English Books & Literature

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Join the Fluent community for a night of language, culture, and connection! Practice over 12 languages with native speakers in a fun, multicultural atmosphere—plus enjoy drinks and meet people from all over the world! 🗣️🍻🎊 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 🎟️ Ticket Prices Available online until 15:00 on the day of the event: Ticket + soft drink – 60 NIS Ticket + beer/glass of wine – 70 NIS [Get your ticket here](https://www.fluent.community/fluent-events/language-exchange-event) 🚪At the door: Ticket + soft drink – 65 NIS Ticket + beer/glass of wine – 75 NIS 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 🎫 Want to become an Ultimate Fluenter? Pay less for every event and join our exclusive circle of loyal members by getting a Frequent Fluent Card! [Get a Frequent Fluent Card ](https://events.fluent.community/credits-store/)🎫 10-entry card – 420 NIS 5-entry card – 240 NIS Drinks not included, but cardholders get discounted drink tickets at the entrance! 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 ✨ Want to join for free? Become an Ambassador! Ambassadors help others practice their native language for the first half of the evening, and then enjoy practicing other languages during the second half. It’s a great way to give and get value—and attend for free! 😃

דרינקים, חברים חדשים ומשחק אש 🍸 שישה משתתפים 👬 ‌💰Buy-in: 50 ☝️Small Blind: שקל ✌️Big Blind: שנייקל **לו“ז** ‌20:00 – דרינקים ומכירים 🥂 20:30 – מתחילים במשחק ✨ ‌ הרשמה דרך הקישור כאן 🔗👇 https://gayitup.live/p/poker/

Join the Fluent community for a night of language, culture, and connection! Practice over 12 languages with native speakers in a fun, multicultural atmosphere—plus enjoy drinks and meet people from all over the world! 🗣️🍻🎊 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 🎟️ Discounted Ticket Prices: Available online until 15:00 on the day of the event: Ticket + soft drink – 60 NIS Ticket + beer/glass of wine – 70 NIS [Get your ticket here](https://www.fluent.community/fluent-events/language-exchange-event) 🚪At the door (or on website after 15:00 on day of event): Ticket + soft drink – 65 NIS Ticket + beer/glass of wine – 75 NIS 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 🎫 Want to become an Ultimate Fluenter? Pay less for every event and join our exclusive circle of loyal members by getting a Frequent Fluent Card! [Get a Frequent Fluent Card](https://events.fluent.community/credits-store/) 🎫 10-entry card – 420 NIS 5-entry card – 240 NIS Drinks not included, but cardholders get discounted drink tickets at the entrance! 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 ✨ Want to join for free? Become an Ambassador! Ambassadors help others practice their native language for the first half of the evening, and then enjoy practicing other languages during the second half. It’s a great way to give and get value—and attend for free! 😃

Join the Fluent community for a night of language, culture, and connection! Practice over 12 languages with native speakers in a fun, multicultural atmosphere—plus enjoy drinks and meet people from all over the world! 🗣️🍻🎊 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 🎟️ Ticket Prices Available online until 15:00 on the day of the event: Ticket + soft drink – 60 NIS Ticket + beer/glass of wine – 70 NIS [Get your ticket here](https://www.fluent.community/fluent-events/language-exchange-event) 🚪At the door: Ticket + soft drink – 65 NIS Ticket + beer/glass of wine – 75 NIS 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 🎫 Want to become an Ultimate Fluenter? Pay less for every event and join our exclusive circle of loyal members by getting a Frequent Fluent Card! [Get a Frequent Fluent Card ](https://events.fluent.community/credits-store/)🎫 10-entry card – 420 NIS 5-entry card – 240 NIS Drinks not included, but cardholders get discounted drink tickets at the entrance! 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 ✨ Want to join for free? Become an Ambassador! Ambassadors help others practice their native language for the first half of the evening, and then enjoy practicing other languages during the second half. It’s a great way to give and get value—and attend for free! 😃

🍕 **18:00 - 18:30** · Gathering, Food & Drinks Arrive, grab a drink, and meet fellow Claude builders. **📣 18:30 - 18:45** · Welcome and 10-min update on the latest Claude releases - **Boaz Ziniman** We'll cover what shipped in the last month across the Claude ecosystem: new models (Sonnet 4.6, Opus 4.7), a redesigned Claude Code desktop app, the new Routines automation feature, and the Claude Managed Agents public beta. Quick, practical, no fluff. 💻 **18:45 - 19:15** · Claude Code Best Practices - **Roman Labunsky** Deep dive into getting the most out of Claude Code - from context management and prompting patterns to tooling and real-world workflows. 🤝 **19:15 - 19:45** · Claude CoWork Best Practices: Skills vs Connectors - **Shimon Tolts** A practical breakdown of Claude CoWork - when to use Skills, when to use Connectors, and how to design multi-agent workflows that actually hold up in production. 🍻 **19:45 - 20:00** · Drinks & Geek Out We're heading to the nearby bar to keep the conversation going. Claude agents, war stories, wild experiments - all welcome. **Claude User Group Israel — Meetup #1 🇮🇱** Join us for the first gathering of the Claude User Group Israel - a community for builders, developers, and AI enthusiasts who are actively using Claude in their work. This session is packed with practical, hands-on talks covering two of the most powerful tools in the Claude ecosystem: Claude Code and Claude CoWork. Whether you're just getting started or already shipping with Claude, you'll walk away with real patterns and best practices you can use immediately. *** **Who should come?** Developers, product builders, founders, and anyone actively working with Claude. All levels welcome - this is a peer learning group, not a sales pitch.

