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Come read and mingle with new, bookish friends at this special 1 year anniversary meeting of the Silent Book Club of Death!Silent Book Club of Death will celebrate our one year anniversary on August 9th! We'll also be gearing up to table at the LA Art Book Fair at MOCA, August 10 - 13. We'll have treats and balloons to celebrate both milestones, including a raffle! Bring anything you'd like to share in the festivities.Come read and mingle with new, bookish friends at Silent Book Club of Death! Bring whatever book you happen to be reading - related to the theme of death / mortality - to read in companionable silence, then share out about it with your table mates.Even if you choose not to read a death-themed book and just want to read quietly in a death positive space, come join us!Not sure what to read? We will have a stack of books you can browse for inspiration. We hope you will join us at Lawless Brewing and dedicate some time to celebration, reading, and reflection!Schedule:Meet and chat until 7:00Silent reading 7:00 - 8:00Chat about reading 8:00 - 8:30See you on the mezzanine on 8/9, 6:30PM at Lawless Brewing Read More ...

Zibby's Book Club is meeting to discuss THE SOCIETY OF SHAME by Jane Roper at Zibby's Bookshop, 1113 Montana Ave, Santa Monica CA, 90403!We're meeting in person to discuss THE SOCIETY OF SHAME by Jane Roper! No need to bring anything - just stop by and we'll discuss the book! About THE SOCIETY OF SHAME:Kathleen Held’s life is turned upside down when she arrives home to find her house on fire and her husband on the front lawn in his underwear. But the scandal that emerges is not that Bill, who’s running for Senate, is having a painfully cliched affair with one of his young staffers: it’s that the eyewitness photographing the scene accidentally captures a period stain on the back of Kathleen’s pants.Overnight, Kathleen finds herself the unwitting figurehead for a social media-centered women’s right movement, #YesWeBleed. Humiliated, Kathleen desperately seeks a way to hide from the spotlight. But when she stumbles upon the Society of Shame—led by the infamous author Danica Bellevue—Kathleen finds herself part of a group who are all working to change their lives after their own scandals. Using the teachings of the society, Kathleen channels her newfound fame as a means to reap the benefits Read More ...