About us
We're a girls-only East Bay community for readers who love discussing books in person over coffee. We meet at a local coffee shop to chat about our picks— if a latte and a good book sounds like your perfect hour, you'll fit right in. Members should have a clear profile photo when joining.
Attendance Policy
- Please RSVP “Yes” only if you plan to attend. Cancel at least 48 hours before the event.
- A 3-day cancellation notice is required. Late cancellations and missed attendance will both be marked as a no-show. Repeated no-shows will restrict future event registration.
💕 Organizing these meetups takes time and effort. If you’d like to support the organizer, donations are always appreciated but never required. Donations can be made on the meetup page or buy the host a coffee ☕
Upcoming events
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📖 Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt
Devout Coffee, 37323 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA, USGrab a coffee and join us for a relaxed discussion of Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt ☕ 📚 (scheduled to premiere on Netflix on May 8, 2026.)
This is an easygoing, welcoming conversation over coffee. You do not need to have finished the book to attend. Feel free to share thoughts from wherever you are in the story, or simply listen and enjoy.Attendance Policy
- Please RSVP “Yes” only if you plan to attend. Cancel at least 48 hours before the event.
- Late cancellations or no cancellations will be marked as a no-show. Repeated no-shows may limit future attendance.
About the book
A charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.
Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late.
Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.
10 attendees
📖 The Lion Women of Tehran, by Marjan Kamali
Devout Coffee, 37323 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA, USGrab a coffee and join us for a relaxed discussion of The Lion Women of Tehran, by Marjan Kamali ☕ 📚 This is an easygoing, welcoming conversation over coffee. You do not need to have finished the book to attend. Feel free to share thoughts from wherever you are in the story, or simply listen and enjoy.
Attendance Policy
Please RSVP “Yes” only if you plan to attend. If you need to cancel, please do so at least 48 hours before the event. Late cancellations or no cancellations will be marked as a no-show. Repeated no-shows may limit future attendance.Organizing these meetups takes time and care. If you’d like to support the organizer, optional donations are always appreciated but never required. Donations can be made on the Meetup page or you can buy the host a coffee ☕
About the book
In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances, Ellie dreams for a friend to alleviate her isolation.
Luckily, on the first day of school, she meets Homa, a kind girl with a brave and irrepressible spirit. Together, the two girls play games, learn to cook in the stone kitchen of Homa’s warm home, wander through the colorful stalls of the Grand Bazaar, and share their ambitions of becoming “lion women.”
But their happiness is disrupted when Ellie and her mother are afforded the opportunity to return to their previous bourgeois life. Now a popular student at the best girls’ high school in Iran, Ellie’s memories of Homa begin to fade. Years later, however, her sudden reappearance in Ellie’s privileged world alters the course of both of their lives.
Together, the two young women come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful futures. But as the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences.8 attendees
Past events
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