fearless, Joyful, Grit, We Should All Be Millionaires, Lean In, Just Work, Dare to Lead, Radical Candor, etc.

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Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club
Dec
3
10:00 AM10:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club

LADY LEADERS + READERS BOOK CLUB
We’ve combined our two amazing book clubs for ambitious women - whether you’re an entrepreneur, a manager, or an otherwise ambitious lady leader, this is the book club for you! We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management, leadership, and/or entrepreneurial positions.

Schedule
Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club will meet on the last Sunday of each month from 10AM -12PM (right before the shop opens!). We’ve got mimosas, coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss these great books! *Please note the time change for November’s meeting!

This month discussing: Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

Disrupt and push back against capitalism and white supremacy. In this book, Tricia Hersey, aka The Nap Bishop, encourages us to connect to the liberating power of rest, daydreaming, and naps as a foundation for healing and justice.

What would it be like to live in a well-rested world? Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitalism, we subject our bodies and minds to work at an unrealistic, damaging, and machine‑level pace –– feeding into the same engine that enslaved millions into brutal labor for its own relentless benefit.

In Rest Is Resistance, Tricia Hersey, aka the Nap Bishop, casts an illuminating light on our troubled relationship with rest and how to imagine and dream our way to a future where rest is exalted. Our worth does not reside in how much we produce, especially not for a system that exploits and dehumanizes us. Rest, in its simplest form, becomes an act of resistance and a reclaiming of power because it asserts our most basic humanity. We are enough. The systems cannot have us.

Rest Is Resistance is rooted in spiritual energy and centered in Black liberation, womanism, somatics, and Afrofuturism. With captivating storytelling and practical advice, all delivered in Hersey’s lyrical voice and informed by her deep experience in theology, activism, and performance art, Rest Is Resistance is a call to action, a battle cry, a field guide, and a manifesto for all of us who are sleep deprived, searching for justice, and longing to be liberated from the oppressive grip of Grind Culture.

Previous Selections: Lead from the Outside, Humor, Seriously, Financial Feminist, Radical Compassion, The Sum of Us, Finding Me, You Learn by Living, Composure, Burnout, Fearless, Joyful, Grit, We Should All Be Millionaires, Lean In, Just Work, Dare to Lead, Radical Candor, etc.

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Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club
Oct
29
10:00 AM10:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club

LADY LEADERS + READERS BOOK CLUB
We’ve combined our two amazing book clubs for ambitious women - whether you’re an entrepreneur, a manager, or an otherwise ambitious lady leader, this is the book club for you! We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management, leadership, and/or entrepreneurial positions.

Schedule
Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club will meet on the last Sunday of each month from 10AM -12PM (right before the shop opens!). We’ve got mimosas, coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss these great books!

This month discussing: Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life by Radha Agrawal

How is it that the internet connects us to a world of people, yet so many of us feel more isolated than ever? That we have hundreds, even thousands of friends on social media, but not a single person to truly confide in? Radha Agrawal calls this “community confusion,” and in Belong she offers every reader a blueprint to find their people and build and nurture community, because connectedness—as more and more studies show—is our key to happiness, fulfillment, and success.
 
A book that’s equal parts inspiring and interactive, and packed with prompts, charts, quizzes, and full-color illustrations, Belong takes readers on a two-part journey. Part one is Going IN—a gentle but intentional process of self-discovery and finding out your true energy levels and VIA (values, interests, and abilities). Part two is Going OUT—building on all that you’ve learned about yourself to find those few special people who feed your soul, and discovering, or creating, the ever-widening groups that align with your aims and desires.
 
As the Co-founder and CEO of the popular global morning dance community Daybreaker, Radha Agrawal developed an immense offline community with her team of Community Catalysts in 25 cities and on a dozen college campuses around the world by creating a physical space for people to connect, self-express, sweat, and dance. Now, Radha offers the life-changing strategies, tips, and tricks for making friends that will light your fire and give you the exhale of  “Ahh, I’m home.” 

Previous Selections: Lead from the Outside, Humor, Seriously, Financial Feminist, Radical Compassion, The Sum of Us, Finding Me, You Learn by Living, Composure, Burnout, Fearless, Joyful, Grit, We Should All Be Millionaires, Lean In, Just Work, Dare to Lead, Radical Candor, etc.

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Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club
Sep
24
10:00 AM10:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club

LADY LEADERS + READERS BOOK CLUB
We’ve combined our two amazing book clubs for ambitious women - whether you’re an entrepreneur, a manager, or an otherwise ambitious lady leader, this is the book club for you! We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management, leadership, and/or entrepreneurial positions.

Schedule
Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club will meet on the last Sunday of each month from 10AM -12PM (right before the shop opens!). We’ve got mimosas, coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss these great books!

This month discussing: Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo

A #1 New York Times Bestseller

Now in paperback with a new prologue, the indispensable handbook for becoming the creative force of your own life by the host of the award-winning MarieTV and The Marie Forleo Podcast.

