Stay safe and dry, book sharks!
Author: Mitchell
Groove is in the heart, and peace is in the pages, fam. Turn down the volume and crank up the quiet—it’s the second Thursday of the month, and Honolulu Silent Book Club is dropping the needle on another low-key night! 🚡
Slide into Kahala Mall from 6 to 8. Track down the big round table right outside Whole Foods. Your visual beacon: two hippos doing the hustle on top of an Emily Henry novel. Spot the hippos, spot your crew. 🛝
Got a stack collecting dust on your nightstand? Throw down at the book exchange table. Swap a couple, grab a couple, or just browse. Zero rules, pure good vibrations. 🟨
Park the rig for free. Grab a bite if you’re feeling it (Whole Foods ‘za gets plenty of love), but hanging out won’t cost you –save that dime for the jukebox, mama. 🏦
The playlist:
Warm-up chat
Quick photo for the album (totally optional)
Sixty solid minutes of uninterrupted reading
Wrap it up, keep chatting, or stay lost in your chapter 🖤
Paperbacks, e-readers, graphic novels, audiobooks—we play all formats here.
Lost in the mall parking lot? Need a ride back to the pad? Want to hear a terrible joke? Ring Mitchell’s hitline at 830-255-7423 (text preferred!). 🛺
Keep reading, keep grooving. See you under the quiet lights! 🟦
Honolulu Vibes Club, more like. It’s Birria & Books with Baron!
Fort Ruger Park (“Triangle Park”) Saturday, August 8, 11 to 1.
Bring something to read, something to sit upon, something to block UV rays, something to sip on, and all your mellow bookish vibes.
The Dos Jefes taco truck will be parked nearby if you want to grab some yummies, or you can unpack your own snacks.
Fort Ruger Park, under the shade trees. Look for Baron on a blue blanket near the truck.
Free street parking along Kahala Ave, Diamond Head Rd, and Paikau St.
The park has no restrooms! Plan for a quick five-minute drive to Kilauea Park or Kapiolani Community College if needed.
Come for the food, stay for the pages, or vice versa. See you Saturday. 🖤
It’s one of the most photogenic buildings in Honolulu, with its columns and courtyard and whatever you call those second-floor indoor lanais.
But views like these are breathtaking too, especially because of what these shelves hold. It’s the Language, Literature, and History section, where all the big, important stuff of life is. Love and war, life and death, good and evil, Nikon and Canon.
And our host, Emily. 🙂
Thursday, August 6
5:00 to 6:50
The Hawaii State Library
Language, Literature, and History section
Enter the building, go to the left wing and head straight back. You’ll find Emily and your book-loving friends.
Mix, mingle, and chat! We’ll do some quick voluntary photos to show off what everyone is reading, then read quietly for a blissful hour.
The library closes at 7, so come a little early if you’d like to browse and browse and browse and browse.
Parking: Metered spots are available all around the library. Street parking’s free at 6:00.
The Iolani Palace lot is super close and secure. It also becomes free at 6:00, when they shut the gate. If you need to bail before 7:00, just flag down a security guard and they’ll let you out.
Forget your book? No sweat! You’re in a giant building filled with them. Grab something off the shelf and maybe even take a new friend home with your library card.
We can’t wait to read with you. So bring a friend! The more the merrier!
All 60 of our spots are spoken for! Thank you so much for your excitement! If you missed out this time, we still have eight more get-togethers this month!
We can’t wait to read with you today at 4!
Wednesday night! Six to whenever!
Sometimes the graphics come out nicer than your ability. Sometimes they match up exactly with your ability and you get this. Ah well.
Luckily, no graphics skills are needed for Proof Readers Book Club, our monthly get-together for cocktails, mocktails, pasta, books, and vibes.
Unlike our usual Silent Book Club meetups, there’s no program or schedule. Show up, say hi, open a book, have some refreshment, and read. Or just chat!
