2nd annual Geek Craft-A-Palooza!

My sweet Geeks, the holiday season is upon us. No matter what or if you celebrate anything coming up... the world is busier and more stressful, so in the tradition of GGBC, we are not reading in December. WE ARE CRAFTY FOR ALL DECEMBER. Don't panic non crafters! I have suggestions for you and they include a favorite from last year and a new addition to the crafty family:

World of GeekCraft by: Susan Beal @westcoastcrafty

The Star Wars Craft Book by: Bonnie Burton @BonnieGrrl

These are two great examples of fun you can have from using paper, to painting to glitter and glue and fibery arts. There is something for every Geek in these amazing pages. You can also get ideas from some pretty spiffy websites like Geek Crafts, and you can join other geeks and see what their up to at our sister club Geeks United In Crafts. This is a fun excuse to just have fun, play and get creative. You can also make some amazing gifts and thrill your friends and family, while saving some major cash this season!

There is no contest, no rules... all I ask is that you post photos of your Geeky creations. Post on Twitter with #GGBC, post on FB on the GGBC page, or post on Goodreads. 

There is one more thing I'm hoping we do this season to spread some happy in the world... share you favorite children's book. You can buy a copy and donate it to you library or charity, give a copy to a child you love, or just check one out from the library, and read it to someone who would love your time and your story. Please share what book YOU shared... and make this world lighter and brighter this season. Here is my children's book I'm sharing:

Blueberry Girl by: Neil Gaiman @NeilHimself

I hope that your holiday is filled with all the things that make you happy, and that you can share that happiness with those you love and those you are just meeting. I can't wait to see all the Geeky goodness you will be making and sharing... and I even have my own Geeky craft to start us off:

My knitted MST3K pillow 

Have fun, get crafty, and remember that there are a whole lot of people crafting right along with you, reading children's books and remembering that all of us deserve a little silly now and then. 

I'll Have a Blue November...

The winner of our contest to choose November's book is long time member Bronwyn Kelly. I want to thank her and all our participants in making a donation or volunteering to help the hungry this season.  Every bit matters, and every bit changes the world for the better. 

Here is a introduction about this month's book from Bronwyn, and we will discuss, as always, starting the last Saturday of the month. Happy November sweet Geeks!

"So, this month i get to choose the book we read as a group! this is both nerve-wracking and exciting. :)exciting because i get to share a book i've loved for probably 25 years with a wonderful group that I'm really happy to have been able to join. Nerve-wracking for much the same reason! :D

The book i'm choosing for this month is The Blue Sword, by Robin McKinley.

I've chosen this book because for years it has been my staple, the book I return to when I need comfort or fun or a visit with old friends. I have - quite literally - read a copy of this book into tatters!

I really hope you all enjoy it as much as I have! i'm looking forward to sharing it with you!"
~Bronwyn

Thankful We Can Read And Help...And Pick November's Book!

Image and more information at: http://www.jeffbridges.com/hungerfacts.html

Added 10/28/12: We have a winner to choose the GGBC November book! Bronwyn Kelly, contact me asap to talk about what to read! Congratulations!!!

It seems like October is flying by, and I hope you are loving our scary short stories!

I can't believe that it is time to think of November's read already, but I found something that is even more scary... hunger around our communities, all around the world. We have so much to be grateful for. We have books to read, a place to live and even if it is simple food, we have food on our table to feed ourselves, our loved ones, our friends. In the U.S., November marks a time of being thankful for what we have, no matter how much or how little. I was thinking that we could be thankful all around the Geek Girls Book Club world, have some fun... and share some love.

The November read will be chosen by a member of GGBC. All I ask to be in the drawing to pick the book is to donate to your local food bank, or to whatever organization you choose to help feed hungry people anywhere in the world. No cash? Then make a commitment to volunteer at one of those organizations, and help them where you can. I don't care if you donate food, money or your time... it all helps, and it is all important. 

Next, post to the GGBC facebook, twitter, goodreads or here in the comments that you donated to end hunger and BAM! You're entered. The winner will be drawn on October 28th. The winner must have their book selected by the first so we can post it as soon as we can! 

I hope that we can move others to help as well, and that one act of kindness will lead to many, many more.  Thank you in advance for your generosity my dear Geeks... I am grateful for you beyond measure.

Some places to donate:

Feeding America

Feed The Children

Feed My Starving Children

October is the month for scaring yourself out of your shorts...