While most self-help books offer quick fixes, Everything is Figureoutable will retrain your brain to think more creatively and positively in the face of setbacks. In the words of Cheryl Strayed, it's "a must-read for anyone who wants to face their fears, fulfill their dreams, and find a better way forward."

If you're having trouble solving a problem or reaching a dream, the problem isn't you. It's that you haven't yet installed the one belief that changes everything.

Marie's mom once told her, "Nothing in life is that complicated. You can do whatever you set your mind to if you roll up your sleeves. Everything is figureoutable."

Whether you want to leave a dead end job, break an addiction, learn to dance, heal a relationship, or grow a business, Everything is Figureoutable will show you how.

In this revised and updated edition, you'll learn:

  1. The habit that makes it 42% more likely you'll achieve your goals.

  2. How to overcome a lack of time and money.

  3. How to deal with criticism and imposter syndrome.

It's more than just a fun phrase to say. It's a philosophy of relentless optimism. A mindset. A mantra. A conviction. Most important, it's about to make you unstoppable.

Previous Selections: Lead from the Outside, Humor, Seriously, Financial Feminist, Radical Compassion, The Sum of Us, Finding Me, You Learn by Living, Composure, Burnout, Fearless, Joyful, Grit, We Should All Be Millionaires, Lean In, Just Work, Dare to Lead, Radical Candor, etc.

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Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club
Aug
27
10:00 AM10:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club

LADY LEADERS + READERS BOOK CLUB
We’ve combined our two amazing book clubs for ambitious women - whether you’re an entrepreneur, a manager, or an otherwise ambitious lady leader, this is the book club for you! We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management, leadership, and/or entrepreneurial positions.

Schedule
Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club will meet on the last Sunday of each month from 10AM -12PM (right before the shop opens!). We’ve got mimosas, coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss these great books!

This month discussing: Lead from the Outside by Stacey Abrams

Lead from the Outside is a necessary guide to harnessing the strengths of being an outsider by Stacey Abrams, one of the most prominent black female politicians in the U.S.

Leadership is hard. Convincing others―and often yourself―that you possess the answers and are capable of world-affecting change requires confidence, insight, and sheer bravado. Lead from the Outside is the handbook for outsiders, written with the awareness of the experiences and challenges that hinder anyone who exists beyond the structure of traditional white male power―women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, and millennials ready to make a difference.

In Lead from the Outside, Stacey Abrams argues that knowing your own passion is the key to success, regardless of the scale or target. From launching a company, to starting a day care center for homeless teen moms, to running a successful political campaign, finding what you want to fight for is as critical as knowing how to turn thought into action. Stacey uses her experience and hard-won insights to break down how ambition, fear, money, and failure function in leadership, while offering personal stories that illuminate practical strategies.

Stacey includes exercises to help you hone your skills and realize your aspirations. She discusses candidly what she has learned over the course of her impressive career: that differences in race, gender, and class are surmountable. With direction and dedication, being in the minority actually provides unique and vital strength, which we can employ to rise to the top and make real change.

Previous Selections: Humor, Seriously, Financial Feminist, Radical Compassion, The Sum of Us, Finding Me, You Learn by Living, Composure, Burnout, Fearless, Joyful, Grit, We Should All Be Millionaires, Lean In, Just Work, Dare to Lead, Radical Candor, etc.

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Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club
Jul
30
10:00 AM10:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club

LADY LEADERS + READERS BOOK CLUB
We’ve combined our two amazing book clubs for ambitious women - whether you’re an entrepreneur, a manager, or an otherwise ambitious lady leader, this is the book club for you! We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management, leadership, and/or entrepreneurial positions.

Schedule
Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club will meet on the last Sunday of each month from 10AM -12PM (right before the shop opens!). We’ve got mimosas, coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss these great books!

This month discussing: Humor, Seriously by Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagdonas

WALL STREET JOURNAL, LOS ANGELES TIMES, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER • Anyone—even you!—can learn how to harness the power of humor in business (and life), based on the popular class at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

We are living through a period of unprecedented uncertainty and upheaval in both our personal and professional lives. So it should come as a surprise to exactly no one that trust, human connection, and mental well-being are all on the decline.
 
This may seem like no laughing matter. Yet, the research shows that humor and laughter are among the most valuable tools we have at our disposal for strengthening bonds and relationships, diffusing stress and tension, boosting resilience, and performing when the stakes are high. 
 
That’s why Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas teach the popular course Humor: Serious Business at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where they help some of the world’s most hard-driving, blazer-wearing business minds infuse more humor and levity into their work and lives.

In Humor, Seriously, they draw on findings by behavioral scientists, world-class comedians, and inspiring business leaders to reveal how humor works and—more important—how you can use more of it, better.

Aaker and Bagdonas unpack the theory and application of humor: what makes something funny, how to mine your life for material, and simple ways to identify and leverage your unique humor style. They show how to use humor to rebuild vital connections; appear more confident, competent, and authentic at work; and foster cultures where levity and creativity can thrive.

