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Books & reading in Berkeley

Recommendations with reasons, book-club energy, and the thread that adds twelve titles to your list.

Readers trust readers. Ask Peachy for recommendation threads and book-club talk in your genres, and the 'I stayed up until 2am finishing this' posts find you. Your to-read pile will grow past reason, and you'll be glad.

Berkeley packs a remarkable number of scenes into a few square miles. Tell Peachy you're looking in Berkeley and posts from people nearby surface for you, whether they're up in the hills, down by the marina, or a few blocks off Shattuck. The rest of the East Bay is one "a little farther" away.

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You tell Peachy what you’re looking for the way you’d tell a friend, and the posts that match reach you.

Show me book recommendations and what people are reading.

Tell me when a book club opens up near Berkeley.

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    Sign up with your phone number. Peachy is a chat app: your people, your group chats, and one open Public space everyone shares.

  2. Tell Peachy what you're looking for

    Plain words, like the examples above, place included. You can change your mind any time. Just tell it.

  3. The right posts find you

    Matching posts surface for you, and only what you asked to be buzzed for buzzes. Everything else quietly waits, sorted on time and topic, never deleted.

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