**🎲 אירוע משחקים אפריל - חוזרים לשחק! 🎲** יום ראשון ה- 19.4 החל מ- 19:30! 🧩 חוזרים לשחק! Game Club חוזר לפעילות 🧩 אחרי חודש וחצי לא פשוטים של מלחמה והפסקה כפויה, הגיע הזמן לנשום קצת ולחזור למה שאנחנו הכי אוהבים. בכל מקרה, יש במקום מקלט גדול, כך שאפשר יהיה להמשיך לשחק בבטחה (ואפילו לא לעצור את התור!) גם אם תופעל אזעקה. מה בתוכנית? 🎲 מפגש המועדון הרגיל והאהוב. 🏆 טורניר טיקט-טו-רייד! טורניר מיוחד נושא פרסים שווים. הטורניר בהרשמה מראש בלבד. 📆 מתי? יום ראשון, 19.4 🕗 שעה: 19:30-00:30 📍 איפה? בית בני ברית, רחוב מאיר בעל הנס 14, רמת גן, 💵 35 ש״ח כניסה ללא הטורניר בהרשמה המוקדמת עד ה- 18.4 וסימון באירוע בפייסבוק (בלינקים בסוף התיאור), 45ש"ח אחר כך. 💲 Tournament Buy-in: תוספת 20ש"ח. ✨ מה להביא? אווירה טובה ואת המשחקים האהובים עליכם! (לא חובה, יש גם אוסף גדול במקום). 🥐 מלא חטיפים ושתייה חופשי. 🍕 פיצה ובירה בעלות נוספת. **קבוצת העידכונים בוואטסאפ:** https://chat.whatsapp.com/ETCOIJkx3rQLHxKPx8PmJS **🔗הרשמה לערב משחקים ללא הטורניר:** https://www.facebook.com/events/945411538445730/ **🥇הרשמה (עד ה- 26.2) ופרטים נוספים על הטורניר:** https://www.facebook.com/events/1679725886496473 **🚂 טו-טו! כולם לעלות! טורניר Ticket to Ride של Game Club TLV יוצא לדרך!** **!מי יהיה האלוף? 🏆 בואו לזכות ב-100 ש"ח!** 🎫 רוצים לצאת להרפתקה חוצה יבשות? 🎫 אוהבים לחסום חברים ולהתקדם על חשבונם? 🎫 יש לכם אומץ לשלוף עוד כרטיסי יעד בדקה ה-90? 🎫 מי יבנה את המסילה הכי ארוכה? הגיע הזמן להוכיח מי הקטר הכי מהיר בתחנה.. ואף בכל 7 הטחנות!!! 😉 אל תפספסו את הרכבת! 🚂💨 **🎲 מפגש המועדון החודשי 🎲** אוהבים קטאן? מכורים לשם קוד? חושבים שאתם אסטרטגיים מומחים? 👑 בואו להנות ממגוון רחב של משחקי קופסה. זוהי הזדמנות מצוינת להכיר אנשים ומשחקים חדשים. 🎯 לא משנה אם אתם מחפשים ערב מהנה עם חברים, משפחה, דייט או לבד ולהכיר אנשים חדשים – המשחקים הם דרך מעולה לשבור את הקרח ולבנות קשרים. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑💬 אין צורך בידע מוקדם! האירוע מתאים לכל הרמות: 💠 שחקנים מתחילים – אל דאגה, נלמד אתכם את כל מה שצריך! 💠 שחקנים ותיקים – אתם מוזמנים גם לגלות משחקים חדשים וגם להביא את הלהיטים המובחרים שלכם מהבית. מוזמנים להצטרף לאירוע מלא באתגרים, תחרות, אסטרטגיה ובעיקר כיף! עם אוסף משחקי קופסה גדול של מעל 100 משחקים – כולל אהובים ומוכרים. 🧩

דרינקים, חברים חדשים ומשחק אש 🍸 שישה משתתפים 👬 ‌💰Buy-in: 50 ☝️Small Blind: שקל ✌️Big Blind: שנייקל **לו“ז** ‌20:00 – דרינקים ומכירים 🥂 20:30 – מתחילים במשחק ✨ ‌ הרשמה דרך הקישור כאן 🔗👇 https://gayitup.live/p/poker/