President Dwight David Eisenhower once said, “A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.” If Dwight David Eisenhower, the second least naturally funny president (after Franklin Pierce), thought humor was necessary to win wars, build highways, and warn against the military-industrial complex, then you might consider learning it too.

Previous Selections: Big Magic, When Women Lead, Financial Feminist, Radical Compassion, The Sum of Us, Finding Me, You Learn by Living, Composure, Burnout, Fearless, Joyful, Grit, We Should All Be Millionaires, Lean In, Just Work, Dare to Lead, Radical Candor, etc.

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Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club
Jun
25
10:00 AM10:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club

LADY LEADERS + READERS BOOK CLUB
We’ve combined our two amazing book clubs for ambitious women - whether you’re an entrepreneur, a manager, or an otherwise ambitious lady leader, this is the book club for you! We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management, leadership, and/or entrepreneurial positions.

Schedule
Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club will meet on the last Sunday of each month from 10AM -12PM (right before the shop opens!). We’ve got mimosas, coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss these great books!

This month discussing: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

The instant #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller

"A must read for anyone hoping to live a creative life... I dare you not to be inspired to be brave, to be free, and to be curious.” —PopSugar

From the worldwide bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and City of Girls: the path to the vibrant, fulfilling life you’ve dreamed of.
 
Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert’s books for years. Now this beloved author digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. With profound empathy and radiant generosity, she offers potent insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. She asks us to embrace our curiosity and let go of needless suffering. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear. She discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits we need in order to live our most creative lives. Balancing between soulful spirituality and cheerful pragmatism, Gilbert encourages us to uncover the “strange jewels” that are hidden within each of us. Whether we are looking to write a book, make art, find new ways to address challenges in our work,  embark on a dream long deferred, or simply infuse our everyday lives with more mindfulness and passion, Big Magic cracks open a world of wonder and joy.

Previous Selections: Financial Feminist, Radical Compassion, The Sum of Us, Finding Me, You Learn by Living, Composure, Burnout, Fearless, Joyful, Grit, We Should All Be Millionaires, Lean In, Just Work, Dare to Lead, Radical Candor, etc.

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Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club
May
28
10:00 AM10:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club

LADY LEADERS + READERS BOOK CLUB
We’ve combined our two amazing book clubs for ambitious women - whether you’re an entrepreneur, a manager, or an otherwise ambitious lady leader, this is the book club for you! We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management, leadership, and/or entrepreneurial positions.

Schedule
Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club will meet on the last Sunday of each month from 10AM -12PM (right before the shop opens!). We’ve got mimosas, coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss these great books!

This month discussing: When Women Lead : What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, and How We Can Learn from Them by Julia Boorstin

Julia Boorstin was thirteen when her mother told her that, by the time she grew up, women could be just as powerful as men, “captains of industry, running the biggest companies!” A decade later, working at a top business publication and seeing the dearth of women in positions of leadership, Boorstin assumed her mom had been wrong. But over the following two decades as a TV reporter and creator of CNBC’s Disruptor 50 franchise, interviewing, and studying thousands of executives, she realized that a gender-equity utopia shouldn’t be a pipe dream. Yes, women faced massive social and institutional headwinds, and struggled with double standards and what psychologists call “pattern matching.” Yet those who thrived, Boorstin found, shared key commonalities that made them uniquely equipped to lead, grow businesses, and navigate crises. They were highly adaptive to change, deeply empathetic in their management style, and much more likely to integrate diverse points of view into their business strategies, filling voids that their male counterparts had overlooked for generations. By utilizing those strengths, they had invented new business models, disrupted industries, and made massive profits along the way.

Now, in When Women Lead, Boorstin brings together the stories of over sixty of those female CEOs and leaders, and dozens of new studies. Her combination of narrative and research reveals how once-underestimated characteristics, from vulnerability and gratitude to divergent thinking, can be vital superpowers—and that anyone can work these approaches to their advantage. Featuring new interviews with Katrina Lake, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jenn Hyman, Whitney Wolfe Herd, Lena Waithe, Shivani Siroya, Julia Collins, and more, When Women Lead is a radical blueprint for the future of business, and our world at large.

Previous Selections: Financial Feminist, Radical Compassion, The Sum of Us, Finding Me, You Learn by Living, Composure, Burnout, Fearless, Joyful, Grit, We Should All Be Millionaires, Lean In, Just Work, Dare to Lead, Radical Candor, etc.

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Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club
Apr
30
10:00 AM10:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club

LADY LEADERS + READERS BOOK CLUB
We’ve combined our two amazing book clubs for ambitious women - whether you’re an entrepreneur, a manager, or an otherwise ambitious lady leader, this is the book club for you! We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management, leadership, and/or entrepreneurial positions.

Schedule
Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club will meet on the last Sunday of each month from 10AM -12PM (right before the shop opens!). We’ve got mimosas, coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss these great books!

