The Audacity to Read Book Club For Millennial Women

Hosted By: Tatyana Najee aka Mermaid 

Meetings: The second Wednesday of every month at 7pm CT on zoom

Welcome to The Audacity to Read, a book club for millennial women who love bold books and meaningful conversation. Hosted by Tatyana Najee, aka Mermaid, this is a space to explore radical, liberating, banned, and thought-provoking reads that challenge the status quo and make room for new perspectives.

Each month, you will receive discussion questions to reflect on as you read. Then we will meet on Zoom to unpack the book, share what moved or challenged us, and connect through honest conversation. Special fireside chats with select authors are also planned,

giving us opportunities to ask questions directly and go deeper into their work. Bring your curiosity, your questions, and your whole self. Let's read, reflect, laugh, and build community, one bold book at a time.

MEET YOUR HOST:

Tatyana Najee, also known as Mermaid, is a millennial mom, political content creator, and brand ambassador from New York City who now calls Chicago home. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her child, reading, and researching issues affecting Chicago and politics at the federal level. She creates content that educates, informs, and makes complex topics accessible to a broad audience. As host of The Audacity to Read, Tatyana brings millennial women together through bold books, thoughtful conversation, and a shared desire

to learn and connect.

About us: This book club is for women who read beyond the expected.

The Audacity to Read is a book club for millennial women who love radical, liberating, banned, and thought-provoking books. We read stories that challenge the status quo, amplify voices too often silenced, and invite us to think more deeply about power, identity, freedom, and ourselves. Come for the books. Stay for the conversation, laughter, and community.

What your membership supports:

Here’s a breakdown of our two membership options and what your support helps make possible.

Bookclub Member | $10 per month

This is our standard membership for The Audacity to Read. Your monthly subscription helps cover the costs of running our book club, including:

• A paid Zoom account so our conversations can continue beyond 40 minutes.
• Our monthly Bookclubs premium account.
• Platform fees, including the small percentage Bookclubs deducts from each subscription for using its app and website.
• Compensation for my time preparing discussion questions, organizing meetings, and managing our community.

Your membership helps keep this space organized, engaging, and ready for meaningful conversations each month.

Mermaid’s Community Supporter | $15 per month

This tier is for members who would like to give a little extra to support me, Mermaid, and what I’m building.

Your $15 subscription includes your book club membership and supports the same operating costs listed above. The additional $5 also helps support the launch of Pass The Mic, Ma, my upcoming podcast with my mom, Day, where we’ll discuss politics, racism, and the conversations we need to be having.

That extra support will help us purchase podcast equipment, cover monthly recording space rental, and pay for other startup expenses as we bring the podcast to life.

Both tiers include the same book club access. The $15 option is simply a way to offer additional support if it fits your budget.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

Read & reflect: Receive monthly discussion questions to consider as you read.

Meet & connect: Gather on Zoom to explore the questions and how the book impacted

us.

Go deeper with authors: Enjoy planned fireside chats with select authors, subject to

availability.

You have any additional Questions feel free to contact me at: theaudacitytoread@gmail.com