2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Hi everyone!

It's time to nominate for December! The theme is Closing Credits

Please remember to state a connection to the theme when you nominate. Thank you :)

Here are some short rules for nominating books:

~ Each person can nominate 1 book.

~ Book must be available both as a physical copy and as an ebook.

~ Authors: Please do not nominate your own book.

~ Please include the name of the book and the author or link to the book.

~ Please do not nominate books that are part of a series, unless it is the first book.

~ You can second someone else's nomination, but that will count as your nomination.

~ When nominating, please state a connection to the theme.

~ You cannot nominate a book which has previously been a group read. Past buddy reads are fine. (See Group Reads in the bookshelf)


This thread will be closed by October 26th, and we will choose ten books for the poll. If there are more than ten books nominated, we will choose the ten most nominated. If there is still a tie to get into the top ten, we'll go back to the Goodreads average rating to see which is highest.

I would like to nominate The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a story about an old man who ages backwards. His closing credits are actually a new beginning! :)

Ilona wrote: "I would like to nominate The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a story about an old man who ages backwards. His closing credits are actually a new ..."

I like that connection :D

Nominating Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro , one of my favorite novels. From the first time I read it I was utterly fascinated by this book and the musings around how we deal with .. well the closing credits so to speak. Don't want to spoil too much for people who haven't read it. But it never fails to move me.

I am having trouble understanding the theme for december. What....counts as closing credits?????

Keri wrote: "I am having trouble understanding the theme for december. What....counts as closing credits?????"

Within our yearly theme of Books to Screen and Stage, Closing Credits can refer to the end credits of a movie or series. However, for these group reads you can interpret the theme in any way you want, as long as you explain to us the connection with the book you are nominating.
In this case, I have interpreted as the end of human life, and Winters interpretation is a bit of a spoiler :)

Does this answer your question?

Nominating The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling. It's the first book she published after the end of the HP series. It was not written for children and it had nothing to do with magic at all. So, for me, it officially signified the 'closing credits' of the HP era.

P.S. I don't personally count The Cursed Child as part the HP series since (1) Harry Potter is hardly the main character, (2) it was originally written for theater, and (3) it was co-written with other authors. It totally has different vibe.

I second Benjamin Button!

I'd like to nominate Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.

In the broadest, most literal sense, the novel is about about loss and endings. An older woman, Clarissa Dalloway, looks back over her life and tries to come to terms with her own mortality and the choices she made.

Although I also want to read The Casual Vacancy, I selected Mrs. Dalloway to fulfill a Popsugar prompt (#24-a book that occurs in one day) and am really interested in reading it AND it is rather short, and a classic and I have yet to read anything written by Virginia Woolf. So I second Mrs. Dalloway!

I would also like to nominate Mrs. Dalloway

I would like to recommend The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe .
I've wanted to read this book for a while now. This book deals with death (closing credits) and how the mother-son duo come closer with books as the medium.
This movie is based on true events from author's life though there is no "book to screen" adaptation for this one. I hope it qualifies as a nominee.

I second Never Let Me Go.

Does the rise of the robots start the roll of the closing credits on humanity? I nominate I, Robot so we can find out.

Sean wrote: "Does the rise of the robots start the roll of the closing credits on humanity? I nominate I, Robot so we can find out."

I like that ^^ And exellent book!

Regina wrote: "I'd like to nominate Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.

In the broadest, most literal sense, the novel is about about loss and endings. An older woman, Clarissa Dalloway, ..."



I second Mrs Dalloway

Ice wrote: "Nominating The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling. It's the first book she published after the end of the HP series. It was not written for children and it had nothing ..."

I’ll second this one!

Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch visited Morrie in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final 'class': lessons in how to live.

Poll posted! Go vote for your favorite ^^

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/5...