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This is the comprehensive listing of 2024 Monthly Group Read selections! I always get so excited about these every year!! I spent hours researching to identify more unique connections to each month, reflecting the much more unique prompts for 2024! (I am in love with this year's challenge!!)

HERE is a listing of potential discussion questions. These are meant to not only help those who volunteer to facilitate these monthly discussions but also to provide ideas for members participating in discussions!

This will be updated as time progresses to include all books selected and discussion leaders for each month.

Many many thanks to those who will volunteer to lead monthly discussions throughout 2024!

JANUARY Prompt #19 A book set in the future
Ellis Island opened on New Year’s Day 1892, which was also a leap year! Most all who made it to Ellis Island were simply hoping for a better future. The NEW YEAR is usually focused on the future with setting resolutions, etc. January 1 is also WORLD DAY OF PEACE! More of which this world needs in the future, IMO!
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Surely there is a “rambunctious wrangler�� just waiting to volunteer to facilitate this discussion! Please message either Nadine or myself to volunteer! No one volunteered, so Nadine jumped in to post questions, etc., since she had already read this one! Thank you, Nadine!!

FEBRUARY Prompt #1 A book with the word "leap" in the title
Since this “extra day�� occurs in February in this “leap�� year, it is just too obvious to resist!
Lucky Leap Day by Ann Marie Walker
Kimberly Barker is the “leaping literary luminar�� who has volunteered to lead this discussion! Thank you, Kimberly! 👏👏👏👏👏

MARCH Prompt #48 A collection of at least 24 poems
World Poetry Day is on March 21!
Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman
Joanna is the "marvelous manager" who has graciously volunteered to lead this discussion! Thank you so much, Joanna! 🎉🎊🎆🎇

APRIL Prompt #29 A book with a neurodivergent main character
April is Autism Awareness Month!
The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid #2) by Nita Prose
I'm certain there is at least one member out there fitting the description of "knowledgeable navigator" to lead this discussion! Please message either Nadine or myself to volunteer! Since I am reading this anyway, I will post some comments/questions!

MAY Prompt #41 A memoir that explores queerness
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia is May 17

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
Jai is the "guru guide" who volunteered to lead this discussion! Thank you so very much, Jai! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

JUNE Prompt #18 A book set in space
National Meteor Watch Day is June 30!
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers
And who is the "cool Captain" who will volunteer to lead this discussion? Please message either Nadine or myself to volunteer!

JULY Prompt #44 An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll
National Day of Rock ‘N�� Roll is July 7!
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
I’m certain there is a “savvy superstar�� among our members to lead an amazing discussion of this one! Please message either Nadine or myself to volunteer!

AUGUST Prompt #23 A book that features dragons
National Lizard Day is August 14!
The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon #1) by Kay O'Neill
And who might be the "official organizer" willing to lead this discussion? Please message either Nadine or myself to volunteer! I posted some questions.

SEPTEMBER Prompt #6 A book about pirates
Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19!
John Baur and Mark Summers created this international day in 1995.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Jennifer W is the "fascinating facilitator" who has graciously volunteered to lead this discussion! THANK YOU, JENNIFER W! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

OCTOBER Prompt #8 A book by a blind or visually impaired author
White Cane Awareness Month! White Cane Awareness Day is October 15!
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club #1) by Richard Osman
And who is the "bubbling bibliophile" anxious to lead this discussion? Please message either Nadine or myself to volunteer!
I will post some questions to hopefully get the conversation going!

NOVEMBER Prompt #39 A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author
Transgender Awareness Month! Transgender Awareness Week November 13-19, leading up to Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20! Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was founded in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998.
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
And who is the "vivacious volunteer" willing to lead this discussion? Please message either Nadine or myself to volunteer!!

DECEMBER Prompt #36 A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person
National Mudd Day is December 20! What is National Mudd Day, you may ask? It references a fascinating bit of history I doubt many of us know. Dr. Samuel Mudd was a doctor who helped John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirator David Herold immediately following Lincoln’s assassination on the night of April 14, 1865. Mudd performed surgery on Booth and allowed them to spend the night. He didn’t report the men’s visit for another 24 hours, though it was assumed he would have heard of the assassination well before that time. Mudd was arrested 12 days later and eventually convicted to a life sentence by a military commission for the crime of aiding and conspiring in a murder, missing the death penalty by only one vote!
The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
I'm certain there is an "End-of-Year Innovator" to lead this discussion! Message either Nadine or myself to volunteer!