If the thought of Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior fascinates you and you've been pondering Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji for some time, then this is the book club for you!  Slice of Mooncake is based in San Francisco and will focus on literature primarily by Asian American authors, but will also embrace stories centered on Asian culture, history, and icons. Selection of readings will be suggested by both the Organizer and members, and include current fiction, nonfiction, classics …

Greetings. There is hardly anything I enjoy more than to read a good book and discuss it among thoughtful individuals! How about you? Please join if you are interested in being an active participant in a book club focused **exclusively** on classic literature, shown on the following lists below, that has stood the test of time. If not interested exclusively in classic lit, if not willing to stick to selections from the lists below, there will not be a match with this group.  The good news is tha …

Have you ever heard of Naked Girls Reading? It’s a group of ladies who enjoy giving readings of various works to a large audience au naturel. The group originated in Chicago two years ago when the founder’s husband caught his naked wife lying in repose focused intently on her book. At that moment, both agreed that there was something amazingly powerful about reading sans culottes. As a PhD literature grad student and a nudist, I have been doing this for years! And now, I think it’s the perfect t …

Looking for a creatively-safe, encouraging place to find or hone your writing voice? To learn more about the craft? In the Rocklin, Roseville, Lincoln, Loomis, Granite Bay or surrounding foothill area? Join us! Whether you're a new writer, a journal writer, or a veteran who may be feeling "blocked," join writer/published author and expressive arts facilitator Terri Kent-Enborg ... and awaken the writer within! (Many students come from my personal website.  Thus, RSVP totals here will be inaccu …

We are a group that gathers on the 4th Tuesday of the month to discuss a book we have all agreed to read. There is laughter, insight, and some great conversation. Please let us know if you would like to join us.

So what's the worst part of most book groups? Being forced to read a book you simply don't want to read. And what's the best part: getting all those great book recommendations! In this meet up, we're going to dispense with the book *reading* and go straight to the recommending ... and we'll do it with a game I call the "Book Auction". Each participant brings 2 of their favorite books (1 fiction, 1 non-fiction) -- these can be books off your shelf, or new purchases from a store. At the door, ever …

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Hello all, my name if Fan Lin. I am a young professional working in the clean tech industry. An old Chinese saying putsit "You learn the world more by traveling ten thousand miles than by reading ten thousand books. To me, traveling and reading carry the same weight and I wish my life will be a more interesting journey full of reading and thinking on the road. I hope to organize reading and travel activities for people who are seriously interested in reading and in exploring the beautiful landsc …

If you love books and movies, why can’t you discuss both? I started South Bay Books and Movies because I wanted a club where people get together to discuss books and movies. In South Bay Books and Movies we will be spending time discussing fascinating books and movies while expanding our interests and not worrying about the details. We will meet every one to two weeks to discuss our book club selection and every three weeks to watch a movie and discuss it afterwards over dinner or late lunch. We …

The Geekery is a community collective providing opportunities for geeks to share similar interests and fulfill their socialization needs. We are up for anything in the realm of geekiness including (but not limited to): - Board Games/RPG's - Video/PC Games (including Rock Band) - Magic/Pokemon/TCG Games - Book Readings and Discussions - Cartoons/Anime - Nerf Battles - Crafting - SciFi/Fantasy movies/books/TV series These could be group activities or just topics for discussion. Feel free to post i …

This group is for people whom enjoy reading all types of books. Anything from a NY Times best seller to an old classic. There is no genre that will be ignored. The group is also for those who enjoy an adult beverage or two while discussing the merits of a good novel. We will meet monthly at various locations in midtown, Curtis Park, and Land Park.

Are you interested in a fun book club with other people your age? Please come join! I noticed that most of the book clubs out there in the east bay area tended to have more members over 30 and I have always wanted a club made up of fellow book lovers within my own age range. Any women/gay guys in the east bay area between 21-29 are more than welcome (You don't have to live in Walnut Creek to come hang out with us!) whether you are a college student, in your career, or a stay at home parent. The …

Meet kindred book lovers in a local Meetup Book Club!  We read classic fiction, current fiction, and nonfiction paperbacks, rotating through these genres each month in a three-month cycle.  Read a new book every month.  Come to discuss the book, share stories, and make new friends!

