"Well Hello December!"
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December replies... with nothing. Dang, that's cold.
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Well, it may not be cold everywhere this time of year, but in the curiously named "Midwest" of the U.S., there is a decidedly snappy bite to the air. Time to get out the snow-everythings.
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It's also holiday time for many of us — a busy, festive, slightly stressful but hopefully worth it time of year. The cookies make up for a lot. The brandy doesn't hurt. :-P
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I hope you all enjoy the month whatever it brings!
December, 2017
-That's all she wrote.-
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I hope you enjoyed the newsletter — if you have any questions or notice any errors, just send me a message!
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Apocalyptically yours,
Gertie
The Apocalypse Whenever book club: voting has begun for 2018
We are now voting on which books to read in the first half of 2018. CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR A 2018 BOOK
NOW: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
NEXT: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (discussion opens Jan 1st.)
"The Handmaid's Tale is not only a radical and brilliant departure for Margaret Atwood, it is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States, now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men of its population.
The story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate Handmaids under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishment's calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions. The Handmaid's Tale is funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force. It is Margaret Atwood at her best."
"Forty years after the destruction of civilization... Man is reduced to salvaging the ruins of a broken world. One man’s most prized possession is Hemingway’s Classic ‘The Old Man and the Sea.’ With the words of the novel echoing across the wasteland, a survivor of the Nuclear Holocaust journeys into the unknown to break a curse.
What follows is an incredible tale of survival and endurance.
One man must survive the desert wilderness and mankind gone savage to discover the truth of Hemingway’s classic tale of man versus nature.
Part Hemingway, part Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, a suspenseful odyssey into the dark heart of the Post-Apocalyptic American southwest.
A book lover’s action flick."
Empty Bodies: A Post-Apocalyptic Tale of Dystopian Survival (Empty Bodies Series Book 1) by Zach Bohannon
Impersonator (Forager Impersonator - A Post Apocalyptic/Dystopian Trilogy Book 1) by Peter R Stone
Prisoner of the Mind (Project Archon Book 1) by Kal Spriggs
Lux Mori (The Novae Terrae Series) by Valkyrie Lake et al.
The Uncloaked (The Uncloaked Trilogy Book 1) by J. Rodes et al.
FREEBIES (always 4 stars and up)
November Book Giveaway: last chance to enter
Authors: giveaway signup page for 2018.
This is a giveaway of 3 copies of your choice (book and format) of the following books by D. Krauss: "Partholon", "Tu'an", and "Col'm".
"The anthrax letters trigger a decades-long civil war."
What Lurks Below, and Demons on the Dalton by Donald G. Firesmith
Parallax, by Andrew Ives
Free on Amazon UK, today December 1st.​
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"When a solar storm causes a worldwide blackout in the autumn of 2029, our electricity-dependent civilisation is thrown into turmoil."
TEMPORARILY FREE BOOKS BY AW AUTHORS
More info here: I will try to mention AW author's books mentioned in this thread in the newsletter
BOSSY BOOK CHALLENGE - Signups open
Click here for info.
It's time for another BBC, and signups are now open. You sign up, then I'll assign buddy pairs January 1st, and you'll tell each other what to read! You may assign them any book not on their shelves that follows their criteria (e.g. no romance), and if you follow this BBC's theme, (wholly imaginary) bonus points to you! The theme is "Book has a vision of what the future might be like."
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These are a fun way to read books you would not have otherwise read. We'd love to have you join us - we only ask that you mark your calendars so you do not disappoint your buddy by not following-up.
December Book Giveaway
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W. Lawrence is giving away 17 ecopies of sets of To Thine Own Self: From the Case Files of Amara James and Uncanny Sally: From the Case Files of Amara James. (First come, first served.)
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Did you read Syncing Forward? If not, get it done! Here are two novelettes that tie in to the story, via Amara James.
"Sergeant Agent Amara James investigates the evils of humanity, and powers through one action packed scene after another in this 55-page novelette."
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To Thine Own Self and Uncanny Sally (both From the Case Files of Amara James) by W. Lawrence
GROUP TOPICS, new and/or interesting:
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Show us your Christmas trees (or decorations)!
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Member's Tattoos
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NEW BOOKS BY AW AUTHORS​
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Love, Death and Wyrds (the sequel to Love, Death and Tea) by Will Once​
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Feeling Lucky? Zournal Book 5 (Book 1 is free)​
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Secret Salvation by Chad Josey
