What we’re about
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The "Choose Your Own Book Club" is a book club with a twist.
If you're anything like me, you already have a stack of books that you own but have not read (at last count I had over 30). You're biggest problem is knowing that you will read them 'one day' and the habit of buying new ones before you finish the old ones. This is the book club for those who love reading, but have hesitated when joining a book club because you already have so many of your own books to read (and who wants to waste precious time reading a book they don't want to read?)
So for this book club - we're only reading what we want to read! Every month we hold a meet up at a place with delicious food (e.g. cake, pizza, noodle bars etc) to discuss what we've read.
This is the book club for you if you...
* Often have 3+ books on your nightstand that you're reading "at the moment"
*Can't resist going into every bookstore you pass, just to have a 'browse'
*Regularly start new books before finishing the old ones
*Obsessively grab those 'Top 100' book list and see how many you can tick off
*Know that you will likely die before reading all the books you want to read.... and feel slightly depressed once you realise this fact
*Enjoy meeting fellow book lovers and getting new recommendations
Our Book Club Meetup Locations Alternate Between....
*CBD/Inner Suburbs Meetup (Run by Samantha): Every second meetup is run at a location in the CBD/Inner suburbs by Samantha. We are currently hosting our city meetup at the Dymocks Collins St Cafe
*Southern/Eastern Suburbs Meetup (Run by Sally): Our co-organiser Sally M runs every second meetup in the Southern/Eastern suburbs. These meetups are often no further from the CBD than the Chadstone area
Upcoming events (1)
See all- April Book Club - Suburbs meetupSan Churro Knox, Wantirna SouthA$6.50
We are back to the suburbs in April!
For those of you who may be joining us for the first time, we have no set reading list, "homework" or assigned book. We want to hear about what you like to read! Come along and tell us about up to four of your recently read and/or to be read books and hear about what we're all reading too!
Whilst we encourage all readers, given the nature of the discussions that we have our meetups aren't suitable for children under the age of 14.
Please note that as advised in our email and post of November 14th 2024 our fees have increased from $5.00 to $6.50 per person per meetup. This is due to Meetup.com doubling the organiser fees for meetup groups. All fees go towards paying the meetup fees. This can only be accepted via the Meetup site and we do not accept cash on the day.
Similarly, if you are planning to attend, please RSVP on the Meetup site. RSVPs can be made right up until the moment the event starts, we are unable to accept cash on the day or attendances from those who have not RSVPd as we need to plan for attendance numbers and space.
We also ask that you purchase something from San Churro on the day as we are taking up their space.
Please don't hesitate to contact us if you've got any questions. Happy reading and see you then!