We are late 20's - 30's and love reading new fiction. We are fond of discussing the book over wine and therefore, like to try new wine bars around the city. Meeting time: 1st Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM Here is a sample of some of the books we have read this year: The Unnamed, It Chooses You, Open City, How The Mistakes Were Made, The Madonnas of Echo Park, The Fat Years and The Leftovers. We welcome new members who are social, enjoy reading, and will challenge us with interesting or offb …

There are several Meetup book clubs in the East Bay, but many of them are specialized (e.g., women-only, we only read such-and-such books, etc.), or their meetings fill to capacity so fast that I never get a chance to rsvp - so I decided to start this one. I previously participated in a fantastic book club in Chicago, which gave me the opportunity to read some great books that I probably wouldn't have found on my own. I hope to continue that trend here! This is a mixed-gender book club for anyon …

Let's get together to read some great books and have some great conversation! The 20 and 30 something ladies of Walnut Creek should get together and read everything from Chick Lit to Political Bio's. Looking for a place to discuss a great book, life events and the latest gossip, then this meet up is for you!

Depending on the subject of the meeting we will explore Art, Music Culture and Literature. The purpose of the group is to experience and share interests in Art, Music etc..

Ladies of the Book Club is perfect for queer, lesbian, bi-sexual, open-minded individuals who enjoy reading a variety of books and delving into provocative conversation about characters, plot, parallels to history and society, symbolism, and meaning. We will create a group of people who are excited about meeting monthly to build new friendships through insightful, creative, intellectual, and fun discussions.

What: A book club for avid romance novel readers. Meetups not exclusively limited to book discussions. My hope is to get to know new people and building some new friendships (most of my friends are in Europe or scattered across the country). Who: Any avid romance novel reader with an open mind and a sense of humor. Why: I haven't been able to find a book club geared towards romance novels (most exclude them), and especially not in the East Bay. I commute a lot during the week for work, so I woul …

Looking for a casual book club that doesn't feel like homework? Look no further! This club will be meeting twice a month, but each meeting will be unique in its own way. The first meeting of the month will be your conventional book club, where the group reads the same book and we discuss our thoughts. Book genre will be open and books will be chosen by a majority vote at the meetings. The main request would be for those attending to actually have read or are almost finished reading the book. The …

We meet monthly at the library to share thoughts about great books; served with a bit of light refreshment. Visit San Francisco Public Library/Mission Branch to pick up a copy of our monthly book title ~ February selection: The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan. For March we will read The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides.

Our plan is to read Ulysses in its entirety. We'll start on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, and meet every Sunday until Bloomsday (wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomsday), June 16. The book is a challenge, for sure--virtuous reading, if you will--but together we'll get through it. Bring your bowler and your Guinness and get your Joyce on!

Do you like to eat? Do you like to stretch your mind? Then this group is for you! We will be reading a (mostly non-fiction) book each month that will challenge your heart, soul, and mind, and then get together once a month in my home to break bread and discuss where the book has led us. Did it make you mad? cry? laugh? Did it change your views on the subject? This book club is for people who like to learn about the cultures and world around them.

Poetry, short stories, plays, novels, history, philosophy, science, not necessarily in that order, classics that are worthy of discussion, current and past, western and non-western, these are the works we discuss. The discussion is what is most important. We discuss these works to enlarge our understanding of the ideas that shape our culture and gain a deeper appreciation for what it means to be human.

This club is intended for those in the Mountain View, Sunnyvale and Cupertino areas who love literary criticism for fiction and creative nonfiction. Each month we'll choose a book to read for the next month. The group will not focus on a single type of literary criticism, but rather on the range of appropriate types. In addition there will be a time during the meeting to express what you took away from reading the book. Depending on the venue for the meeting, we will have different restrictions …

So this year we are celebrating 60 years with 007. Sure, Skyfall is a great movie, but what about the books? We'll be reading Ian Fleming's books starting with Casino Royale. Sure we'll talk about the movies: George Lazenby et al but it'll be fun to actually read the original intents. The locales of these books run the gamut from Las Vegas to London to Istanbul to Jamaica to Mahe Island. Hopefully we can find bars/restaurants that correspond to the locales and rap.

Hi there fellow 40-somethings, I created this group when I first moved to Marin County from Southern California and it was a great way to make friends. Now I'm in Berkeley and wanted to start one here. The name of the group speaks for itself, I don't stick with a theme of books to read; one month we may read a mystery, another month a classic, the next...well, you get the idea! We'll have one scheduled book club meeting each month and I'll also schedule meetups in between to attend a literature …

A group dedicatd to reading James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. Sounds pretty straight forward right..... The plan, to read a few pages alone, come together, read them aloud and decipher together. If it sounds like fun, then join. If it sounds like hard work, but rewarding, then join. If you want to laugh at the rest of us, then join.....