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Book Bedazzle & Book Swap Day

Book Bedazzle & Book Swap Day

Sat, Sep 5, 3:00 PM
From Columbus Bookish Babes Book Club *New 2026*
5.0

Book Club's Second event will be a Book Bedazzling craft day with an optional book swap! What to bring: \- 1 book you would like to bedazzle -$25 is the craft fee per person, to cover materials, this can be paid upon arrival by Zelle, PayPal, or cash. \*Optional\* 1-3 books you no longer want that you would like to swap for other books. Most books will be used, just make sure they are not too damaged for others to enjoy. There will be a table for everyone to put their book(s) on that they no longer want, & you can take home however many books you bring for this. -Feel free to stop by just for the book swap!! Please do not RSVP here if you will not be participating in the craft, and just coming to trade books. -Trying out a new location just for this event, it will be held at the Hilliard Library, Meeting room 2A. -Please update your RSVP if you no longer plan to go but are marked as attending.

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Bad Girls Book Club August 2026

Bad Girls Book Club August 2026

Wed, Aug 19, 10:30 PM
From Bad Girls Book Club
4.8

**Our August novel is: *The Swallows* by Lisa Lutz** **This month’s novel combines mystery and thriller elements with dark humor. It’s a psychological story with moments of comedy, focused on women’s experiences, and it builds steady suspense throughout. The book is 432 pages in print and 11 hours on audiobook.** When Alexandra Witt joins the faculty at Stonebridge Academy, she’s hoping to put a painful past behind her. Then one of her creative writing assignments generates some disturbing responses from students. Before long, Alex is immersed in an investigation of the students atop the school’s social hierarchy—and their connection to something called the Darkroom. She soon inspires the girls who’ve started to question the school’s “boys will be boys” attitude and incites a resistance. But just as the movement is gaining momentum, Alex attracts the attention of an unknown enemy who knows a little too much about her—and what brought her to Stonebridge in the first place. Meanwhile, Gemma, a defiant senior, has been plotting her attack for years, waiting for the right moment. Shy loner Norman hates his role in the Darkroom, but can’t find the courage to fight back until he makes an unlikely alliance. And then there’s Finn Ford, an English teacher with a shady reputation, who keeps one eye on his literary ambitions and one on Ms. Witt. As the school’s secrets begin to trickle out, a boys-versus-girls skirmish turns into an all-out war, with deeply personal—and potentially fatal—consequences for everyone involved. Lisa Lutz’s blistering, timely tale of revenge and disruption shows us what can happen when silence wins out over decency for too long—and why the scariest threat of all might be the idea that sooner or later, girls will be girls.

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Tough Guy Book Club - Pickerington OH

Tough Guy Book Club - Pickerington OH

Wed, Aug 5, 9:00 AM
From Tough Guy Book Club
4.8

Join us for the Pickerington Chapter of Tough Guy Book Club. You can find out this month's book here [https://toughguybookclub.com/books](https://toughguybookclub.com/books?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExcTVleWRsd0ZYSWdqZXV4QXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5aL8E3xpn05czDIaY5kEiHH3oABs4hICFLOrNXUsW-0gY5HePBTW1ni0SYzw_aem_qNxAzG9ij-sVr5-Rf8Uw3Q) If you have the chance, try to pick up the book and read a couple of pages before the night. If you haven’t, come anyway, no one gives a damn. We are not your boss. If you got one, make sure to bring your copy of the books down, it’ll help you talk about bits of it, we suggest underlining stuff that sticks out to you as important. Also like all months, we will be announcing next month’s book at the meeting and handing them out to those of you who were wise enough to pre-order last month. See you there. Want to know more about Tough Guy Book Club? Read this - [http://toughguybookclub.com/about-us](http://toughguybookclub.com/about-us?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExcTVleWRsd0ZYSWdqZXV4QXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5QrDxxQmsaiuIfgbomTP4b6948UogKCm9U4Dudq5-VU_8aUx5RnTiUjO_R1Q_aem_n5AIic3b6NMTZ5TUJGTLkw)

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TINYACO BOOK CLUB: Lock In by John Scalzi

Mon, Aug 10, 11:00 PM
From (TINYACO) Geek Social Club
4.8
5 attendees

Monthly Book Club Meeting

Sun, Aug 9, 5:00 PM
From Thriving Collective | Childfree & Childless NBC♀️Columbus🌸
4.9
11 attendees
August Adventure Themed Book Club

August Adventure Themed Book Club

Sat, Aug 22, 3:00 PM
From Columbus Bookish Babes Book Club *New 2026*
5.0

Augusts genre is Action / Adventure. The book we will be reading is Something Wilder by Christina Lauren Bookclub will be at the Dublin library meeting room 3. Light snacks will be provided, but you’re welcome to bring your own snacks or drinks. -Please let me know if you’d like to volunteer to bring food or drinks, themed or not ◡̈

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Availability of book swap events depends on your city's active groups. Use Meetup to search for such events in your area to see what's available.

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If no events are available, you can start a book swap group yourself or expand your search to nearby locations to explore other options.

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Meetup's book swaps are community-driven and aim to supplement not replace traditional libraries. It's a way to engage socially with other book lovers.

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