This month discussing: Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love by Tori Dunlap

From the globally-recognized personal finance educator and social media star behind Her First $100K, an inclusive guide to all things money—from managing debt to investing and voting with your dollars

Tori Dunlap was always good with money. As a kid, she watched her prudent parents balance their checkbook every month and learned to save for musical tickets by gathering pennies in an Altoids tin. But she quickly discovered that her experience with money was pretty unusual, especially among her female friends.

It wasn’t our fault. Investigating this financial literacy and wealth gap, Tori found that girls are significantly less likely to receive a holistic financial education; we’re taught to restrain our spending, while boys are taught about investing and rewarded for pursuing wealth. In adulthood, women are hounded by the unfounded stereotype of the frivolous spenders whose lattes are to blame for the wealth gap. And when something like, say, a global pandemic happens, we’re the first to have jobs cut and the last to re-enter the workforce. It's no wonder money is a source of anxiety and a barrier to equality for so many of us.

But what if money didn't mean restriction, and instead, choice? The ability to luxuriously travel, quit toxic jobs, donate to important organizations, retire early? The freedom to live the life you want, and change the world while you do it?

Tori founded Her First $100K to teach women to overcome the unique obstacles standing in the way of their financial freedom. In Financial Feminist, she distills the principles of her shame- and judgment-free approach to paying off debt, figuring out your value categories to spend mindfully, saving money without monk-like deprivation, and investing in order to spend your retirement tanning in Tulum.

You will learn:

- Exercises to help you understand your current relationship with money, figure out what you want to change, and how to make that happen

- How to decide on your investment goal, and discover the three steps to meeting it

- Learn how to source the data you need to negotiate the money you deserve

Featuring journaling prompts, deep-dives into the invisible aspects of the financial landscape, and interviews with experts on everything money—from predatory credit card companies to the racial wealth gap and voting with your dollars—Financial Feminist is the ultimate guide to making your money work harder for you (rather than the other way around.)

Previous Selections: Radical Compassion, The Sum of Us, Finding Me, You Learn by Living, Composure, Burnout, Fearless, Joyful, Grit, We Should All Be Millionaires, Lean In, Just Work, Dare to Lead, Radical Candor, etc.

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Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club
Mar
26
10:00 AM10:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club

LADY LEADERS + READERS BOOK CLUB
We’ve combined our two amazing book clubs for ambitious women - whether you’re an entrepreneur, a manager, or an otherwise ambitious lady leader, this is the book club for you! We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management, leadership, and/or entrepreneurial positions.

Schedule
Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club will meet on the last Sunday of each month from 10AM -12PM (right before the shop opens!). We’ve got mimosas, coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss these great books!

This month discussing: Radical Compassion by Tara Brach

Radical Compassion

One of the most beloved and trusted mindfulness teachers in America offers a lifeline for difficult times: the RAIN meditation, which awakens our courage and heart

Tara Brach is an in-the-trenches teacher whose work counters today's ever-increasing onslaught of news, conflict, demands, and anxieties--stresses that leave us rushing around on auto-pilot and cut off from the presence and creativity that give our lives meaning.

In this heartfelt and deeply practical book, she offers an antidote: an easy-to-learn four-step meditation that quickly loosens the grip of difficult emotions and limiting beliefs. Each step in the meditation practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) is brought to life by memorable stories shared by Tara and her students as they deal with feelings of overwhelm, loss, and self-aversion, with painful relationships, and past trauma--and as they discover step-by-step the sources of love, forgiveness, compassion, and deep wisdom alive within all of us.

Previous Selections: The Sum of Us, Finding Me, You Learn by Living, Composure, Burnout, Fearless, Joyful, Grit, We Should All Be Millionaires, Lean In, Just Work, Dare to Lead, Radical Candor, etc.

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Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club
Feb
26
10:00 AM10:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club

LADY LEADERS + READERS BOOK CLUB
We’ve combined our two amazing book clubs for ambitious women - whether you’re an entrepreneur, a manager, or an otherwise ambitious lady leader, this is the book club for you! We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management, leadership, and/or entrepreneurial positions.

Schedule
Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club will meet on the last Sunday of each month from 10AM -12PM (right before the shop opens!). We’ve got mimosas, coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss these great books!

This month discussing: The Sum of Us by Heather McGee

The Sum of Us Book Cover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color.

WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ms. magazine, BookRiot, Library Journal

“This is the book I’ve been waiting for.”—Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist

Look for the author’s new podcast, The Sum of Us, based on this book!

Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis of 2008 to rising student debt to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a root problem: racism in our politics and policymaking. But not just in the most obvious indignities for people of color. Racism has costs for white people, too. It is the common denominator of our most vexing public problems, the core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutive of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all. But how did this happen? And is there a way out?

McGhee embarks on a deeply personal journey across the country from Maine to Mississippi to California, tallying what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm—the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others. Along the way, she meets white people who confide in her about losing their homes, their dreams, and their shot at better jobs to the toxic mix of American racism and greed. This is the story of how public goods in this country—from parks and pools to functioning schools—have become private luxuries; of how unions collapsed, wages stagnated, and inequality increased; and of how this country, unique among the world’s advanced economies, has thwarted universal healthcare.

