Honolulu Silent Book Club

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!), and read whatever you brought!

Kawaikui Beach Park is on the far edge of Aina Haina going east, practically the last thing before Niu Valley. It has free parking, shady trees, and a (public park) restroom.

There is street parking in the neighborhood nearby, if the lot is full.

Gina is hosting! Look for her in a shady spot on the Waimanalo side of the park (the left side as you're facing the ocean)!

Bring snacks and drinks if you want. Bring a chair or beach towel and perhaps 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 add your name to our email list (if you're not on it).

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!

6 to 8 p.m. 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 me.

This will be our regular spot and our regular time, second Thursday of the month, until we decide on something else.

Say hi (or not) at 6.
Get something to eat or drink (or not).

Start reading at 6:30.

Keep reading at 7:30, or call it a night, or stick around and chat!

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.

If it rains, we'll move to the tables beneath the eaves in front of Whole Foods Market, or to tables inside the mall.