Likely Stories Book Club
Likely Stories has been a local favorite for many years, and now a new chapter in its long standing history has begun!
Each month we will meet to have a fun discussion of one of the titles reviewed on-air on Likely Stories. After the discussion, we'll randomly draw our next book!
To become a part of this exciting group, and for further information, you can sign up to join the Likely Stories Book Club mailing list here.
The next meeting of the LIKELY STORIES BOOK CLUB will be taking place on Thursday February 15th at 6pm at La Madeline in Central Texas Marketplace.
The book up for discussion is Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley.
You can find the Likely Stories review by contributor Diane Kemper of this book here.
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