But in unlikely places of worship and work, McGhee finds proof of what she calls the Solidarity Dividend: the benefits we gain when people come together across race to accomplish what we simply can’t do on our own. The Sum of Us is not only a brilliant analysis of how we arrived here but also a heartfelt message, delivered with startling empathy, from a black woman to a multiracial America. It leaves us with a new vision for a future in which we finally realize that life can be more than a zero-sum game.

Previous Selections: Finding Me, You Learn by Living, Composure, Burnout, Fearless, Joyful, Grit, We Should All Be Millionaires, Lean In, Just Work, Dare to Lead, Radical Candor, etc.

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Horror Book Club
Feb
22
6:00 PM18:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Horror Book Club

Horror isn't a style - it's a feeling. Our book club will take you from Argentinian Gothic and American ghost stories, to hilarious science writing about the 'life' of human cadavers. This bi-monthly book club picks from four choices every meeting; one classic, one translation, one nonfiction, and one modern tale of terror to always keep us on our toes and up at night. Join us...if you DARE (no, but really join us)!

Schedule

We meet on the last Wednesday of every other month in the store from 6 - 7:30PM. We do announcements and intros, grab drinks, and get settled from 6 - 6:30 PM, then discussion runs promptly from 6:30-7:30. The store is open till 9PM so you can continue the conversation with your new friends!

This month discussing: Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman

Ghost Eaters

“A Gothic-punk graveyard tale about what haunts history and what haunts the human soul. An addicting read that draws you into its descent from the first page.”—Chuck Wendig, New York Times best-selling author of The Book of Accidents

One of Vulture's Best Horror Novels of 2022 (So Far), this terrifying supernatural page-turner will make you think twice about opening doors to the unknown.

Erin hasn’t been able to set a single boundary with her charismatic but reckless college ex-boyfriend, Silas. When he asks her to bail him out of rehab—again—she knows she needs to cut him off. But days after he gets out, Silas turns up dead of an overdose in their hometown of Richmond, Virginia, and Erin’s world falls apart.

Then a friend tells her about Ghost, a new drug that allows users to see the dead. Wanna get haunted? he asks. Grieving and desperate for closure with Silas, Erin agrees to a pill-popping “séance.” But the drug has unfathomable side effects—and once you take it, you can never go back.

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Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club
Jan
29
10:00 AM10:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club

LADY LEADERS + READERS BOOK CLUB
We’ve combined our two amazing book clubs for ambitious women - whether you’re an entrepreneur, a manager, or an otherwise ambitious lady leader, this is the book club for you! We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management, leadership, and/or entrepreneurial positions.

Schedule
Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club will meet on the last Sunday of each month from 10AM -12PM (right before the shop opens!). We’ve got mimosas, coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss these great books!

This month discussing: Finding Me by Viola Davis

book cover of Finding Me by Viola Davis

A candid, inspiring memoir from Viola Davis, from her coming of age in Rhode Island to being recognized as one of America's most admired actresses, honored by an Academy Award, a SAG Award, and two Tonys.

Written in her own words, this is no Hollywood tell-all. It's a moving recollection of a Black woman who defied incredible odds to go from a working class childhood to Julliard, then had to fight to make the space for the roles she wanted to play. Raw and honest, filled with previously-untold stories, this is an account of a Black woman pushing back against the odds to hone her craft and express her artistic vision.

Viola Davis is an internationally acclaimed actress and producer. She appeared in 6 seasons of How to Get Away With Murder and the films Fences, The Help and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. In 2017 TIME named her one of their 100 most influential women.

Previous Selections: You Learn by Living, Composure, Burnout, Fearless, Joyful, Grit, We Should All Be Millionaires, Lean In, Just Work, Dare to Lead, Radical Candor, etc.

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Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club
Dec
4
10:00 AM10:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club

LADY LEADERS + READERS BOOK CLUB
We’ve combined our two amazing book clubs for ambitious women - whether you’re an entrepreneur, a manager, or an otherwise ambitious lady leader, this is the book club for you! We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management, leadership, and/or entrepreneurial positions.

Schedule
Lady Leaders + Readers Book Club will meet on the last Sunday of each month from 10AM -12PM (right before the shop opens!). We’ve got mimosas, coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss these great books!