Welcome, readers! Our April read is **_Martyr!_ by Kaveh Akbar.** The story follows a young Iranian American poet grappling with grief, addiction, and the aching question of what makes a life meaningful. Drawn into an unexpected friendship with a terminally ill artist, he begins to confront faith, love, and the seduction of self-destruction. Lyrical, darkly funny, and emotionally piercing, the novel wrestles with beauty and despair in equal measure. It’s a story about longing—to be seen, to be forgiven, and to matter. Looking forward to discussing with everyone! We will meet at Zaftig Brewing Co in their event room in the back. We are welcome to bring in our own food, but **drinks must be purchased at the bar.** Happy reading! 📖

Posting this early because seemingly all Sundays in May are holidays or busy! I picked a shorter thriller that's hopefully a fast read/listen. [Columbus library link to book](https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3458940) Location: Grandview Cafe, *1455 W. 3rd Ave*, Columbus, OH 43212 [Menu](https://www.grandviewcafe.com/menu) Book summary: Daniel leads a rich life in the university town of Athens, Georgia. He's got a couple close friends, a steady paycheck working for a regional airline, and of course, for a few glorious days each Fall, college football tailgates. He considers himself to be a mostly lucky guy -- despite the fact that he's suffered from a debilitating disease since he was a small child, one that has left him unable to speak or to move without a wheelchair. Largely confined to his home, Daniel spends the hours he's not online communicating with irate air travelers observing his neighborhood from his front porch. One young woman passes by so frequently that spotting her out the window has almost become part of his daily routine. Until the day he's almost sure he sees her being kidnapped.

* Second ever book club! April meet up. All are welcome. * The book will be Play Nice by Rachel Harrison (determined by votes from March Book Club. Let me know if you’d like a free digital copy of the book) * This event will be at the main library, meeting room 1B, the location will not be changed for this event due to the number of people attending, we will just add more chairs if needed! * Feel free to come whether or not you’ve started or finished the book ◡̈ * Small snacks will be provided. You’re welcome to bring your own snacks & drinks too! Starting in June I will try to keep future book clubs at the Dublin Library. Now that I understand their reservation system, I will be on top of it with booking that location as soon as the date is released for the month. Thanks for your understanding with the varying locations in the meantime.

Let’s meet and share our thoughts about Carson McCullers’ novella, The Ballad of The Sad Café.

This month we’ll be reading Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb. Feel free to come even if you don’t finish the book!

Semi in honor of March being International Women's Month Columbus libraries: [https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3454709](https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3454709) Location: SOW Plated Menu: [https://www.sowplated.com/menu-brunch/](https://www.sowplated.com/menu-brunch/) Book summary: In 2006 Julia Lerner is living in Moscow, a recent university graduate in computer science, when she's recruited by Russia's largest intelligence agency. By 2018 she's in Silicon Valley as COO of Tangerine, one of America's most famous technology companies. In between her executive management (make offers to promising startups, crush them and copy their features if they refuse); self promotion (check out her latest op-ed in the WSJ, on Work/Life Balance 2.0); and work in gender equality (transfer the most annoying females from her team), she funnels intelligence back to the motherland. But now Russia's asking for more, and Julia's getting nervous. Alice Lu is a first generation Chinese American whose parents are delighted she's working at Tangerine (such a successful company!). Too bad she's slogging away in the lower echelons, recently dumped, and now sharing her expensive two-bedroom apartment with her cousin Cheri, a perennial "founder's girlfriend". One afternoon, while performing a server check, Alice discovers some unusual activity, and now she's burdened with two powerful but distressing suspicions: Tangerine's privacy settings aren't as rigorous as the company claims they are, and the person abusing this loophole might be Julia Lerner herself. The closer Alice gets to Julia, the more Julia questions her own loyalties. Russia may have placed her in the Valley, but she's the one who built her career; isn't she entitled to protect the lifestyle she's earned?

Love getting lost in a good book? [The Book Loft](https://www.bookloft.com/) of German Village is an iconic independent bookstore packed with hard-to-find literary treasures! This isn’t your run-of-the-mill bookstore; it’s a 32-room literary wonderland that would make even the most seasoned bibliophile’s head spin (one of the largest in the country)! **MEET**: We'll gather outside the storefront and then start browsing... **DESSERT**: We'll grab some famous macaroons to start our foodie tour. [Pistacia Vera](https://www.pistaciavera.com/) is a delicious bakery and cafe in the German Village. This charming shop is especially known for its classic macarons. **HAPPY HOUR**: Italian drinks and bites at [Cento's happy hour](https://centogermanvillage.com/menus/). **PARKING**: Street parking all around here. Check the parking time limit. The bookstore and the foodie stops are all on 3rd Street within 4 blocks on the same side of the street.