What we’re about
### đź“š Meeting Schedule
We typically meet on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM to discuss thought-provoking literature, enjoy delicious food and/or adult beverages, and engage in meaningful conversation.
Our mission is to create a warm, welcoming space where women can enjoy one another’s company, share diverse perspectives, and celebrate powerful stories through literature.
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### 🤝 Membership & Attendance Process
#### RSVP Access for New Members
After attending your first book club meeting, you’re eligible to RSVP for future meetings without being placed on the waitlist—unless we reach our max capacity of 20 attendees.
#### Special Events Eligibility
Once you've attended a previous meeting, you're invited to join our special events, which may include:
- Gatherings at members’ homes
- Group movie viewings
- Dinners at local restaurants
Our goal is to continue building our sisterhood while maintaining and strengthening the strong bonds within our group.
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### đź“– Book Selection Process
Each month during our meeting:
- We vote on the book to read for the next session.
- Any member, whether present or not, may submit a book for consideration.
- The book with the most votes will be selected.
- In the event of a tie, the group may:
- Conduct a second vote
- Choose one book for the current month and reserve the other for the following month
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### đź“… Meeting & Book Announcement
- Within three days after each meeting, the selected book and the next meeting date will be posted on Meetup.
- All RSVPs are initially placed on the waitlist.
- Returning members are removed from the waitlist first, as their spots are held.
- New members will be removed from the waitlist in the order RSVPs are received, up to the 20-person limit.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Let's Meet Up For Our Annual BBQ & Discuss "Harlem Shuffle" by Colson WhiteheadNeeds location
Hi Ladies,
I’m really excited to start planning our annual book club barbecue! As in years past, feel free to bring a side dish, donate money toward the meat.
Also, if you’re bringing a side, please drop it in the comments so we don’t end up with duplicates. And don’t forget to bring a bottle of your favorite wine—or a non-alcoholic drink to share.
I’m so looking forward to getting together, enjoying this beautiful weather, and sharing good food and even better company with my sisters. 💛About the book:
"Harlem Shuffle" by Colson Whitehead
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, this gloriously entertaining novel is “fast-paced, keen-eyed and very funny ... about race, power and the history of Harlem all disguised as a thrill-ride crime novel" (San Francisco Chronicle)."Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked..." To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably priced furniture, making a decent life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home.
Few people know he descends from a line of uptown hoods and crooks, and that his façade of normalcy has more than a few cracks in it. Cracks that are getting bigger all the time.
Cash is tight, especially with all those installment-plan sofas, so if his cousin Freddie occasionally drops off the odd ring or necklace, Ray doesn't ask where it comes from. He knows a discreet jeweler downtown who doesn't ask questions, either.
Then Freddie falls in with a crew who plan to rob the Hotel Theresa—the "Waldorf of Harlem"—and volunteers Ray's services as the fence. The heist doesn't go as planned; they rarely do. Now Ray has a new clientele, one made up of shady cops, vicious local gangsters, two-bit pornographers, and other assorted Harlem lowlifes.
Thus begins the internal tussle between Ray the striver and Ray the crook. As Ray navigates this double life, he begins to see who actually pulls the strings in Harlem. Can Ray avoid getting killed, save his cousin, and grab his share of the big score, all while maintaining his reputation as the go-to source for all your quality home furniture needs?
Harlem Shuffle's ingenious story plays out in a beautifully recreated New York City of the early 1960s. It's a family saga masquerading as a crime novel, a hilarious morality play, a social novel about race and power, and ultimately a love letter to Harlem.
But mostly, it's a joy to read, another dazzling novel from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Colson Whitehead.
