Book Swaps New York

Book Swap @ Central Park

***The Meetup guest limit is 10 because of the free event limit, but we have unlimited space for people to join us.*** Book swap 11am-2pm at Sheep Meadow in Central Park. Look for books and the sign. This is a drop-in/drop-out event, meaning you don't have to stay the entire time. All genres, all sizes, and all conditions welcome. Leftover books will be recycled at future book swaps. **Don't have a book to contribute?** We'll have plenty of extras for you. **Not a big reader?** Come hang out anyway!

Linden Silent Book Club: July Book Swap & Reading Meetup

📚 Linden Silent Book Club: July Book Swap & Reading Meetup Join us for a relaxing Saturday of reading, community and bookish conversation! On July 11th, we're adding a book swap to our regular Silent Book Club meetup. Bring a gently used book you'd like to pass along and browse books brought by fellow readers. You might leave with your next great read! Date: Saturday, July 11 Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Location: Inspo Nutrition, 27 E Elizabeth Ave., Linden, NJ 07036 Schedule: 11:00 – 11:30 AM 📖 Arrive, settle in, browse the book swap, and chat with fellow readers 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM 🤫 Silent reading hour 12:30 – 1:00 PM 💬 Optional discussion about what you're reading, book recommendations and final book swap exchanges Book Swap Guidelines: ✨️Bring up to 2–3 gently used books you'd be happy to pass on. ✨️Take a book if something catches your eye. ✨️ After everyone who has brought a book, takes a book, everyone can browse/take. ✨️ Leave a few, take a few. You are not bound by a 1 to 1 trade. ✨️Participation in the book swap is completely optional. ✨️ Any leftover books will be donated to a nearby little free library. Whether you're halfway through a physical novel, listening to an audiobook, reading manga or diving into nonfiction, all readers are welcome. Come as you are and enjoy a calm morning of books and community. 📚 All readers welcome • No assigned reading • Free to attend

LESBIAN BOOK CLUB 06/25

Hello everyone! The book we will be discussing is Anderson in Bloom by Jennifer Dugan, Chapters 6-13. This book club is intended for lesbians and queer women, but feel free to bring along any pals/allies who like to read! Date: 06/25 Thursday Time: 6:30pm Location: The Coffee Lab (34-20 21st Ave, Astoria, NY 11106) A quick note: Since we are meeting at a local coffee shop, please do try to support them by grabbing a drink or snack during the book club. IF YOU MISSED THE PREVIOUS BOOK CLUB DON’T WORRY!!! WE WILL DO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS

Books N’ Brunch (Elevated)

NYC Romcom Bookclub 💕: The Kiss Quotient

At this meeting we will discuss The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang 😊

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

This month’s read: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Join us to discuss this seminal Gothic horror novella, first published in 1886. Set in Victorian London, the story examines questions of identity, morality, and the darker aspects of human nature. Please note: we are meeting in Central Park (see information below or see https://tinyurl.com/yusfhnnh for exact location). Please bring a blanket or chair, and any snacks or drinks you would like to share. If it rains, we will meet at the Hugh as usual. Spaces are limited; RSVP required. You are welcome to participate regardless of whether you've finished the book. Looking forward to seeing you there! \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- An intriguing combination of fantast thriller and moral allegory, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde depicts the gripping struggle of two opposing personalities — one essentially good, the other evil — for the soul of one man. Its tingling suspense and intelligent and sensitive portrayal of man's dual nature reveals Stevenson as a writer of great skill and originality, whose power to terrify and move us remains, over a century later, undiminished. Source: Amazon.com

"Amalfi Curse", "The Giver" and "The Signs"

We will meet June 9th at 6pm, at an American restaurant in the Upper East Side and discuss "The Signs" by Tara Swart on how intuition helps us focus on what matters most, our own instincts, once we remove all distractions; "Amalfi Curse", by Sarah Penner, about an archeologist searching for artifacts in this beautiful summer location to discover an old story of a woman who tried to save her village and her lover with her witchcraft skills; and "The Giver" by Lois Lowry about a utopian society where everything is the same and only one person holds the memories of the past leading to the removal of actual agency and personal choice. As always, you will need to have read at least one of the 3 books on the title, but you’re welcome to read all of them. Happy reading!