There will be a book exchange table, so bring a few or take a few.
We start at 6 and go to whenever.
Find your people! We can’t wait to read with you!
Text 830-255-7423 (Mitchell) if you get lost or if you’d like a ride home or if you’d like some company to or from your car or bus stop!
#hotbooksummer continues through August!
Details already posted on Meetup and our main page. They’ll show up here in the next few days.
Stuff that didn’t fit in the graphic:
Vintage Books is maxed out on RSVPs. We’re got a waitlist going now at Meetup.com.
Birria & Books with Baron is at Fort Ruger Park (Triangle Park) in Diamond Head.
Bottleheads Hawaii Kai requires a $10 reservation (comes with a mimosa) on the Bottleheads Hawaii Kai website here.
Book discussion with GIna is on How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr. Meet at Aina Haina Library’s meeting room.
Come find your people! We can’t wait to read with you!
We’re back for another morning of books and brews! ☕📚
Join us again at Blue Tree Cafe in Kaka‘ako, Saturday the 18th, from noon to 2!
Whatever you’re reading, all formats and genres are welcome. Just bring something you love!*
Grab a coffee, settle in, and chat with fellow book-lovers.
Then enjoy an hour of solid, quiet reading, followed by optional socializing to close out the session.
You’ll find it right across Keawe Street from SALT, in The Collection condominium complex. Make sure you’re at the Kaka‘ako Blue Tree, not the one on Kapi‘olani Blvd!
If coming down Ala Moana Blvd, turn onto Keawe St.
The entrance to a garage is on your left immediately after the turn. This lot offers 4 hours of FREE parking. Take a photo of your license plate and scan the QR code at the front counter for validation.
Don’t scan in the garage if you want the free parking. Scan in the cafe!
The large SALT garage managed by Metro is on the right side of Keawe St. if you enter from Ala Moana Blvd. Blue Tree does NOT validate for the SALT garage. Use this only if you plan to visit other SALT businesses for validation.
Nikki is hosting! See you there!
When we announced this a week ago, we didn’t have a time and place for our book discussion, but we do now.
August 23, Sunday, 4:30 to 6.
Aina Haina Public Library
In the meeting room.
We love our regular silent read-ups, but sometimes we go off-script for a field trip.
Gina is hosting a discussion about Daniel Immerwahr’s How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States (2019). If you want to jump into an engaging conversation about some of the lesser-discussed corners of history, this one is for you 🟥.
To help you track down a copy before the discussion, here is the current local recon on availability:
Hawaii State Library System: Ten physical copies exist, and the hold queue is 11 long. There are 36 of 40 audiobooks available. Only 2 ebooks, with 13 holds per copy. 🗄️
University of Hawaii System: If you have UH borrowing privileges, you are in luck. Three physical copies and one electronic copy are sitting there waiting for you right now 🏢.
Add your name to the update list here or at the QR in the graphic. 🚡
We’re coming to Kaneohe!
Join us for bookish, quiet companionship at the Kāneʻohe Public Library with our host, Gail the librarian!
Monday, July 13
5:00 to 5:15: Arrive, settle in, and chat (if you want to—but no pressure!). We’ll take a group photo of the books!
5:15 – 6:15: One solid, uninterrupted hour of beautiful, silent reading.
6:15 – 6:45: Share what you’re reading, trade recommendations, browse the stacks, and talk story.
The library closes at 7, so come a little early if you crave extra book time or just want to explore this long-awaited, newly renovated space.
The library’s official address is on Kamehameha Highway, don’t try to turn in from Kamehameha Hwy. Enter from Waikalua Road, drive past the police station, and you’ll see the library’s parking lot right behind the library. There’s also parking on the hill. You’ll see what we mean.
Please drop a note if you have accessibility questions or would like accommodation!
Bring whatever you are currently reading, or show up early and discover something on the library shelves.
Can’t wait to see you all on the Windward side!