Interesting Readings: a friendly book club for the best in sci-fi, from quirky classics to fresh indie. Meetings are held in the West Chester area, with frequent diversions from the borough into neighboring environs (including Media, Downingtown, and Exton). Please take a look at the list of past events to see if our selections are up your alley. Or if you have a sci-fi or fantasy title you'd like to recommend for the group, let us know! All monthly titles are chosen via member poll. Meetings be …

The Main Line/Ardmore Book Club welcomes all reading enthusiasts!  We are a diverse group of adults that enjoy reading and escaping into a great book.  We meet at a local Borders  once, maybe twice a month (depending on the size of the waiting list) to openly discuss our opinions about the book.  We pride ourselves as being diverse on what we read as well solely because this book club reads all types of genres. The books are suggestions from all the members and from time to time, members will su …

WELCOME TO YVETTE'S ROMANCE READING LOUNGE                            I’m Yvette, your Organizer, of Yvette’s Romance Reading Lounge.   Yvette's Romance Reading Lounge is a locally based Philadelphia book club. We gather together once a month in a relax dinning setting to discuss the novel selected for that month.   This book club will be discussing  romance novels that are: Historical, Regency, Contemporary, African-American Contemporary, and Paranormal. Yvette, the Organ …

This group is for those who love fantasy, supernatural and paranormal romance. Some of my favorites are Anne Rice, Charlaine Harris, Karen Moning, J.R. Ward. We will read and discuss a different novel. We can also discuss lore, legend and non-fiction as well. I'd like to kick off our inaugural meeting with a meet and greet. Please post your suggestions for what book you would like to read. We'll pick the top three and at our first meeting we'll vote on which book we'll read and plan to meet the …

After several requests, we are starting our own book club here at The Spiral Bookcase! We will schedule monthly meetings, to be held at the shop, and read a variety of genres (as selected by myself and our members). ALSO! we will get to meet and chat with some of the authors that we read during special events.

Great Books promotes reading, thinking, and the exchange of ideas through the “shared inquiry” method. SHARED INQUIRY Great Books uses a method called "shared inquiry", which is a discussion process that enables participants who have carefully read the same work to help each other explore and understand the work. A leader provides questions that challenge the participants to think for themselves. The conversation allows participants to share their perspectives and respond to the interpretation …

We brought our group to Meetup.com in April 2010, but we actually began our monthly book discussions in September 2009.  We have been having our meetings the first Wednesday evening of every month, 7pm at Red Hook Coffee & Tea (765 S 4th St - between Fitzwater & Catharine in Queen Village). The meetings generally go no later than 9pm. We are casual and enthusiastic; our members enjoy reading and collectively choosing and discussing books on a monthly basis. We take turns selecting the books …

Hidden River Arts produces and runs a variety of open mic/reading events where artists of many disciplines come together to perform, participate, show their work and network with others. There are live music activities, poetry readings, literary readings, performance art, workshop events, and visual arts activities. Please see www.hiddenriverarts.com on the "Live" page for information or write to debraleighscott@gmail.com for information about events, venues and participation. We encourage …

This is a literary collective and a safe space for Black women writers to develop a feminist perspective through our reading and recover from the wounds of racism, sexism, classism, and heterosexism, and other forms of oppression in our society, through our individual and collective stories. This is a place where Black women writers can affirm our own voices and give each other the strength to share our beauty, love, rage, and passion with the world. We will read narratives of feminists of color …

Just a few people who like to informally read philosophy and talk about philosophy and drink beer. Those up for a short philsophical readings and a good-natured bi-weekly happy hour discussion should join us!

… For this month we are reading: A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore Enjoy!

We're a book club in Philadelphia with a focus on contemporary literature. We have a lot of members, but don't worry - we wind up with a comfortable number of folks at the meetings. We meet at a bar, diner, or a coffeehouse, so no hosting duties, plenty of room, and you almost never have to buy the book. Follow these links to see the reading lists for 2008: http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/fullview/RJDNTVBQXEJ1W/ref=cm_lm_pthnk_view?ie=UTF8&lm%5Fbb 2007: http://amazon.com/Hip-am …

Let's get together and bring our charts and our favorite study materials to help us better understand astrology and its effects on us and world events, cycles and trends (Mundane Astrology). 2012 brings us some potent transits. Meetings are held every month on the 1st Sunday afternoon of the month for for Winter Season 2012. Warm weather will bring new meetup day. This group's focus is mostly around studying, reading, sharing and comparing charts, books and other information used to better under …

This book club will meet monthly at a local library to discuss a non-fiction book we have all decided upon and read. You are welcome to bring a friend. Adults only please (21 and older).

Join us for educational programs, book discussion groups, and a variety of opportunities to laugh and play and to learn and grow in community with one another. Through the offerings of this Meetup group, members will gain insight into practices that keep us well and resilient, connect with other people devoted to their personal and spiritual growth, and experience directly the benefits of ongoing participation in a supportive community. This Meetup group announces talks on resiliency practices ( …

… You are constitutionally unable to accept anything on faith, and you're always thinking, reading, pondering, and synthesizing. And you're really unapologetic about doing just as much reading and thinking as actual doing (meditating, etc.). I'm imagining sort of a study group: We'll pick a book chapter to read before meeting, and then go off on lively, irreverent tangents in a coffeeshop. (About the organizer: I've put in a decent amount of time and experienced things that certainly other people …