FOR THE HOLIDAYS, we’re combining Nov + Dec into one, and meeting in the middle - Dec 4th!*

This month discussing: You Learn by Living : Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life by Eleanor Roosevelt

You learn by Living book

From one of the world’s best loved and most admired public figures, a wise and intimate guide on how to live your best life

A role model to millions in her own lifetime, Eleanor Roosevelt remains an exemplar of courage, wisdom, prudence, fortitude, humanitarianism, and unfailing determination. Just two years before her death at the age of seventy eight, the unforgettable First Lady penned this elegant and powerful guide to living a more fulfilling life—a treasure of common-sense advice and heartfelt ideals that are as relevant today as they were fifty years ago. Eleanor leads readers up a path to compassion, erudition, and maturity, inspiring the confidence, conviction, and community stewardship. Eleanor offers insight on how to conquer fear, how to get the best out of ourselves and others, how to help others, how to be a useful person, how to be individualistic without being selfish, how to face responsibilities that seem beyond our power, and how to be an active citizen. Trimphant, humble, and witty, she draws from her personal experiences as daughter, wife, parent, friend, and political figure. Reissued here for the first time in decades, You Learn by Living introduces a new generation of readers to the illuminating wisdom of this inimitable, lead-by-example champion of American ideals.

Previous Selections: Composure, Burnout, Fearless, Joyful, Grit, We Should All Be Millionaires, Lean In, Just Work, Dare to Lead, Radical Candor, etc.

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Horror Book Club
Nov
30
6:00 PM18:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Horror Book Club

Horror isn't a style - it's a feeling. Our book club will take you from Argentinian Gothic and American ghost stories, to hilarious science writing about the 'life' of human cadavers. This bi-monthly book club picks from four choices every meeting; one classic, one translation, one nonfiction, and one modern tale of terror to always keep us on our toes and up at night. Join us...if you DARE (no, but really join us)!

Schedule

We meet on the last Wednesday of every other month in the store from 6 - 7:30PM. We do announcements and intros, grab drinks, and get settled from 6 - 6:30 PM, then discussion runs promptly from 6:30-7:30. The store is open till 9PM so you can continue the conversation with your new friends!

This month discussing: Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones

mapping the interior book cover

Blackfeet author Stephen Graham Jones brings readers a spine-tingling Native American horror novella.

Walking through his own house at night, a fifteen-year-old thinks he sees another person stepping through a doorway. Instead of the people who could be there, his mother or his brother, the figure reminds him of his long-gone father, who died mysteriously before his family left the reservation. When he follows it he discovers his house is bigger and deeper than he knew.

The house is the kind of wrong place where you can lose yourself and find things you'd rather not have. Over the course of a few nights, chasing the ghost of his father and the promise of his Native American heritage, the boy tries to map out his house in an effort that puts his little brother in the worst danger, and puts him in the position to save his family . . . at terrible cost.

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Horror Book Club - NEW DATE FOR SEPT
Sep
21
6:00 PM18:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Horror Book Club - NEW DATE FOR SEPT

Horror isn't a style - it's a feeling. Our book club will take you from Argentinian Gothic and American ghost stories, to hilarious science writing about the 'life' of human cadavers. This bi-monthly book club picks from four choices every meeting; one classic, one translation, one nonfiction, and one modern tale of terror to always keep us on our toes and up at night. Join us...if you DARE (no, but really join us)!

Schedule

We meet on the last Wednesday of every other month in the store from 6 - 7:30PM. We do announcements and intros, grab drinks, and get settled from 6 - 6:30 PM, then discussion runs promptly from 6:30-7:30. The store is open till 9PM so you can continue the conversation with your new friends!

This month discussing: Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

A young, mixed-race vampire must find a way to balance her deep-seated desire to live amongst humans with her incessant hunger in this stunning Indie Next Pick that the New York Times Book Review calls “delicious.”

Lydia is hungry. She's always wanted to try Japanese food. Sashimi, ramen, onigiri with sour plum stuffed inside—the food her Japanese father liked to eat. And then there is bubble tea and iced-coffee, ice cream and cake, and foraged herbs and plants, and the vegetables grown by the other young artists at the London studio space she is secretly squatting in. But, Lydia can't eat any of these things. Her body doesn't work like those of other people. The only thing she can digest is blood, and it turns out that sourcing fresh pigs' blood in London—where she is living away from her vampire mother for the first time—is much more difficult than she'd anticipated.

Then there are the humans - the other artists at the studio space, the people at the gallery she interns at, the strange men that follow her after dark, and Ben, a boyish, goofy-grinned artist she is developing feelings for. Lydia knows that they are her natural prey, but she can't bring herself to feed on them. In her windowless studio, where she paints and studies the work of other artists, binge-watches Buffy the Vampire Slayer and videos of people eating food on YouTube and Instagram, Lydia considers her place in the world. She has many of the things humans wish for—perpetual youth, near-invulnerability, immortality – but she is miserable; she is lonely; and she is hungry—always hungry.

As Lydia develops as a woman and an artist, she will learn that she must reconcile the conflicts within her—between her demon and human sides, her mixed ethnic heritage, and her relationship with food, and, in turn, humans—if she is to find a way to exist in the world. Before any of this, however, she must eat.

