If you’ve been in book clubs you know how stressful and maddening they can be. People don’t read. Or they don’t read well. Or you hurry to get the reading done and don’t get to enjoy the book. Or someone always picks that super-long book about the economic history of some country you’ve never heard of.
Silent book clubs take this bother away: just show up, say hi (or not!), have a drink (or not!), and read whatever you brought!
We’re indebted to articles we’ve read about the original Silent Book Club, which inspires us and provides the model.
Follow us in any of these places!
Wednesday, March 26, from 6 to 10 at Proof Social Club.
Proof Social Club is a bar in Downtown Honolulu where Chaplain Lane meets Fort Street Mall.
There is no program. Just show up, get something to eat or drink, read, and (if you like!) meet other book-lovers. Pasta Boys will be there to provide reading fuel. Check out their Instagram to see what they might be offering!
If you pay a one-time $10 fee to join the Proof Readers Book Club, you get a custom Proof Readers Book Club bookmark, a drink ticket (valid for a well drink, a draft beer, or a non alcoholic drink), and a $2 coupon at Skull Face Books around the corner on Bethel Street.
We’ll have the book exchange table again, so bring a book or two if you’d like to make room on your bookshelf. The kitty lamps will also be there.
Once again, if you can spell Mitchell for a half-hour shift at the greeting table, he would appreciate it. Please let me know if you can help.
Sunday, March 30, from 2 to 4 at Kawaikui Beach Park.
Kawaikui Beach Park (5475 Kalanianaole Hwy) is on the far edge of Aina Haina going east, practically the last thing before Niu Valley. It has free parking, shady trees, a (public park) restroom, and even a covered pavilion.
Look for Gina in a shady spot on the Waimanalo side of the park (left side as you’re facing the ocean)! She has a table sign with a reading hippo on it.
Bring snacks and drinks if you want. Bring a chair or beach towel, and maybe some sunscreen. Bring your physical books, ebooks, audio books, textbooks, comic books, or whatever!
We’ll chat a little, take a voluntary group photo, then read for about an hour, and then chat a little more. Socializing is totally optional, of course! Please take a Honolulu Silent Book Club sticker if you haven’t already got one, and please add your name to our email list if you’re not on it.
Thursday, April 10, from 6 to 8 at Kahala Mall.
Meet at the enormous round table outside Whole Foods Market, if it’s available. Look for two hippos perched atop a book on the table, and you’ll know you found us. We’ll have the book exchange table again, so bring a book or two if you’d like to make room on your bookshelf.
We’ll follow roughly this schedule:
- 6:00 say hi (or not!), get something to eat or drink (or not!)
- 6:30 optional group photo, read whatever you’ve brought
- 7:30 chat or keep reading
We’re not rigid about time, so these are just approximations. 🙂