Pop-up book reading parties have become popular in New York City. Jaycee Adler and Ben Bradbury met there, chatted about books, clicked and are still together.
Reading Rhythms now puts on about two to three events a week in Manhattan and Brooklyn, with a small entrance fee, and it's working so well that they're all already full by April 2024. "Books are probably the best icebreakers in the world to really get into a deep conversation," insisted Tom Wooster, one of the initiators.