What we’re about
Welcome to 805 Reads Book Club!
We look forward to meeting you and seeing you soon at a book club meeting! We are a friendly group that warmly welcomes new members. There are many different groups covering several genres. We hope you find one or more that intrigue you:
1st Tuesday – Award nominees or winners, available in paperback and under 450 pages.
Leader: Beverlee Abell,
Location: In and about the 805 Zip code
2nd Monday – Varies - recommendations from the group - usually current fiction.
Leaders: Monthly hosts vary, Beverlee Abell
Location: Varies
3rd Thursday – It’s a Mystery! Mysteries, fiction and non-fiction.
Leader: Jennifer Gross
Location: Varies
Varied Thursdays – Salon Group
Leader: Jennifer Gross
Location: Varies
Saturdays: Mystery and Fiction
Leaders: Cindy
Occasional Sunday mornings – Page to Screen. We’ll read the book, watch the movie, and discuss both afterwards. Meets whenever a great opportunity arises.
Leader: Ellen Rodriguez
Location: Movie theaters and eating establishments in/near Camarillo
All of the group leaders can be reached through the Meetup app, through a “Comment” or “Messages” link. Beverlee Abell is the Lead Organizer of the group.
What to know about the MEETINGS:
If you’re on the Wait List, still read the book. The Wait List often clears, especially in the last few days before the meeting.
If you can’t attend, please change your RSVP. It helps clear the Wait List. We meet at local restaurants and some have ordering minimums for use of the space.
No Shows and people who cancel with 24 hours of the meeting will be marked on the meeting attendance. After three No Shows and/or late cancellations, you’ll be blocked from signing up for more meetings.
Dues are $15.00 per year, to offset the cost of Meetup membership. You may pay on the Meetup app or pay cash to Beverlee Abell. Your profile will show if your dues are paid. Meetup will remind you when the fee is due the following year.
We are looking forward to seeing you soon at 805 Reads!
Beverlee, Ellen, Jennifer and Cindy
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Monday Night Let's Read: The Measure by: Nikki ErlickMarie Callender's Restaurant , Camarillo , CA
Goodreads Choice Award
Nominee for Readers' Favorite Science Fiction (2022), Nominee for Readers' Favorite Debut Novel (2022)
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!"A story of love and hope as interweaving characters display: how all moments, big and small, can measure a life. If you want joy, love, romance, and hope—read with us." —Jenna Bush Hager
A luminous, spirit-lifting blockbuster that asks: would you choose to find out the length of your life?Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice.
It seems like any other day. You wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and head out.
But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. The contents of this mysterious box tells you the exact number of years you will live.
From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. Where did these boxes come from? What do they mean? Is there truth to what they promise?
As society comes together and pulls apart, everyone faces the same shocking choice: Do they wish to know how long they’ll live? And, if so, what will they do with that knowledge?
The Measure charts the dawn of this new world through an unforgettable cast of characters whose decisions and fates interweave with one another: best friends whose dreams are forever entwined, pen pals finding refuge in the unknown, a couple who thought they didn’t have to rush, a doctor who cannot save himself, and a politician whose box becomes the powder keg that ultimately changes everything.
Enchanting and deeply uplifting, The Measure is an ambitious, invigorating story about family, friendship, hope, and destiny that encourages us to live life to the fullest.
- Tuesday Night Let's Read: Yellowface by R.F. KuangNeeds location
Goodreads Choice Award
Winner for Readers' Favorite Fiction (2023)
Authors Juniper Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena is a literary darling while June is a nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls?, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse, stealing Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? This piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller. That is what June believes, and The New York Times bestseller list agrees.
But June cannot escape Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens her stolen success. As she races to protect her secret she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