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Horror Book Club
Jul
27
6:00 PM18:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

Horror Book Club

Horror isn't a style - it's a feeling. Our book club will take you from Argentinian Gothic and American ghost stories, to hilarious science writing about the 'life' of human cadavers. This bi-monthly book club picks from four choices every meeting; one classic, one translation, one nonfiction, and one modern tale of terror to always keep us on our toes and up at night. Join us...if you DARE (no, but really join us)!

Schedule

We meet on the last Wednesday of every other month in the store from 6 - 7:30PM. We do announcements and intros, grab drinks, and get settled from 6 - 6:30 PM, then discussion runs promptly from 6:30-7:30. The store is open till 9PM so you can continue the conversation with your new friends!

July Book: The Summer That Melted Everything

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May Fiction Book Club
May
26
6:30 PM18:30
BOOKCLUB, LIT

May Fiction Book Club

Welcome to Book + Bottle’s Fiction Book Club! We get together with a diverse group of folks to read great books and talk about them over glasses of wine. We started with an online Facebook group so we could connect before the store opened, and now that the store is open, we’re meeting and talking in person! And it’s just lovely. I love watching members gather and become friends after just one meeting. We have members who have never been in a book club before and members who are in three other book clubs! All are welcome.

We meet on the last Thursday of the month in the store from 6 - 7:30PM. We do announcements and intros, grab drinks, and get settled from 6 - 6:30 PM, then discussion runs promptly from 6:30-7:30. The store is open till 9PM so you can continue the conversation with your new friends!

May book:

April book: My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

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May Horror Book Club
May
25
6:00 PM18:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

May Horror Book Club

Horror isn't a style - it's a feeling. Our book club will take you from Argentinian Gothic and American ghost stories, to hilarious science writing about the 'life' of human cadavers. This bi-monthly book club picks from four choices every meeting; one classic, one translation, one nonfiction, and one modern tale of terror to always keep us on our toes and up at night. Join us...if you DARE (no, but really join us)!

Schedule

We meet on the last Wednesday of every other month in the store from 6 - 7:30PM. We do announcements and intros, grab drinks, and get settled from 6 - 6:30 PM, then discussion runs promptly from 6:30-7:30. The store is open till 9PM so you can continue the conversation with your new friends!

May book: Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

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May Non Fiction Book Club
May
18
6:00 PM18:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

May Non Fiction Book Club

In this Book + Bottle sponsored bookclub, will be branching out into all areas of non fiction: biography, memoir, history, essays, true crime and more. The scope is vast, and we here at Book + Bottle always want to explore different topics and to push our readers into uncharted (but approachable) territory.

We meet on the third Wednesday of the month in the store from 6 - 7:30PM. We do announcements and intros, grab drinks, and get settled from 6 - 6:30 PM, then discussion runs promptly from 6:30-7:30. The store is open till 9PM so you can continue the conversation with your new friends!

May book: Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong

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April Fiction Book Club
Apr
28
6:30 PM18:30
BOOKCLUB, LIT

April Fiction Book Club

Welcome to Book + Bottle’s Fiction Book Club! We get together with a diverse group of folks to read great books and talk about them over glasses of wine. We started with an online Facebook group so we could connect before the store opened, and now that the store is open, we’re meeting and talking in person! And it’s just lovely. I love watching members gather and become friends after just one meeting. We have members who have never been in a book club before and members who are in three other book clubs! All are welcome.

We meet on the last Thursday of the month in the store from 6 - 7:30PM. We do announcements and intros, grab drinks, and get settled from 6 - 6:30 PM, then discussion runs promptly from 6:30-7:30. The store is open till 9PM so you can continue the conversation with your new friends!

March book: My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

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Lady Leaders Book Club
Apr
24
11:00 AM11:00
BOOKCLUB

Lady Leaders Book Club

As a woman-owned business, it has been essential to me to have a community of strong entrepreneurial women around me. With the encouragement of my friend Kristin Berry of The Dashing Ginger, we started Leaders + Readers - Entrepreneurs, an invite-only, private book club for local women entrepreneurs. For more info, please email info@bookandbottlestpete.com.

Well, the word got out and there are a bunch of other boss ladies who might not be entrepreneurs but who would benefit from reading the same sort of powerful material. We’ve opened up a PUBLIC version of the book club above and we’re calling it Lady Leaders Book Club. We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management positions. Both Leaders + Readers and the Lady Leaders Book Club will be reading the same book each month (unless it doesn’t make sense), but the conversations will be curated toward either entrepreneurs specifically or toward managers.

Schedule

Lady Leaders Book Club will meet on the 4th Sunday of each month at 11 AM — right before the store opens. We’ve got mimosas, amazing coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss!

CURRENT BOOK

April 2022

We Should All Be Millionaires by Rachel Rodgers

March 2022

Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

February 2022

Just Work by Kim Scott

January 2022

Dare to Lead by Brene Brown

December 2021

How Women Rise by Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith

November 2021

Radical Candor by Kim Scott

October 2021

The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo

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April Non Fiction Book Club
Apr
20
6:00 PM18:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

April Non Fiction Book Club

In this Book + Bottle sponsored bookclub, will be branching out into all areas of non fiction: biography, memoir, history, essays, true crime and more. The scope is vast, and we here at Book + Bottle always want to explore different topics and to push our readers into uncharted (but approachable) territory.

