One of the things I look forward to every month is the Columbus, Ohio chapter of Silent Book Club meeting. Everyone brings their own book and reads together quietly for an hour, then we all nerd out about books afterward. If you're in the area, you should come hang out with us!

We meet on the second Tuesday of every month and this time we met at the Whetstone branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library in Clintonville.

We kick off the meeting with a quick round of introductions where everyone says their name and a little about what they're reading. I always take notes and post the full book list the next day. 

It's a great way for everyone to learn about books they might like and I've picked up several books I loved based on what people were reading and recommended to the group.

Here's what the group is reading this month:

• The Liars’ Club by Mary Karr

• Spiced: Unlock the Power of Spices to Transform Your Cooking by America’s Test Kitchen

• Maureen O'Hara: The Biography by Aubrey Malone

• We Are Legion by Dennis Taylor

• Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl's Love Letter to the Power of Fashion by Tanisha C. Ford

• The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin

• Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

• John Dies at the End by David Wong

• Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

• Alice by Christina Henry

• The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers by Thomas Mullen

• Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

• Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

• Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

• Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser

• The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

• The Nature Instinct: Relearning Our Lost Intuition for the Inner Workings of the Natural World by Tristan Gooley

• They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

• The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

• The Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel

• The 9th Hour by Claire Stibbe

• How to Be Both by Ali Smith

There are Silent Book Club chapters throughout and US and several around the world, so if you're not in Columbus, OH, check the events on the SBC website to find one near you!