{"id":14118,"date":"2026-02-17T10:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=14118"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:06:32","slug":"social-silent-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2026\/02\/17\/social-silent-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Silent Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

from WLRN NPR<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A different party scene: How Books & Books is building community through silent reading<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

WLRN Public Media | By\u00a0Sofia Zarran<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Participants in the Books & Books Reading Party read on a carpet and chairs as they indulge in the silence and communal solitude. Sofia Zarran|WLRN<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The party scene in Miami is not just changing, it\u2019s rewinding. In some cases, it\u2019s going analog. The kids are turning to yoga, retro cameras and, at one local bookstore, silently reading with a group of strangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since last June, Books & Books<\/a> in Coral Gables has opened its doors \u2014 once a month on Wednesdays \u2014 to those looking for a brief refuge from an often noisy, digital world. Instead of loud music, dark rooms and flashing lights, the store offers a quiet space with chairs, a carpet, some hummus and wine, and a collection of books at your disposal for at least an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Books & Books Silent Reading Party, all are welcome. From fiction to romance to biographies, the reading party comes prepared with prompts for readers to share their responses to when the party ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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from WLRN NPR A different party scene: How Books & Books is building community through silent reading WLRN Public Media | By\u00a0Sofia Zarran The party scene in Miami is not just changing, it\u2019s rewinding. In some cases, it\u2019s going analog. The kids are turning to yoga, retro cameras and, at one local bookstore, silently reading […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art","category-literary-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14119,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14118\/revisions\/14119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}