October's READ THIS! Book of the Month and Some News You Can Use! Or At Least Want...

Happy Spooky Month! Sure, Halloween is the last day of the month, but I know some of y'all already have your decorations up. I'm in the spooky spirit, though I have no idea if I'll put up a single bat or spiderweb.  Super excited about the READ THIS! Book of the Month, and I know I promised, but the ginormous con recap moves, yet again, to the next blog because I once again ran out of time (and you'll find out why within this blog), but for SURE scroll through the blog because...there is BIG news all y'all WANT (yes, trust me on this one and yes it's the "why" I just mentioned)... So, let's get to it, shall we? We shall!

Read Out Loud! Do you have your copy of the Touched by an Alien audiobook yet? If not, don't wait! Grab yours today and start your year right!

Speaking of Reading Out Loud... Graphic Audio has renewed the contract for The Legend of Belladonna, Part 1: Natural Born Outlaws, by moi writing as A.E. Stanton. If you haven't grabbed this fantastic audiobook, don't delay, grab it today!

READ THIS! A Book Club by Moi for All Y'all Welcome to READ THIS! A Book Club by Gini Koch. This is my chance to introduce you to some great authors that I love and know you will, too. Every month I'll spotlight a book and, even better...every month I'll host a live discussion with the author, that all y'all can join! I know, it's too happy to be true, but true it is!

October 2024 READ THIS! Selection

The READ THIS! Selection for October 2024 is:  Dante's Garden by Teresa Cutler-Broyles Gini's Take: A time-traveling romantasy novel with magic, danger,  protagonists you root for all the way through, and villains you're happy to hate. About the Author: Teresa Cutler-Broyles writes historical fiction/romance, edgy kinky murder mysteries, articles about travel, wine, culture and architecture, and chapters on film, TV and culture. She teaches film (Zombies, Vampires, Post-Apocalypse, Cult) at the U of New Mexico, and food history and culture, and Italian film, at the Umbra Institute in Perugia (Italy). Her research interests include sci-fi, vampires, circuses and carnivals, pop culture, wine, architecture, gardens and garden history—basically everything. She lives in Italy and the US, and plays board games weekly with a group of women who can’t stop laughing. Find her books at: www.amazon.com/author/teresacutler-broyles

October 2024 READ THIS! Author Q&A

So, you've read the READ THIS! selection and you want to share what you thought with the author, hang out with them and Gini, and generally talk books for an hour. Well, guess what? You can! The third Thursday of every month will be READ THIS! Author Q&A time. The event will be held utilizing Discord, and the invitation to Gini's READ THIS! room will come out in the week prior to the chat. And that's not all! Near the end of each Q&A session, we'll be doing a raffle and one lucky winner will get a copy of the next month's READ THIS! selection! (You must be present in the Q&A to win. Physical book prizes will be U.S. only. Ebook prizes will be worldwide.)

October's READ THIS! author Q&A  featuring Author Teresa Cutler-Broyles will be on Thursday, October 17, 2024 from 9pm-10pm Eastern. Access to Discord is available worldwide, and everyone is invited to attend!

November's READ THIS! Selection   And Remember: One Lucky Q&A Participant can win it early!

The READ THIS! Selection for November 2024 is:  Fall's Girl By Gini Koch & Bebe Bayliss

It's Preorder Time! Something Wicked, the first novel in the Santa Paloma Mysteries series written by moi and Bebe Bayliss, will release on November 22, 2024 from Ginger Blue Publishing. Coming in ebook and paperback, preorders are live at Amazon, Kobo, and Apple Books. Per the publisher, B&N is (still) being persnickety, but the book will be there for preorders in the near term.

Speaking of Preorders... Ginger Blue Publishing is re-releasing my humor collection, Random Musings from the Funny Girl, with new pieces (!), coming October 22nd. If you don't have this collection yet, now's the time to preorder from Amazon, B&N, and all the usual suspects. And if you have the original, but want those new pieces in their snazzy new format, well, I'm not gonna tell you no. ;-D

DRUMROLL, PLEASE... I've been putting off my ginormous con recap because I've been hella busy... because... I wrote "the end"!  I wrote "the end"! I wrote "the end"! Yes, it's true, Aliens Like Us is FINALLY done and Kitty and I are super happy with it. Now it's with my crit partners and beta team, then once I make their fixes, if any (hey, a girl can dream), it goes to my agent. Then, from her, it goes to DAW. At that point, DAW will go over edits and such with me and then I should have at least a guesstimate for the official release date. As always, all y'all will be the first to know! (And yes, I'm getting the teaser pages for Alien Research ready as we speak, so to speak...)

So many bookie wookies, so much time to catch up on all of them while waiting for Aliens Like Us and the next READ THIS! selection. Check out my Bookstore for all the things!

That's it for today but, never fear, another Update, including the Discord Q&A chat invitation, will be arriving in a couple of weeks! In the meantime, stay safe and healthy, remember we're all in this together, be kind to one another, give love and support to all those who are on the front lines in any capacity, and let's be readers out there. Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch you on the flip side! Love, Gini