The University Friends Circle Book Club usually meets on the first Thursday of the month at 3:30 p.m., at the UC Merced on Main building at the corner of Main Street and M, in downtown Merced. The December 2025 meeting will be on Thursday, December 4th.
Book Club leaders Martha and Barbara invite all UFC members to join them for robust discussion each month. Book Club members rotate responsibility for book selection during the academic year. All UFC members are welcome at any time!
The November book selection is Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon.
The novel, which is set in 1932, centers on a Milwaukee private investigator who is set adrift in Hungary while tracking the heiress to a Wisconsin cheese fortune (Wikipedia).
Titles read so far this academic year:
- October 2025: My Friends by Fredrik Backman
- September 2025: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
