Book Drives Toronto

From A Book Club, Downtown (ABCD)

The next event will be a two parter, bringing back a fan favourite! On Sunday July 19, we will be doing our second Bookstore Crawl (think pub crawl but for books)! We'll meet in the East End (location TBD) and then visit a few bookstores before finally ending at Riverdale Park for our regular Silent Book Club event. Please RSVP if you're planning on coming so we can plan appropriately! To help cover the costs of meetup fees, we will be taking optional donations for this event. If you're inclined to, feel free to send any amount you're comfortable with to harresh.s@hotmail.com, or bring cash to the event. Please note that this is entirely optional and not required to join the event! All proceeds will go towards fees for this event and future events, as well as meetup fees.

62 attendees

Where Books Start Conversations

Sat, Jul 25, 3:00 PM

From Books Up Circle

Bring the book you're currently reading (or one you've recently enjoyed) and join us for a relaxed conversation about books, ideas, recommendations, podcasts, and whatever's caught your interest lately. No assigned reading, no pressure, just good books, curious minds, great company, and of course, coffee. Come to socialize, discover new reads, share ideas, and make friends along the way. 📚☕

10 attendees

ABCD Reads "Go Gentle" by Maria Semple

Tue, Jul 21, 11:00 PM

From Toronto Mystery Readers

ABCD Reads "[Go Gentle](https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4718443)" by Maria Semple. ([RESULTS](https://opavote.com/results/6419002495860736) of the poll for this event.) **:: ABOUT THE BOOK ::** "Adora Hazzard has it all figured out. A Stoic philosopher and divorcée, she lives a contented life on New York City’s Upper West Side. Having discovered that the secret to happiness is to desire only what you have, she’s applied this insight to blissful effect: relishing her teenage daughter, the freedom of being solo, and her job as a moral tutor for the twin boys of an old-money family. She’s even assembled a “coven”—like-minded women who live on the same floor in the legendary Ansonia—and is making active efforts to grow its membership. Adora’s carefully curated life is humming along brilliantly until a chance meeting with a handsome stranger." (from [Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239152335-go-gentle)) "ATV comedy writer turned popularizer of Stoic philosophy falls in love, is swept into an international art incident, and deals with buried trauma. For starters. A wild mess of a plot, but a fun wild mess, punctuated by Semple’s signature witty observations and punchlines." (from [Kirkus Reviews](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/maria-semple/go-gentle/)) **:: ABOUT THE EVENT ::** You are welcome to arrive 30 minutes before the event and stay 30 minutes or longer afterward to connect with other attendees outside the book talk. Please ensure you have read the book before attending (though finishing any book is not a barrier to participating, as long as you don't mind spoilers). First-time attendees can join for free. If the event is full, we maintain an unofficial waitlist. Please send [Michael](https://www.meetup.com/members/55295192/) a direct message for more information, in either case. We request a $3 contribution from regular attendees to help cover our monthly meetup costs. **:: ABOUT OUR NEXT BOOK ::** At the end of each event, we will ask for nominees for our next book. If you have a good one in mind, please ensure it is between 200-400 pages long, available from the Toronto Public Library, and counts as contemporary literary fiction (though these are not hard and fast rules). When enough nominees are collected, Michael will send the members a direct message with a link where you can vote.

9 attendees

While We Were Burning by Sara Koffi (Karan)

Sun, Jul 12, 5:00 PM

10 books, 1 ebook

From More Than A Classic Book Club

Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

Sun, Jul 26, 7:00 PM

4.7

For July, we'll read Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol 464 pages First published in 1842 About the book: Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowners to make each a strange offer. He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying taxes on them, and to use these 'souls' as collateral to re-invent himself as a gentleman. In this ebullient masterpiece, Gogol created a grotesque gallery of human types, from the bear-like Sobakevich to the insubstantial fool Manilov, and, above all, the devilish con man Chichikov. *Dead Souls* is one of the most unusual works of nineteenth-century fiction and a devastating satire on social hypocrisy.

12 attendees

All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall

Mon, Jul 20, 11:00 PM

From Post-Apocalyptic Book Club - Toronto Chapter

From Silent Book Club (Toronto)

