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Silent Book Club Event for Grown-Ups - FREE EXPERIENCE!
About This Event
Join us for a FREE Silent Book Club experience! Once a month we will keep our Booktique's Reading Lounges open for an hour of private hour of reading time so 15 LUCKY READERS can enjoy some quiet self-care, on us! Choose to read in any of our reading nooks (first come, first served)... OR JUST ADDED: We will choose to meet other locations in the Chicagoland area (like Wine Styles by our Edgebrook Shop or Imperial Oak Brewing near our NEW Brookfield Shop)!
There will be an optional 30 minute soirée and shopping party after each event so that readers can have the opportunity mix and mingle with other local Chicago / Chicagoland book lovers to talk about what they're reading and/or GET AN EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT if they choose to shop our curated selection of books and reading pairings!
P.S. Our in-store Book Club events are ALWAYS BRING YOUR OWN BEVERAGE, so feel free to bring some sips to enjoy while you read as well (we'll have a few mocktails / NA options available for sale, but encourage attendees to bring their favorites too)... SWEET 'N SALTY SNACKS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE before or during the event! NOTE: Edgebrook will charge a small $5 corkage fee if you arrive with a boozy bevy.
About the Venue
WineStyles Norwood Park
Presented by New Book Joy - Brookfield
Norwood Park
6182 N Northwest Hwy
Chicago, IL 60631
More at New Book Joy - Brookfield
Explore Riverside: Walking History Tour with Book Chat
Local Readers + History Lovers (GROWN-UPS 21+) - Join us in-person at the Metra Train Station in Riverside, then set off to enjoy a Bookish Walking History Tour (led by bookstore owner Mandy Genge and local history teacher Jennie Crownson, who will share book recommendations and historical snippets inspired by Riverside's past and present). Attendees are invited for an after-walk Mix + Mingle at Vinette: The Little Wine Shop in Riverside's Metra Train Station from 7-8 pm where they can hear even more stories and enjoy optional sips from a local woman-owned small business. You’ll get a FREE TAKE-AWAY GIFT + EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS FROM OUR BOOKTIQUE!
Teen Book Swap: Mix and Mingle for High Schoolers
Young Readers (HIGH SCHOOLERS) - Join us in-person at our NEW New Book Joy Booktique in Brookfield for a Teen Book Swap Mix + Mingle! Bring your own new or gently used book to swap with any other books that are brought to this event (or any extra titles that we have available for the swap). Don't worry, you'll get to browse all the books and chat with local book lovers about their titles before swapping... Stick around to shop after you swap & GET AN EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT too!
Blind Date with a Book Book Club
NOTE: EACH $45 TICKET PURCHASED ABOVE INCLUDES A PHYSICAL COPY OF THE BOOK + A SPECIAL TREAT FROM OUR BOOKTIQUE UPON PICKUP/DELIVERY, BOOK DISCUSSION & VIRTUAL COUPON FOR SHOPPING. Local Readers (GROWN-UPS 21+) - Join us in-person at our NEW New Book Joy Booktique in Brookfield to discuss our Blind Date with a Book choice. You're invited to listen in on the curated conversation & participate / ask any questions you have for the group. YOU'LL GET A PHYSICAL COPY OF THE BOOK + SURPRISE THEMED READING PAIRING UPON ORDER PICKUP/DELIVERY, PLUS EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS FROM OUR BOOKTIQUE TOO! BOOK TITLE WILL BE REVEALED UPON ORDER PICKUP / DELIVERY. (If you would like to guess - or ask - the monthly title after reading our book description below, please email newbookjoybf@gmail.com before ordering your ticket + book! If you have already read or are currently reading the book want to participate in the book club without receiving an additional copy of the book, we can invoice you for the ticket only.)