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Pop-up Romance Book Store in the San Francisco Bay Area. Buy in person or online, event calendar available at pleasurereading.com.

09/07/2026

Our next event is this Tuesday, 9/8, at Temescal Brewing with Silent Book Club – Oakland! We’ll start selling our wares at 6, Silent Book Club will start social time at 6:30, and silent reading will begin at 7pm for an hour. Cozy up next to a fire pit and meet some new book friends ✨💜

09/06/2026

We’re loving the sun dappled light at Drake's Dealership - see where else we’ll be this week on our website!

09/03/2026

Our September new releases newsletter is out! See what books are publishing this month and read about our favorites. (Substack link in bio!)

Love Felt Like This by Julie Olivia releases September 8. “The perfect cozy romance for holing up and escaping from the world for a little bit.”

See You Next Tuesday by Kate Stayman-London releases September 8. “Sometimes, even if there are initial sparks, it takes multiple tries to light a match.”

Grim Tidings by BK Borison releases September 15. “If Good Spirits is a peppermint mocha, Grim Tidings is a shot of tequila.”

Find all these and more at pleasurereading.substack.com ✨

09/01/2026

Come see us in September at Drake's Dealership, Cellarmaker Berkeley, Temescal Brewing, (with Silent Book Club – Oakland) and Admiral Maltings and The Rake at Admiral Maltings (twice!). Tickets for It’s the Malt are available through Eventbrite and the link in our bio.

08/23/2026

Beautiful weather, romance books and live music on a Sunday? Always a recipe for a good time at The Rake at Admiral Maltings with Cyrus Abu-saba!

08/14/2026

We have great news, we’ll be popping up 3 more times in August!

Come see us at Brix Factory Brewing on 8/22 (and get some June’s Pizza), The Rake at Admiral Maltings on 8/23 (with jazz music accompaniment by Cyrus Abu-saba) and Faction Brewing on 8/30 (for the massive Cape and Cowl Comics Cape & Cowl Con)!

08/06/2026

Here are some of our favorite August romance releases! What books are you excited for?

Chaotic Orbits by Beth Revis released August 4, for fans of heists, cat-and-mouse dynamics, bringing down billionaires, and, oh yeah, slow burning romantic tension.

A sapphic, multiverse, enemies-to-lovers story for the theater kids? Yes please! In What World by Bridget Morrissey releases August 11.

Experiments in Offline Dating by Kat Mackenzie releases August 25. If you can handle some cringe, you’ll get a hilarious (and scorching!) story about finding your person, not to mention a dreamy tour through Ireland.

Read our full reviews and see what else is publishing this month on our Substack newsletter, linked in our bio!

08/04/2026

Join us Tuesday, 8/11 from 6pm to 9pm (that’s right, a Tuesday night!) at Temescal Brewing and read along with Silent Book Club – Oakland, with tacos from Mama Trace — and stay tuned for more announcements of upcoming August pop-up events!

07/27/2026

Another fantastic Sunday at The Rake at Admiral Maltings, it was great to meet so many new friends! We’ll be back there in August, stay tuned for updates on our next upcoming events! 🗓️📚💕

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