Daily Archives: January 12, 2025

Taking Part in a 12-Month Long Book Club

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.

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

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.