Bookmarked: the holiday edition (wine & silent reading)
Bookmarked: the holiday edition 🍷📖🎄
The last Bookmarked of 2026
The season gets loud. This is the quiet part. For 80 minutes, we read, with no small talk required, no assigned reading, and no pressure to perform “social.” Just good company and a curated wine selection to sip through as you go. Think of it as a small, cozy pause before the holidays take over, and the last chance to join us this year.
Here’s how the afternoon will unfold:
1-1:20pm: Check-in, a festive welcome pour, and a brief hello to get you settled in
1:20-2pm: Uninterrupted silent reading. Just you, your book, and good company.
2-2:10pm: Optional breather. Order a second pour, say hello to your neighbor, or keep reading!
2:10-2:50pm: Silent reading
2:50-3pm: Wrap-up and a chance to mingle (if you feel like it), or pick up a bottle of wine that caught your eye. It makes a very good gift, for a host or for yourself. 🎁
Bring your book. Escape into your story.
🎟️ Ticket includes 1 glass of wine (welcome pour)
Guests must be 21 or older. Additional wine, non-alcoholic beverages, and snacks are available for purchase.
About Read & Retreat Society
Founded by Amanda Leffew and Karina Patel, Read & Retreat Society is reading, reimagined as an afternoon break, night out, or weekend away. You bring whatever you're currently obsessed with, from a beach-read thriller to a memoir you've been chipping away at for months. It's the social energy of a great evening out, minus the small talk, made for anyone who's ever canceled plans to stay in with a book and wished they didn't have to choose.
Come on in. Bring your book. Escape into your story.