Book Drives San Francisco

September meeting - James by Percival Everett

The September book is *James* by Percival Everett, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize. "An accomplished reconsideration of 'Huckleberry Finn' that gives agency to Jim to illustrate the absurdity of racial supremacy and provide a new take on the search for family and freedom." https://www.pulitzer.org/node/percival-everett-0

East Bay Women's Book Club September Meetup: The Correspondent

Hello, fellow female readers -- The book for the September Meetup is The Correspondent by Virginia Evans For those of you who are new, I will send out the address to my house by Monday, August 14. Looking forward to gathering together and discussing the book. Bonnie

Book, Coffee, Chit Chat, etc. (Tuesday Edition)

ATTENTION: We are now meeting in person again! Please follow current recommendations around mask usage to keep everyone safe. Masks are always welcome and accepted, no matter the current regulations. If you'd like to meet online check out our meeting on the first Wednesday of every month. It's that time again! Let's chit chat about the books we exchanged last time and welcome newcomers bringing their first book. If you've been before you know the deal, otherwise just bring a book to share and expect to say both a few words about it and why you want to share it.

Reading Group #32: Behave

Thank you to everyone who voted for our next reading! We will be reading [Behave, by Robert Sapolsky](https://www.amazon.com/Behave-Biology-Humans-Best-Worst/dp/0143110918/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=185640360919&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.8m5zMolcM56CW1dLiaitGI3e263eV1M7LIK_TqNqcGIfNFuf1r0Q8uyTCBGQE30qfnHSES0v7kzleJ5ZnV9dWsj8giV3SPFEsZIfSCmzQBKfYuoiv2YfzgDaIfqYexk2_TtO3huixKm1qPmdfzVRSH-DLGvDXG7HpBJJDugp-qerq6ICYSk_jP9A_aZKHBdRwR7-dFT7CDpom8SE-W2UEPwOu1kxbxWKk4_GpPlpbd0.d2xTbSMImYAyiirH3vgk8Bxn7d4omGqESe6yKpxkdHo&dib_tag=se&hvadid=792782291971&hvdev=t&hvexpln=0&hvlocint=9031944&hvlocphy=9208984&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=17402560853573214321--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=17402560853573214321&hvtargid=kwd-306996294457&hydadcr=14865_13744959_2453105&keywords=robert+sapolsky+behave&mcid=9ba5a3b845b738f490d5ff9b8bfbf4c0&qid=1783192780&sr=8-1) \- specifically\, the first 6 chapters\! If you're attending in person, please be sure to register here as well, so you can get into the building: https://luma.com/san-francisco-cognitive-science-reading--35cc If you'd like to dial in remotely, please leave a comment and we'll get that set up for you. If no-one comments, it'll be in person only. Thank you! Tom

Captivating Book Club & Yummy Lunch

Book, Coffee, Chit Chat, etc. (Wednesday Edition)

ATTENTION: We are now meeting in person again! Please follow current recommendations around mask usage to keep everyone safe. Masks are always welcome and accepted, no matter the current regulations. If you'd like to meet online check out our meeting on the first Wednesday of every month. It's that time again! Let's chit chat about the books we exchanged last time and welcome newcomers bringing their first book. If you've been before you know the deal, otherwise just bring a book to share and expect to say both a few words about it and why you want to share it.

September Book Club: The Poet Empress at Book Society

Calling all book lovers!

Calling all book lovers! Unplug and join us on the beach with a book you would like to read. Don't forget your book, beach chair/towel, mask, and a bottle of water. While we love to watch children run and play, it's an adults only kind of day. We will be on Alameda Beach (Shore Line Drive between Fair Haven Road and Sand Beach Road). Directions From Oakland: https://goo.gl/maps/77XFVvLqJa72 From San Francisco: https://goo.gl/maps/9fYAbGc7ozo From San Jose: https://goo.gl/maps/6wdEuX8K9xA2

September: Lauren Groff - Brawler

**Recommended Stories:** * The Wind * To Sunland * Birdie (Also, the novella "What's the Time, Mr. Wolf?" seems to be highly recommended in reviews) Looking forward to "diving" in to this one! **For First-Timers:** We recommend reading at least one story, but feel free to read as little or as much as you'd like! Discussion is open, informal, and we try to focus on the recommended stories listed above. **About the Author:** Lauren Groff was born in Cooperstown, New York, and studied at Amherst College before earning an MFA at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, where she opened a bookstore, The Lynx, in 2024, and her sister is the two-time Olympic triathlete Sarah True.

Choose Your Own Adventure in September

Hello adventurers and welcome to the Meetup that is limited by only your imagination! This event is where we get together, have some drinks/snacks, and read aloud a Choose Your Own Adventure books that we vote on. We take turns reading, collectively vote on the choices we'll make, and read through the consequences. Come by and check it out! We've been to space, cured plagues, committed heinous crimes, reached enlightenment, made so many friends, and even visited *the* Forbidden Castle. We're so thankful for your support the past few years and we hope you support us going forward as we continue our adventures. **NO preparation needed!** Feel free to bring friends and please make sure to add them to your RSVP! See you there!

📚✨ BOOK CLUB: The Determined

Discussion: Kin by Tayari Jones

Soooo everyone has been reading and talking about this one — from [Oprah's Book Club](https://www.oprah.com/book/oprahs-book-club-kin-by-tayari-jones_1?editors_pick_id=26790) to [President Obama's Summer Reading List](https://www.obama.org/stories/president-obama-summer-favorites-2026/). Lets get into it and see what the hype is about, shall we?! Personal spoiler: I'M INTO IT (half way done). So many topics too explore! Excited for our lively discussion which will be facilitated by our lovely, long time member Kena! Brionna 🤎 **Book description:** Vernice and Annie, two motherless daughters raised in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, have been best friends and neighbors since earliest childhood, but are fated to live starkly different lives. Raised by a fierce aunt determined to give her a stable home in the wake of her mother’s death, Vernice leaves Atlanta at eighteen for Spelman College, where she joins a sisterhood of powerfully connected Black women and marries into an affluent family. Annie, abandoned by her dissolute mother as a child, and fixated on the idea of finding her and filling the bottomless hole left by her absence, sets off on a journey that will take her into a world of peril and adversity, as well as love and adventure, and culminate in a battle for her life. **Getting the Book:** If you'd like to shop local and Black-owned there’s the beloved Marcus Books. You can give them a call to reserve a copy and visit them at: **Marcus Books - 1 (510) 652-2344** 3900 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA 94609 This book is also available at the Oakland Public Library and the San Francisco Public Library. The audiobook is also included in Spotify Premium subscription. Wanna suggest a book for our reading list? Fill out this [Book Recommendation Form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeylvP8o3M5ekE96RJTNSeSSmugeXzBFi4mY0Zc2BjAsasCTw/viewform).