Book Club Themes for 2020

Book Club Themes for 2020

So I thought id do I quick post giving a rundown of the theme plans for this year( yeah I'm that organized lol). Some of them were chosen because of the month (etc March is women's history month so we use the women prize for fiction for choices), others because we really wanted to add something in we haven't read for the past couple of years under that big bookclubs umbrella. We also added in a few different ideas but you'll see that in a minute :)
So here goes, the 2020 list;

January- Classic books 

We took these choices from a list of classic books that members had always wanted to read but had never got round to. One Hundred Years of Solitude won this one!

February- Waterstones book of the year 2019

Literally, the choices were every book on the list(even the cookbook). The Testaments won this.

March- Women's History Month 

Because it's women's history month we took choices from the women prize for fiction 2019. The Silence of the Girls won this(was very excited about this)

April- Poetry Month

For something a little different for poetry month, instead of a book to read all members are bringing their favorite poem and we'll discuss!

May- Folklore Fiction

We had a book last year that was based around some folklore and enjoyed the genre so decided to see what else was out there in this genre :)

June-  Non-Fiction

Because this isn't a genre that normally ends up in book club choices, so let's give it a go! I could live to regret that choice.

July- Romance, Local Author

We picked Romance for July as it's a good genre to take with you on holiday, nice fun summer read. And because we have a local author that has some fab books in that genre I decided to add that element in :) So July we will be reading a book by Cathy Bramley!

August- Biographies

There are so many good ones out there and again its not normally a book club choice.

September- Banned Books

There are so many banned books I've never read and I'm curious to read and see why they were banned. So I guess this was a little bit selfish on my part.

October- Black History Month

Again chosen because this is black history month, not sure yet where we might get our choices from so any suggestions are welcome in the comments :) 

November- Horror

Pushed back a month but determined to fit it in. November's still scary right?

December- Short Stories

Now December is a busy month and our meetings are usually a few weeks early so a short story collection seemed the best idea. That way if you don't finish the whole book you'll still have managed a couple of stories :)

Ok, so that was a slightly longer run down than I planned but oh well!

Krystina xx