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Everything you need to know about Book Crumbs new book club!
Recommending diverse and indie books is not enough, I need us to read them together! And in 2025, we are doing just that!
About the book club
Book Crumbs is all about helping BIPOC, Independent, and Marginalized Authors build the fandoms their stories deserve. By creating and hosting Book Crumbs, The Book Club, we all can join in on the fun of diversifying our bookshelves together! Each month, our book of the month will be a book written by a BIPOC, Indie, and/or Marginalized Author. Here’s what to expect!
What’s On Our TBR
Genres: We are exploring new and beloved books in adult fiction. These genres include Romance, Fantasy, Romantasy, Thrillers, Paranormal, Mysteries, and Literary Fiction to name a few.
Each BOTM is:
Is a work of fiction
Written by a BIPOC, Indie, and/or Marginalized Author
Between 300-500 pages
You can find the BOTM posted in the Book Club section of Book Crumbs’ publication each month!
Who My Book Club Is For
Book Crumbs, The Book Club is for adult readers over the age of 18. If you want to be apart of an online community sharing the joy of reading diversely and learning through fiction, welcome to the club! Book Crumbs is for readers who want to explore fandoms beyond the mainstream hype and make some bookish buddies along the way.
How To Join The Conversation
My book club is free and open to all of Book Crumbs members on Substack. You can find my book club here on Substack.
How it works: Live Chats
Each Saturday our chats will open go live at 9am PST on the listed date.
The live portion of chats where I will be actively hosting for the designated chapter discussions will last 1hr (9am PST to 10am PST)
We will spend 30-45mins discussing the designated chapters of our BOTM for that week
And the rest of the time will be a community style group chat to just yap about our week, our other current reads, bookish news, and more!
Each live chat thread will remain open, until after our virtual meeting for the book of the month. Once our Virtual discussion has come to a close, all BOTM discussions will be archived and our new BOTM chats will begin.
Where To Find each chat?
Our chats will be created in advance and directly linked to the reading schedule of each BOTM announcement.
Here is an example of my book clubs reading schedule:
Our Reading Schedule (Example)
Week one ~ Chapters 1 - 5 Live Chat
Week two ~ Chapters 6 - 10 Live Chat
Week three ~ Chapters 11 - 15 Live Chat
Week four ~Chapters 16 - 20 Live Virtual Discussion (Zoom)
Note: Each week lists the suggested chapters to read to prepare for our live chat discussions, but all chapters will be discussed during our virtual meeting. Also for example, week three chats will also be discussing the chapters from weeks 1 & 2. This schedule is set up to avoid spoiling further chapters in our BOTM. For example, we will not spoil week 3 chapters during week 1’s discussion even if we are ahead of schedule so that everyone has time to read at an even pace without spoilers.
How it works: Virtual Meetings
On my book club meeting days, I will be hosing a Live Video BOTM Discussion via Zoom. You can look forward to special guests, fun virtual games, and more!
Each meeting is 1hr long where we will discuss our BOTM at length
When we have Author guest, We will spend approx 30 mins with them for Q&A and meet and greet. The authors will be asked to leave after this time so we can discuss our BOTM in a reader/review space.
Where To Find the zoom links?
Our virtual meetings will be created in advance and directly linked to the reading schedule of each BOTM announcement.
In the event that an author would like to join us but we need to adjust the time or date of our meeting to accommodate them, I will communicate all updates here on substack so please make sure that you are subscribed to my book club newsletter so you never miss out on the fun!
I am so excited for us to take this journey together!!! Thank you so much for your support!
(Updated 1/16/2025)
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