We meet on the third Wednesday of the month in the store from 6 - 7:30PM. We do announcements and intros, grab drinks, and get settled from 6 - 6:30 PM, then discussion runs promptly from 6:30-7:30. The store is open till 9PM so you can continue the conversation with your new friends!

April book: Calypso by David Sedaris

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March Fiction Book Club
Mar
31
6:30 PM18:30
BOOKCLUB, LIT

March Fiction Book Club

Welcome to Book + Bottle’s Fiction Book Club! We get together with a diverse group of folks to read great books and talk about them over glasses of wine. We started with an online Facebook group so we could connect before the store opened, and now that the store is open, we’re meeting and talking in person! And it’s just lovely. I love watching members gather and become friends after just one meeting. We have members who have never been in a book club before and members who are in three other book clubs! All are welcome.

We meet on the last Thursday of the month in the store from 6 - 7:30PM. We do announcements and intros, grab drinks, and get settled from 6 - 6:30 PM, then discussion runs promptly from 6:30-7:30. The store is open till 9PM so you can continue the conversation with your new friends!

March book: A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende

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March Horror Book Club
Mar
30
6:00 PM18:00
BOOKCLUB, LIT

March Horror Book Club

Horror isn't a style - it's a feeling. Our book club will take you from Argentinian Gothic and American ghost stories, to hilarious science writing about the 'life' of human cadavers. This bi-monthly book club picks from four choices every meeting; one classic, one translation, one nonfiction, and one modern tale of terror to always keep us on our toes and up at night. Join us...if you DARE (no, but really join us)!

Schedule

We meet on the last Wednesday of every other month in the store from 6 - 7:30PM. We do announcements and intros, grab drinks, and get settled from 6 - 6:30 PM, then discussion runs promptly from 6:30-7:30. The store is open till 9PM so you can continue the conversation with your new friends!

March book: The Burning Girls by CH Tudor

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March Non Fiction Book Club
Mar
16
6:30 PM18:30
BOOKCLUB, LIT

March Non Fiction Book Club

In this Book + Bottle sponsored bookclub, will be branching out into all areas of non fiction: biography, memoir, history, essays, true crime and more. The scope is vast, and we here at Book + Bottle always want to explore different topics and to push our readers into uncharted (but approachable) territory.

We meet on the third Wednesday of the month in the store from 6 - 7:30PM. We do announcements and intros, grab drinks, and get settled from 6 - 6:30 PM, then discussion runs promptly from 6:30-7:30. The store is open till 9PM so you can continue the conversation with your new friends!

March book: Sunshine State by Sara Gerard

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Lady Leaders Book Club
Feb
27
12:00 PM12:00
BOOKCLUB

Lady Leaders Book Club

As a woman-owned business, it has been essential to me to have a community of strong entrepreneurial women around me. With the encouragement of my friend Kristin Berry of The Dashing Ginger, we started Leaders + Readers - Entrepreneurs, an invite-only, private book club for local women entrepreneurs. For more info, please email info@bookandbottlestpete.com.

Well, the word got out and there are a bunch of other boss ladies who might not be entrepreneurs but who would benefit from reading the same sort of powerful material. We’ve opened up a PUBLIC version of the book club above and we’re calling it Lady Leaders Book Club. We’ll meet over coffee, tea, and/or wine here at Book + Bottle to discuss personal and professional development topics relevant to professional and ambitious women, especially those in management positions. Both Leaders + Readers and the Lady Leaders Book Club will be reading the same book each month (unless it doesn’t make sense), but the conversations will be curated toward either entrepreneurs specifically or toward managers.

Schedule

Lady Leaders Book Club will meet on the 4th Sunday of each month at noon. We’ve got mimosas, amazing coffee, and snacks and lots of ladies to discuss!

CURRENT BOOK

February 2022

Just Work by Kim Scott

January 2022

Dare to Lead by Brene Brown

December 2021

How Women Rise by Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith

November 2021

Radical Candor by Kim Scott

October 2021

The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo

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February Fiction Book Club
Feb
24
6:30 PM18:30
BOOKCLUB, LIT

February Fiction Book Club

Welcome to Book + Bottle’s Fiction Book Club! We get together with a diverse group of folks to read great books and talk about them over glasses of wine. We started with an online Facebook group so we could connect before the store opened, and now that the store is open, we’re meeting and talking in person! And it’s just lovely. I love watching members gather and become friends after just one meeting. We have members who have never been in a book club before and members who are in three other book clubs! All are welcome.

We meet on the last Thursday of the month in the store from 6 - 7:30PM. We do announcements and intros, grab drinks, and get settled from 6 - 6:30 PM, then discussion runs promptly from 6:30-7:30. The store is open till 9PM so you can continue the conversation with your new friends!

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