Leaves & Literacy Book Club (September 2025)

Leaf & Petal has our very own book club! Headed up by Maeve and Aleena (usually), Leaves & Literacy is a chance to discover and discuss new books, drink delicious tea, and get an exclusive handmade item! In person spots for this book club are currently limited to a small amount, due to space, but we do hope to expand in the future!

How it works: 

1. Purchase your book club box at the beginning of the month to pick up in store or have shipped to you. (Available for order/pickup/shipping, September 12th)
2. Receive your book club box. Drink your tea and read your book. 
3. Come to the book club meeting at Leaf & Petal the first or second Tuesday of each month (this meeting will be October 14th) where you will discuss the book, enjoy tea and refreshments (provided free of charge), get a 20% discount to shop, and get FIRST chance at signing up for the next month's book club. 

What your package includes:

• The book of the month: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• An ounce of loose leaf tea: Mary Shelley Literary Tea
• A handmade crochet item from Maeve: Frankenstein's head!
• Disposable tea bags and two surprise themed stickers!

About Frankenstein: 

Frankenstein was published in 1818 when Mary Shelley was only 21, and is thought to have been inspired by a dream she had as she was competing with Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and John Polidori to write the best horror story. It achieved immediate success with the public, while stirring debate with the critics. This story of an experiment where life is given to an inanimate body through electricity is one of the first examples of science fiction, where Gothic and Romantic elements blend into one of literature's greatest masterpieces of all times that inspired countless adaptations and transpositions. Together with Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the works of Edgar Allan Poe, it is one of the all-time classics of young adult thriller and mystery stories.