Bromantasy by Máire Roche

To kick off summer we’re reading what looks like a fun one! New release Bromantasy by Máire Roche! Two heroes. One brain cell. BROMANTASY is a cozy, queer fantasy about the mortifying ordeal of being known by your totally platonic best friend and the epic quest that might force you to confront the truth. Fellas, is it gay to kiss your bff while on a quest through the forest you’re unqualified for? Juniper O'Reilly is good at only two things: demolishing a pint of mead and finding the perfect skincare routine. Everything else—taking care of the farm, bartering for goods, any sort of manual labor—falls to Juniper’s best friend, the absurdly capable, endlessly patient Mo Elmthorn. But when Juniper accidentally volunteers them both for a quest to kill a fearsome monster, he knows he’s finally gotten in over his head. Juniper hates camping, he hates the dark, and there’s no way all these foraged mushrooms are going to sit well in his stomach. One thing he doesn’t hate? How good Mo’s thighs look in his questing pants—he doesn’t have time to think about that, though, with a monster to hunt and their futures on the line. But monsters come in all shapes and sizes. When Juniper and Mo realize that the terrifying beast they’ve sworn to kill is just a scared little girl torn from their family, they’re off to find not only the true villain of the story, but maybe even a happy ending.

June Book Club

Book: The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff Place: Bloom Bistro 103-19 Metropolitan Avenue Prosecco and Prose Book Club meets the third Sunday afternoon of every month to discuss, obsess, and dissect the books we're currently reading. This book club is a brunch book club where we drink coffee, tea, and other great drinks, eat pastries and brunch snacks, and dig into some great books.



The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

This time we're reading *[The Dispossessed](http://clicks.meetup.com/ls/click?upn=u001.NY3oBFzZ5LJDG7YcnfSAKmwL24kUOmXt4wsubhF3h2JTpdoQ7mH-2FX64dzgUpoQ6IRBHP-2B31mv-2FrH-2FIU-2BHHJ5RK-2Bpf8mJtOJkIxeWqnxixeU-3DYGGe_VJqvxFx7ncEYyapoo7EqH2XAs9swx6Z1mb0rjP6kDIqaoynvrwj45VSby4NJ7yytsuEIrsmXqjdpbdPm3PbupTgmv3CExr6krIOiOkl35czdvOUUJDRHO-2BR-2FV0Iy2ZXuchkdTQ1kRULQGSIOtQzb-2Ft87hWd8asYeEXccWPH8RO763E0NN65jowwDGLIEva1V1LHv-2FPryt3sncV2yv-2BeC9il2KfARfxr9K4xjJx2jcLIisIoTNC7JwQkNw-2FEXFdMmo5e6NUIDD1hmYhC8VyAQ4Zx8gefRNrUo9agBWer6Tf5fvYku0J2Pz9FYUMMvAkjRGSUviIm2YOjpOkvXklR2arkk6-2FbdFP2NekD-2BQDauA4kqwuQapoLcNx7Cd4hqv2rmqUgpxSC2phxxGMEGQ4Vy0DloV61xAyU-2BySGF-2Br7U4PWzJnn08VLMmtemovbGW7Ok1Nx2Q-2BUsVFQz8DY3wWDx93f8nMZWy76ocl-2FOXLfAWGG5g7-2FhT4S45Ke2m42mslc4zfUDMyc999T9bwAadwxN-2Fxqr0-2FjqfDkOJgKo-2BhllZ6NWEdT4QYJ-2FhwiSib2DmHDfynNXhnmCmAs8bY-2F7bmac2sXDQV1zxQf4E-2B7SEyOiaQtU0a72rBFeN7D4L7HwBeFry3-2FBV7aFpFR0-2BTz4D4R4wRsy49-2BXfuQBwD-2FB1Hnd8s1-2Fi-2FpVaPhMICyJSeuD8kVe)* by Ursula K. Le Guin (387 pgs). Hope to see you then! *About the book:* Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life—Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the utopian mother planet, Urras, to challenge the complex structures of life and living, and ignite the fires of change. **Because Meetup charges organizers like me $389.76 annually, there is a $1 suggested donation. If you'd like to contribute, you can do so at the meetup or by venmo (I'll post the info afterwards).**

The Metamorphosis

Gregor Samsa wakes one morning to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. He does not question it. Neither, eventually, does his family — and that is the real horror of Kafka's novella. Beneath its surreal premise lies a precise and unrelenting study of alienation: the self reduced to its economic function, the body as a site of betrayal, the family as an institution that withdraws its love the moment it withdraws its use. Written in 1915, the text anticipates a century of thought on identity, labor, and the absurd — Kafka's prose remains spare, clinical, almost bureaucratic in its restraint, which only sharpens the dread. We'll take up the novella's central provocations: What does it mean to be loved conditionally? How does Kafka use metamorphosis not as fantasy but as exposure — stripping away the social fictions that hold a family together? And what does Gregor's slow erasure tell us about the limits of empathy itself? A brief, but merciless, text.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court discussion

We will discuss *A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court* by Mark Twain on Wed., June 24 at 7 p.m. at Austin Ale House, 82-70 Austin St., Kew Gardens, NY 11415. It's a 15-minute walk from the Kew Gardens stop on the E train, and 10-minutes from Queens Blvd. and 83rd Ave. on the Q60 bus, and just around the corner from the LIRR Kew Gardens station. You can preview the menu at https://austinsteakandalehouse.com/menu