PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE MEETING AT 2:30, NOT 2:00 AS WAS ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED! See you there!

Saturday, March 8, from 2:30 to 4:30 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 the pavilion!

(restroom on the left; pavilion on the right)

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.

We can’t wait to read with you!

We’re meeting Wednesday night at Proof Social Club, in Downtown Honolulu where Chaplain Lane meets Fort Street Mall!

6 to 10. There’s 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. Check out their IG (@pastaboys.proof) to see possible offerings.

We’ll have a book exchange table, so bring a few who might be looking for new homes, or take a few who would look great on your nightstand.

The cute kitty lamps will also be there.

Street parking is free after 6. I always park in the Beretania-Nuuanu underground municipal lot. It’s well-lighted with wide stalls, and it’s reasonably priced. It exits on Pauahi Street, so it’s about two short blocks from the bar.

A lot of people like to park in Kukui Plaza, which is right across Beretania from Fort Street Mall. It’s the same price and a lot closer, but I haven’t parked there since grad school days (we’re talking a long time ago) so I can’t personally vouch for it. Entrance on Kukui St. behind the Safeway.

Please text Mitchell (830-255-7423) if you’d like someone to accompany you to or from your vehicle or your bus stop! I’m serious!

Thursday night!

meet us at the big round table outside whole foods market!

kahala mall, 6 to 8.

looks for two hippos sitting on a book!

we will have a book exchange table. drop a couple, take a couple or whatever. there are no rules. i’d rather you take unclaimed books back, but if you don’t, i’ll be happy to drop them off at the little free library at makiki district park.

6 – say hi or not.

6:26 – optional group photo.

6:30 – read. physical books, ebooks, audio books, or whatever!

7:30 – keep reading or stick around and chat.

lots of food and drink options nearby, but no pressure to spend any money at all.

IF IT RAINS, look for us either at the tables beneath the eaves right in front of whole foods, or at tables in the mall.

Three meetups in February! More details as the dates approach!

As you know by now, we’re doing our first collab, and it’s with Proof Social Club Wednesday the 29th. Baron, Ray, Terecia, and I attended their first Proof Readers Book Club event last year, and it was a super chill time for reading and chatting.

I forgot when I sent the email out: Proof’s ongoing collab with Pasta Boys is Wednesday through Saturday, which means in addition to quiet time with a book and a beer (or whatever you’re drinking — they have some nice mocktails!), you could also scarf some delicious pasta. Check their IG for an example of the offerings.

We will have a book exchange table! Leave a couple, take a couple, or whatever: there are no rules. I would rather you take your unclaimed books home with you, but if you leave them, I’ll be happy to take them to the Little Free Library in Makiki District Park.

Starts at six and goes to ten (with pasta service ending at 9). Message Mitchell (that’s me) at 830-255-7423 if you have questions, if you need a ride to or from, or if you’d like someone to talk you to or from your car or bus stop. I mean it! See you there, Book Dragons!

Sometimes it rains in paradise. No meetups today, Thursday the 7th. See you next Thursday night at Kahala Mall!

Candace is hosting us at Hunakai Park in Kahala, Thursday the 7th from 3 to 5!

Bring whatever you wish to read — audio books, print books, electronic books, comic books, or whatever!

Also bring something to sit on and perhaps something to sip on. There are no restrooms, so please plan ahead. Look for Candace in the shade on the Hunakai St. side of the park with a red-and-white striped Tommy Bahama beach chair.

Let’s read alone, together!

Thursday the 10th, we had our first book exchange.

It was a moderate success. More books were set free than adopted, but a few people did claim stuff they were interested in. Because of its massive popularity, I’ve wanted to read Colleen Hoover’s It Ends with Us but because of its subject matter (physical and possibly sexual abuse), I didn’t want to spend money on it. Reading about abuse is just not my speed, usually. Someone brought a copy, though, and someone claimed it and then returned it to the table, so I snatched it up.

A passerby saw our table and picked up a few things too. It’s not what I had in mind, but I was happy to see him take home some new friends.

I took the leftover books to the Little Free Library in Maikiki District Park. The cupboard was pretty bare when I got there the same Thursday night.

I added our leftovers, plus the Target shopping bag Baron brought, and the little library looked a lot more welcoming. 🙂

We’ll do it again at our November 14 meetups. Bring a couple of books, take a couple of books, or trade a couple of books. I’ll bring the leftovers either to this Little Free Library again, or to another on this island.

Beginning at tonight’s meetup, we’ll have a book exchange for anyone who wants to pass something along or pick something up. There are no rules for the exchange table: bring a couple, take a couple, exchange a couple, or whatever.

It would be nice if you would reclaim your books if nobody wants them, but no big deal if you just leave them. I’ll take them to the Little Free Library in Maikiki District Park for someone else, if you don’t take them with you.

See you this evening at 6!