The READ THIS! BotM, Exciting Release News, & More!

Happy May! May flowers are here in many places, so take some time to stop and enjoy them. I'm enjoying a month of no travel, because next month my con season shifts into overdrive. And no travel means more writing, and we all like the sound of that!  The next READ THIS! Book of the Month is here, along with more news you can use! So let's get to it, shall we? We shall! WE'RE NUMBER 1! My (first) big book o' reviews, Media & Me: My Love/Hate Relationship With Hollywood has released and even before release it scored an Amazon #1 release! Thank you so much to everyone who preordered! If you didn't, get your copies from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing now!

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!

May 2025 READ THIS! Selection

The READ THIS! Selection for May 2025 is:  Collars & Curses by Sharon Skinner Gini's Take: A feisty shifter teen, a teen witch, and a suspicious elf deal with curses and high school...and saving the world, too.   About the Author: Sharon Skinner holds a BA in English, an MA in Creative Writing and is a Certified Book Coach and freelance editor, who helps writers weave their words into stories that shine. She mainly writes fantasy, science fiction, paranormal, and the occasional steampunk, for audiences of all ages. Sharon is an active member of SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) and serves as the Regional Advisor for SCBWI AZ. She also served aboard the USS Jason, the first US Navy vessel to take women to sea (WestPac cruise). But that’s another story. To learn more, visit sharonskinner.com  or bookcoachingbysharon.com

May 2025 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.)

May's READ THIS! author Q&A  with Author Sharon Skinner will be on Thursday, May 15, 2024 from 9pm-10pm Eastern. Access to Discord is available worldwide, and everyone is invited to attend!

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

The READ THIS! Selection for June 2025 is:  The Bystanders By Dawn Major

The Royal Scam is Live...and an Amazon Top 100 Bestseller! Thanks to everyone who preordered this release! If you didn't get your copy, don't delay, order from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing today!

And don't forget to pre-order the next books in the series!

A risky gamble turns deadly when the galaxy's most feared terrorist arrives to up the ante. When their favorite bookie pulls up stakes from Roulette and moves to Polliworld, the crew of the Hummingbird go to find out why, and hopefully get a cut of the action, but they end up caught in a high stakes game of chance that could destroy them. Preorder from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing.

Is the cost of a few innocent lives worth risking everything? When the crew of the Hummingbird discovers Pilla Colony recently destroyed by the Diamante Families, they’re faced with the smart choice of leaving or the dangerous one of searching for survivors – and Roy and DeeDee aren’t in agreement about their course of action. But the real question is: why would anyone be going out of their way to destroy the most helpless, fragile, and noncombative race in the galaxy? Preorder from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing.

In case you missed it, Touched by an Alien and Alien Tango are now available from Ginger Blue Publishing in ebook, trade paperback, and hardback! The hardbacks are a little confusing so... You can get ebooks from Amazon, B&N, Kobo, and Apple Books. You can get trade paperbacks from Amazon and B&N. You can get regular nice hardbacks from Amazon. And, because B&N is a little, um, titchy, you can get fancy trophy hardbacks from them. The easiest way to do this is to go to the Ginger Blue Publishing website, click on the cover(s) you want, choose the version you want, and link to the distributor through them. I know, it's confusing, but because the old versions are still "live" to most of the retailers (because they still have physical mass market copies of most of the titles), it creates issues, and this is the easiest fix. BTW, the reviews for Touched by an Alien stayed linked at Amazon and B&N. Not so with Alien Tango, so, as mentioned and requested before, reviews for Tango, and the others as they go live, would be hugely appreciated by your author girl. AND...Ginger Blue is expecting to have Alien in the Family going live sometime next week, with expectations for Alien Proliferation to follow later in the month, so keep the eyeballs peeled!

Meet Kitty.  Marketing manager Katherine "Kitty" Katt joins forces with gorgeous aliens from Alpha Centauri to protect the Earth, kick evil alien butt, and save the day with hairspray and rock 'n' roll...not necessarily in that order. Available now from Ginger Blue Publishing. An Amazon Top 100 Bestseller!

More aliens. More intrigue. More Kitty. For Katherine "Kitty" Katt, Alien Super-Being Exterminator, anti-alien conspiracies, threats from outer space, and a couple of killer alligators are all in a day's work, but internal alien conspiracies bring a new meaning to the terms chaos and confusion. Available now from Ginger Blue Publishing. An Amazon Top 50 Bestseller!

New conspiracies. New enemies. Same Kitty. Planning any wedding is hard enough, but Katherine "Kitty" Katt and Jeff Martini have a lot more to worry about than seating arrangements, because multiple interstellar invasions, Alpha Team in mortal peril, and inter-alien conspiracies are all on the guest list...and the gifts they've brought explode. Coming VERY soon from Ginger Blue Publishing.

More conspiracies. More danger. New Kitty. A new set of conspiracies, old enemies, and a dangerous new drug being tested on unwilling subjects are more than enough to deal with, but new parents Jeff and Kitty Martini have an even bigger problem...the bad guys want their newborn baby. Coming soon from Ginger Blue Publishing.

Con Season Continues My con season is in full swing. Keep checking this space for where I'll be and all the different ways and places where you can see the me! LibertyCon June 20-22 Chattanooga, TN San Diego Comic-Con July 23-27 San Diego, CA Gen Con Writers Symposium July 31-August 3 Indianapolis, IN DragonCon August 28-September 1 Atlanta, GA Bouchercon September 3-7 New Orleans, LA

So many bookie wookies, so much time to catch up on all of them while waiting for The Alien Collection, Aliens Like Us, Aliens Like Them, 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