The Autumn winds are howling and October will soon be here with longer nights, colder days, costumes and confections. What better way to celebrate the most wonderfully frightening time of the year than with the suspense and terror that only short stories can deliver?

I am a big fan of All Hallow's Read, Neil Gaiman's idea that you should share a scary book with someone for Halloween. Well, this year I want to do that in a big way by sharing two books of short stories with you... one from an author we know and love, and one from an author who is new and waiting to be discovered by us all.

Book #1:

Photo courtesy of www.mousecircus.com

Neil Gaiman's "M is for Magic"

This is a well known collection of some of the most beloved scary stories of our generation. It has something for everyone. I know that my love for Mr. Gaiman knows no literary bounds, but this is an excellent collection, and you will have a wonderful time seeing little snippets of Gaiman's magic and trepidation found in its pages. It is available in most libraries, Amazon, and many small book sellers.

Book #2:

Tansy Undercrypt's "Small Towns, Dark Places"

Ms. Undercrypt is a new author, but her micro fiction has been published for quite some time at TansyUndercrypt.com. You can go back and read these tiny gems at your leisure. Her book was just recently published, and is available through many ebook formats (Nook, Kindle, etc.) Tansy is not only a new, independent author of dark fiction, but she is also a member and supporter of GGBC. Please feel free to spread the word about her and her book if you'd like... I love that GGBC is helping new authors find readers and slew of people who adore their words. Tansy will be no exception, you will be captivated and breathless by the places you will go in this dark and frightening town. Here is a link to the Amazon ebook: Small Towns, Dark Places and a hard cover copy will be available the end of September.

In the comments, please share with us what books you are going to share for All Hallow's Read... we can all use a gigantic list of scary stories, and this is the perfect time of year to read as many as we can get our clawed hands on.

As always, our read will start on the first of the month and will be discussed on the last Saturday of the month... so get ready to dig in to some dark places, but bring a lantern... because it will be black as pitch sometimes, and you need to come out eventually. 

And the winners are...

(I have no idea where this awesome graphic came from, but I am amazed what

I have on my computer. Thanks to the cool cyber person who made it!)

Congratulations to the winners! Please contact me on twitter at @NikkiSticks or on Facebook at the GGBC page to get your code for your free e-book!

OUT OF TRUE:

Elisabeth Flaum 

Michelle Watkins @abqmichelle

Lynette Aspey @LAAspey

ELEGANTLY WASTED:

@pixiestick1207 

Tasha Grey @adventure_chick

Christina Terry @voodoodarling

Thanks again to Luna Station Press for the generous support of Geek Girls Book Club, you are awesome.

Geek Girl Giveaway!

Win a digital copy of one of our September reads!

Three GGBC members will be chosen to receive a free digital download of GGBC September reads "Elegantly Wasted" and three more will be chosen to receive "Out of True". 

To enter, simply reply to the giveaway thread on Facebook, Twitter, or goodreads and one entry on each service will be chosen at random.

Entries accepted September 1st -September 7th.

Winners announced September 8th!

Digital downloads will be available to you in your eReader format preference, courtesy of the books' publisher. 

Thanks to Luna Station Press for supporting the GGBC!

September is for Geek Girls

Soon summer will be leaving us and Autumn will be here, crisp leaves, cool air, poetry all around us and contract killers.

The next few months at GGBC we will be highlighting new authors and not only new, talented and brilliant... they are members of GGBC. I want to see the smaller publishers and writers get more exposure so we have years and years to come of so much brilliance that it fills our eyes and fills our souls to look at these works.

September is a two-for-awesome deal. Both of these books are written by GGBC members AND published by our dear friend: Luna Station Press.

First, we will lure you into a poetic world that will help you escape the hectic start of a new season... the beautifully written "Out Of True" by Amy Durant.

You can find all the information and even read a sneak peek at: Out Of True.

You can purchase an ebook version or get a paperback version if you'd prefer.

After you have been captivated by Amy's poetry, you will be blown away by Cara Vescio's "Elegantly Wasted" If you think your family has got issues, wait till you meet the Fairholms, their relationships are a killer:

This is also available in ebook format and all the information and also a sneak peek is available at: Elegantly Wasted.  

Read them, enjoy them... and then share them with fellow readers! The more we share the creativity and just plain awesome power of our Geek Girls, we are making the world just a bit brighter and better for the little Geeks coming after us.  The read will begin on September 1st, and we will discuss starting on September 29th. 

We are back to school kids, and girls rule.