Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Hi, I'm an author. In fact, you can find my book on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Anyway, I received the following email offering to feature my book in the Around the Year in 52 Books reading challenge. Sadly, I've found becoming an author means getting absolutely inundated with scam emails. (Who knew?) I suspect this one is too.

I was just reaching out to see if someone could confirm my suspicions. Is this indeed bogus? Thanks.

# # #

Hello Brian, 👋

My name is Maya Diego, and I work with the Around the Year in 52 Books reading community, a lively, discussion-driven group of readers who love exploring meaningful books throughout the year.

We’re currently hosting our 2026 Reading Challenge, which invites participants to engage with 52 thoughtfully themed books, one for each week of the year, while sharing insights, reflections, and reviews in our active community.

I came across your book, Vegas Concierge, and I believe it would deeply resonate with our readers. Its investigative approach, rich storytelling, and exploration of pressing social issues make it a perfect candidate for thoughtful discussion and long-term visibility.

Featuring your book in the challenge would allow readers to engage with it over time, generating ongoing conversations, reflections, and reviews that highlight your work to a committed audience.

If this sounds interesting, I’d love to share more details about how the challenge works and how we could feature Vegas Concierge in 2026.

I think so. We don’t really “feature” books here. There are monthly group reads chosen by vote according to a theme. I also don’t recognize the name as one of our mods but I could be wrong.

Brian, this is happening to other authors in different groups as well. You need to contact support to let them know, They won’t take anyone else’s word for it except the member who received the communication.

Also, I just double checked. The instruction from support was to use the Contact Us form.

Scam!
Who knew there was an income potential to modding,,, gmmm (kidding!!)

Thanks for these responses. You'd be shocked at the number of unsolicited emails I get weekly from people promising to get me numerous reviews or attention, with many of them apparently using the names of established book challenges or book groups.