2025 Book Club Nominations

Denise Santomauro

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Nov 11, 2024, 4:54:52 PM11/11/24

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Hello everyone,

It's time to nominate books for 2025. We're doing things a bit differently this year than we have in years past, so please read through the below.

First, instead of a form, I've created this spreadsheet for nominations. Each month has a different tab at the bottom, so hopefully that will keep things from getting too confusing. February will be our month to read a book from your TBR pile, so there's no tab for that month. In addition to the book's title and the author, I've included a column for why you're nominating the book. It can be any reason you want! To keep things from getting too overwhelming, please limit nominations to no more than two per month.

Also, you'll notice that the categories have been switched up a bit and are more general (and there are now two months of fantasy!), so it would be great if everyone could consider diversity when nominating books.

To organize the submissions and give people time to vote, please send your nominations by Friday, November 22nd. After nominations are in, Katie D. will send out a form for voting, as she had a brilliant idea to help with tallying votes, so be on the lookout for an email from her.

Looking forward to reading with all of you next year!

Denise Santomauro

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Nov 11, 2024, 6:56:02 PM11/11/24

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I was just sent a late-in-the-game idea for February, which I thought sounded cool, so I added a category for that month for anyone who's already looked at the spreadsheet!

Denise Santomauro

Diane Telgen

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Nov 12, 2024, 10:47:48 AM11/12/24

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I wonder whether we could combine the ideas and make February read-your-own banned book, which would expose everyone to a whole bunch of banned books?

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Karen Mangold

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Nov 12, 2024, 11:04:25 AM11/12/24

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That was actually what I had meant to suggest! I thought it would be fun to support a wide variety of banned books and get lots of suggestions!

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Denise Santomauro

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Nov 12, 2024, 12:05:03 PM11/12/24

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Love this idea! I’ll remove it from the spreadsheet.

Denise Santomauro

Nancy Lowenthal

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Nov 12, 2024, 12:06:03 PM11/12/24

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Super cool idea!

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J Maltas

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Nov 14, 2024, 6:58:32 PM11/14/24

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Very cool idea Karen and thanks you to all for working on this for everyone. I will take a look and put in some nominations tonight. Just wanted to share Sulzer’s line up for their YA book club for ideas and also potentially avoid since they put those on hold for their book club that month.

This Savage Song (Jan 2025)
Divine Rivals (Feb)
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (March)
Twelfth Knight (April)
The Walls Around Us (May)
Gwen and Art Are Not in Love (June)
Those Pink Mountain Nights (July)
Before I Fall (Aug)
The Diviners (Sep)
A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow (Oct)
Burn Baby Burn (Nov)
Self Made Boys (Dec)

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Denise Santomauro

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Nov 14, 2024, 7:58:14 PM11/14/24

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Good call, Jenny! Thanks!

Denise Santomauro

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Nov 20, 2024, 12:20:47 PM11/20/24

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Hello everyone,

This is a reminder to nominate the books you'd like to read for next year by Friday, November 22nd. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Denise Santomauro

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