This time we'll be reading *All the Water in the World* by Eiren Caffall. Here's the blurb: In the tradition of *Station Eleven*, a literary thriller set partly on the roof of New York’s Museum of Natural History in a flooded future. *All the Water in the World* is told in the voice of a girl gifted with a deep feeling for water. In the years after the glaciers melt, Nonie, her older sister and her parents and their researcher friends have stayed behind in an almost deserted New York City, creating a settlement on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History. The rule: Take from the exhibits only in dire need. They hunt and grow their food in Central Park as they work to save the collections of human history and science. When a superstorm breaches the city’s flood walls, Nonie and her family must escape north on the Hudson. They carry with them a book that holds their records of the lost collections. Racing on the swollen river towards what may be safety, they encounter communities that have adapted in very different and sometimes frightening ways to the new reality. But they are determined to find a way to make a new world that honors all they've saved. Inspired by the stories of the curators in Iraq and Leningrad who worked to protect their collections from war, *All the Water in the World* is both a meditation on what we save from collapse and an adventure story—with danger, storms, and a fight for survival. In the spirit of *From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler* and *Parable of the Sower*, this wild journey offers the hope that what matters most – love and work, community and knowledge – will survive. The book is available here: Amazon- Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook: https://a.co/d/06AM2Hh1 Indigo- Paperback: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/all-the-water-in-the-world-a-novel/9781250353542.html Kobo- eBook: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/all-the-water-in-the-world-5?sId=78814551-a234-49d2-b215-22f3db6a746d&ssId=CP0U4j9G5x5X6hYujDrhv&cPos=1 Toronto Public Library: https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4644331 Toronto Public Library- eBook https://toronto.overdrive.com/media/10663676

10 attendees

Silent Bookclub Meeting #82 (RSVP REQUIRED)

Sat, Jul 25, 6:30 PM

From GenX 🤝 Millennial Downtown Book Club

Note you will need to RSVP to attend our event this Saturday July 25 at Danu Social House. You can RSVP here: https://luma.com/k92i2yit

1 attendee

Let's discuss "Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel

Thu, Jul 16, 11:30 PM

5.0

*Station Eleven* by Emily St. John Mandel is a post-apocalyptic novel tracing a devastating flu pandemic that wipes out most of human civilization. The story interweaves pre-collapse memories with life twenty years later, centered on an actress in a traveling Shakespeare troupe and how interconnected survivors endure through art and memory. We will start our discussion at 7:30. Food and drink are available for purchase.

From Book Club for Humans

Short Reads Social #9: "The new explicit content" (July 14th)

Tue, Jul 14, 10:30 PM

4.6

We found a bunch of articles about the subcultures(?) of how people consume explicit content changed because of the internet. --- Short-Read Socials are back! Come meet with like-minded and unlikeminded people to talk about the topic of the month. This time, we're thinking about **the internet, alienation/sociality, sex, and sexual content.** *How have digital platforms and commercialization changed how we consume sexual content? Are people today truly more open about their sexuality? Has the ubiquity of sexual content made us more empowered or repressed?* \-\-\- **How does it work?** * The event is casual. You can talk to anyone there with or without our prompt sheets, either about the month's topic or about whatever you want. * Open philosophical discussion, including for controversial topics, is welcome but be respectful :) * If you've read/watched/heard anything related to the topic of the month, feel free to bring it in! Not necessarily physically, but you can if you want... * If not, here are some thought-provoking reads to start you off (read as many or as few as you want): * [The Goon Squad](https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/) * [How Only Fans Took Over the World](https://aella.substack.com/p/how-onlyfans-took-over-the-world) * [Smutty novels are blowing up BookTok - but why are their covers so discreet?](https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/love-sex/best-smut-books-tiktok-buy-b2153373.html) * [Puritanism took over online fandom — and then came for the rest of the internet](https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.vox.com/culture/23733213/fandom-purity-culture-what-is-proship-antiship-antifandom) * [Tangent: Dan Toomy takes on the quirks of the Sanfran dating scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtACIFEddhM) * Feel free to post other recommendations (blogs, movies, tv episodes, video essays, etc.) in the comments!

11 attendees

Silent Bookclub Meeting #83

Thu, Jul 30, 10:00 PM

From Silent Book Club (Toronto)

From Toronto French Book Club

The next event is happening on Thursday July 30 at 6PM in the Wellington Market Food Hall at The Well! We'll be meeting in front of the Nord Lyon in The Wellington Market (food court!) Please RSVP if you're planning on coming so we can plan appropriately!

36 attendees

La Promesse de l'aube - Romain Gary

Sat, Jul 25, 5:00 PM

Bonjour à toutes et à tous! Pour le prochain rendez-vous on va commencer une approche un peu différente. On va lire trois livres du même auteur et plonger vraiment dans les détails de chaque roman et de cet auteur. On lira des livres plus longs (plus de 200 pages) et on se retrouvera une fois tous les deux mois. On commence avec un auteur très intéressant et le **seul** à avoir gagné deux Prix Goncourt, ce qui est interdit. Comment a-t-il reussi ça ? À discuter dans notre prochain rdv ! **Premier roman: La promesse de l'aube - Romain Gary** "Roman autobiographique qui met en lumière les rapports intenses entre un fils et sa mère. Cette dernière porte tous ses espoirs et son ambition sur son enfant, qu’elle élève seule et aime d’un amour inconditionnel. A lui de devenir célèbre, de ne pas démériter et de porter le fardeau d’un amour maternel oppressant."

10 books, 1 ebook

From More Than A Classic Book Club

Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

Sun, Jul 26, 7:00 PM

4.7

12 attendees

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