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Sick Minds is not your traditional/original book club. No romance novels, best sellers, Oprah's list or tear jerking books allowed. This book club will be reading bizarre and entertaining  books that are also humorous and sometimes considered disturbing to the common folk. Death: A Life by George Pendle is one example. It is a humor book written in a memoir style about Death.  One of my sons helped me name the group after I was trying to define a sick mind. He actually did something sick that I …

Meet kindred book lovers in a local Christian Book Club! Fiction or non-fiction, biography, inspirational, Christian life, or historical, we'll select and read a new book every month. Come to laugh, share stories, grow in our Christian faith, and of course, make new friends! Meetings will be held at local independent coffehouses or in members' homes on the third Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Occasionally, local events will also be posted so that anyone interested may attend as a group. If an …

… The model is to attend the meeting, meet like-minded people, get the book we are reading, discuss the previous book's topics, lessons, or tools. We all have lives so we read one book per two months. We meet once per month to discuss the topic. Any and all questions. Feel free to ask.

  This is a book club designed for women in their 20's and 30's, living in the South Orange County area.  We get together on the 2nd Saturday of every month to discuss group selected books.  Our meetings are usually held at a member's home and are potluck style.  Newcomers are always welcome, so please join us and be Booked for Lunch!  

A book club for women in San Juan Capistrano. Discussion, food, and friendship at a great location -Sarduccis at the train depot.

Thanks for considering joining my fun book club. I decided to join 2 things I love - cocktails and books! Each month we'll meet at a different bar, and discuss the book in a fun atmosphere. We will be going to a nice, upscale bars, as well as dive bars - I like to mix it up. We'll stay in the mid OC area: HB, NB, Irvine, Costa Mesa, Tustin. Every person is responsible for their own bar tab. The booklist will be contemporary fiction, with maybe some classics thrown in also. About me: I'm in my ea …

The idea of this group is to establish a community of writers that can learn from eachother on many different levels.  Whether this is through critique groups, free writing, reading, talking, etc. I hope that this group has something for everyone.  This group welcomes writers of all levels.  This is based on the philosophy that we never really stop learning.  No matter your walk of life, we all have some knowledge to barter. Or pilfer, as book bandits do (no stealing or plagerism is insinuated w …

NOTE: This is a COED book club. Each member is an avid reader and likes to discuss what they have read. In The Literary Lounge, we will read books from a variety of genres. Each month a different member will choose a book. We take turns meeting in members' homes. Also incorporated may be  be lunches, dinners, or events that are of interest to the members. We, on occasion, will watch the movies based on the books we read. There is an attendance policy: members should attend at least one event e …

Rough Drafts is a Toastmasters club dedicated to written communication in addition to oral communication. Meetings include writing exercises, discussion of writing and publishing, and once a month the club theme is a book-group style discussion. We welcome guests at any time. This is a good club for Toastmasters with a passion for the written word.

I would love to gather with other adult women book lovers and expand our comfort zone in our reading selection.  I think in order to find common ground - ideal age would be between 30-60 years. This group will meet once a month and have a different genre of literature to read from and rate when we meet. Book selection is open for suggestion.

I started this group because I love to read fiction, and to talk about it with others. This is a group for people who feel the same way about books to get together over coffee and eggs (or whatever), talk about books, and make new friends!

This meetup was started with the intention to foster friendship and social time among women. Both creativity and pet time are of immense importance in my life, and I’m hoping to attract women to this group who feel the same way. It’s always challenging to balance work, life, personal interests, the well-being of our pets, and a social world on top of it all, so this is just one way to simplify some elements of our hectic lives. This meetup is super democratic, and will likely evolve with time …

… Within the many specialized circles that meet, our in-depth discussions inspire a brilliant exchange of literary insights, and ultimately, the fruition of our dreams as writers.     Our Process:  -Our writers gather weekly or bi-weekly as professional, cohesive groups to collaborate on the craft. -We encourage wise creative experimentation while drawing on the collective genius of our literary masters.  -We devote a generous amount of time to in-depth exploration of each writer's work. -Viable w …

This group is for fun girls in their 20s and 30s who love to read, eat, and drink wine :) Each month (or every 2 weeks, depending on members' preferences), we will read a book and meet to discuss it (and other things :). Dinner themes are inspired by the book of the month. Everyone will bring a dish and a bottle of wine to share with the group. And don't worry, you DON'T have to cook! You can totally bring something you buy :) For each month, there will be a message board posting where you can …

Come and join us for a lively and insightful discussion and meditation on the Tao Te Ching, the 2800 year old book that is a manual on the art of living with happiness and ease in the perfect flow of the present moment. These powerful teachings point the way to live in harmony with the way things are, and go beyond the habitual suffering created by our minds. Many spiritual teachers, ranging from Eckhart Tolle to Adyashanti, have called the Tao Te Ching the most essential teaching on the spiritu …