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Taking Part in a 12-Month Long Book Club

January 12, 2025 by in category The Writing Journey by Denise Colby tagged as , ,

I’m sharing my word for 2025 in my newsletter first, so I decided for my January post to discuss the 12-month long book club I’m a part of.

This year, I’m one of twelve authors who formed a year long book club. Each month one of us will be featured with the book we’ve selected for all to read. Then there’s a zoom call the third week of the month to discuss and interview the author. My book, When Plans Go Awry, will be featured in November.

The list of authors participating in the Readers Comfy Porch Book Club for 2025

Our responsibilities as an author

  • Promote the 12-month book club in our monthly newsletter and on social media. 
  • Participate in the facebook group page – Readers Comfy Porch Book Club
  • Read the book
  • Attend the zoom call

There are several new to me things about this book club

  • I’ve never been a part of a book club before. As a reader, I’m excited to participate
  • Many of these authors are new to me and I haven’t read their books before
  • My book is new to them as well and their readers
  • I would imagine over the 12 months, we will form some amazing bonds

I’m excited to have been asked to participate in this 12-month book club for several reasons. Now that I have a published book I can contribute to these types of opportunities. With two releases coming out in 2025, I will be able to share and promote all three of my books throughout the year. I can also support other authors by reading their books and building new relationships with all of them. 

I do feel a little overwhelmed because I need to up my newsletter game and deliver one each month. This is yet another reason I’m glad to be a part of this group because of the accountability and the commitment to do all the things an author needs to to support our books.

January’s Book Pick

Our first book we will be reading and discussing is Tamelia Adam’s The Filbert Ridge Miracle

The January pick for the readers comfy porch book club is The Filbert Ridge Miracle by Tamelia Aday

Tamelia is already sharing posts in the Facebook group, and we will have our zoom meeting on January 23, 2025. Will be a fun gathering.

I’ll check in later in the year on another blog post and let you know how this 12 month long book club is going. You are all welcome to join us. Just check out the Readers Comfy Porch Book Club Facebook Group page.

Denise loves to share about her writing journey (see all her posts here), including her word of the year, her novel When Plans Go Awry, and all the things in between. You can visit her at her website and blog at www.denisemcolby.com or on her facebook or instagram. Please note: some links include Amazon Associate links where Denise can earn from qualifying purchases.

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GROUP HUG

June 15, 2013 by in category Archives tagged as , ,

Attending book club meetings used to be one of my favorite things to do, but with the advent of e-books discussions are now often conducted online by members of groups that are, at times, far-flung.  Recently, though, a group in Wisconsin contacted me and asked me to participate in their meeting. They asked:
1)   Do you have something you could send to us? Bookmarks?
2)   Do you have discussion guidelines for Hostile Witness?

I did not have discussion guidelines for any of my books*. I also did not have bookmarks since most of my readers were choosing digital files. But the request was so cool that immediately wrote discussion questions and sent them along with a Hostile Witness Book Club Box: three jars of sand from Hermosa Beach (the location of all the witness books), candles to put in the sand, and tiny plastic mermaids that are always attached to drinks at the legendary Mermaid Restaurant where Josie Bates met with Linda Rayburn.
Not only did the Wisconsin group inspire me to think about my books in a new light, they got me to thinking about why I liked book clubs so much. Here are the top reasons why I’m sending out big hugs to book clubs:

1)                 Members not only think about what they want to read but what they have read.
2)                 Members are curious.  They want to know why a book was written, what inspired the and book, and who wrote it.
3)                 Members are articulate. They explain in detail why they did or did not like a book and even reference specific words and passages.
4)                 Members are considerate. They listen to visiting authors and one another. Sometimes they even raise their hands before they talk.
5)                 Members don’t judge a book by its cover. They may not like a cover, but they don’t judge until they read what’s inside.
6)                 Members are reliable. They read the month’s book and show up on time. Okay, sometimes they don’t read the whole book, but they always show up on time.
7)                 Members abide by rules. They made the rules themselves so that means they can happily live with them.
8)                 Members always feed me. Enough said on that point.
9)                 Members do not discriminate so they are diverse. If you love books you can join the club. That is cool.
10)             Members give great big hugs to authors when they give our work a chance. That’s really what an author needs.
So next time your group meets, don’t forget – Group Hug. You are way cool.
Find Book Group Guidelines for the Witness series here! 
Digital copies of Hostile Witness are always free. 

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