SO BOOKED UP

A Women's Book Club With Heart

By Adam Kluger

Photos by Zak Bennett

So Booked Up in Palm Beach, Florida was created to expand members' personal literary experience by reading and discussing works by best-selling authors in a friendly and open atmosphere. The club provides a social and welcoming environment for ladies with an interest in and appreciation for reading and learning, all while raising funds and other charitable donations for charities and organizations.

According to President Biani Trimboli, "We have a fabulous group of ladies, we encourage each other and we give back. There is so much that can be achieved through the book club. We get our community involved in many different things and organizations. We highlight the authors a lot. If you go on our social media we ask our members every time they go somewhere with a book to take a picture and post it on social media and tag the author. The authors get so excited, "Oh my book is in Ireland or my book was on an African safari this month, it's just so exciting. We are really proud of all our members. It's a lot of fun and so many people have become close friends within the group which I love."

Everyone who donates to the charity of the month has a chance to win a signed copy of the book of the month. Every penny raised directly benefits the designated charity.

"The ladies have to bring their books to the meetings and they have to donate their books. The reason we do that is that we want to be able to donate to people or organizations that do not have access to books, says Trimboli. "We bring all these fun books for children and young adults to read and the books also go to nursing homes and those ladies love those novels and it's just something that brings smiles to all the faces."