Silent Book Club @ Graduate Hotel
Calling all introverts đ

Second Wednesdays of the month ⢠6 pm – 8 pm ⢠More here
One way to beat the Seattle Freeze, check off any resolutions about âputting yourself out there more,â and crack into those books on your never-ending âto readâ list is to go to the Silent Book Club. Every second Wednesday, the Silent Book Club hosts a gathering in The Graduate Hotel (RIP, Hotel Deca), where they forbid you from speaking and you must read. Itâs an introvertâs dream.
For two hours, readers swan about The Graduate Hotelâs art deco lobby and all its old Hollywood-style glitz and glamor. Grab a drink from the bar, or wait until the reading party ends to take yourself, your book, and any other readers you made eyes at across the room up to the Mountaineering Club, the hotelâs rooftop bar, for a scenic nightcap. Engineer your own meet-cute over some Mountaineering Club âRoast It Yourselfâ Sâmores.
Speaking of books, what are you reading? Need some suggestions? For some science fiction, why not try an Octavia Butler book? If youâre dipping your toes into this whole reading thing, start with a short story collection: âFive Tuesdays in Winterâ by Lily King will tug on your heartstrings, while âSomeone Who Will Love You in all Your Damaged Gloryâ by Raphael Bob-Waksberg will tug on those heartstrings and make you laugh. Non-fiction seekers should read âEmpire of Painâ by Patrick Radden Keefe. I could go on and on, but youâve got a reading party to attend! Shoo! Get out of here.Â

Nathalie is a writer focused on anything she finds weird or fun. Sometimes this includes local politics and the environment, sometimes this involves scootering half-nude in Tacoma. She used to work as a staff writer at The Stranger where she did a lot of that sort of thing. She detests dentists and loves costume parties.