October 2016 | apocalypsewhenever

OCTOBER is here!

I think October is one of the best months. Maybe THE best month. Halloween decorations, hot apple cider, pumpkins, leaves changing color... (or if you're on the other side of the planet, springtime, is pretty awesome too!) If you're big into Halloween, feel free to create some new topics in the group, or jump into an old one.

September Book Giveaways: last chance to enter!

"Deep in the Mexican jungle the Bore has been rediscovered. Humans and demons seek the world for themselves and only one man stands in the way of all hell being unleashed. Is this the end?"

Author Todd Hanley is giving away 15 ebooks in a variety of formats.

Sons of Darkness by Todd Hanley

click here to enter

October Book Giveaway

The Apocalypse Whenever book club

NOW: Selecting the November book

At the moment we are discussing our option for next month's book, feel free to swing by and cast your vote!

Join the discussion here.

We've really planned ahead this season, so you will have plenty of time to acquire books and read them. I hope you can join us!

NOW: October book discussion: Mockingbird by Walter Tevis

If you can't find this at your library, it can be found in inexpensive print form.

"Mockingbird is a powerful novel of a future world where humans are dying. Those that survive spend their days in a narcotic bliss or choose a quick suicide rather than slow extinction. Humanity's salvation rests with an android who has no desire to live, and a man and a woman who must discover love, hope, and dreams of a world reborn."

Join the discussion here.

At your library.

Blindness is one of those books some people like to call an "instant classic" — it leaves a lasting impression on many who read it. It is, however, quite graphic in parts, so we are choosing to do this as a bonus read for those who would like to participate.

"From Nobel Prize–winning author José Saramago, a magnificent, mesmerizing parable of loss.

A city is hit by an epidemic of 'white blindnes' that spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and assaulting women. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides her charges—among them a boy with no mother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of tears—through the barren streets, and their procession becomes as uncanny as the surroundings are harrowing. As Blindness reclaims the age-old story of a plague, it evokes the vivid and trembling horrors of the twentieth century, leaving readers with a powerful vision of the human spirit that's bound both by weakness and exhilarating strength."

Join the discussion here.

BONUS: Mid-October book discussion: Blindness by Jose Saramago

"The Shift of the world transitioned without delusion. A large corporation called Slader Corp invents a bizarre lottery, randomly choosing a winner, awarding infamous amounts of BodyKredd to spend however they wish; though, in turn, surrendering their bodies to a suicide center when demi agents come calling.

But what if a child wins?"

Ozarium by Brick Marlin

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The giveaway roster was completely full this month, so you have PLENTY of chances to win!

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"The horrors of the past meet the brutality of the present."

I have to share the start of the GR blurb because I love it:

"On the day of his birth the dead walked and society crumbled. His mother took one look at him and pronounced him Meat. He survived, she didn't."

All Roads Lead to Terror by Richard Schiver

All the Elders Orphans by Melissa Dykes

"When 13-year old Jason Conrad's older sister, Mia, disappears in the middle of the night, the only person willing to help look for her is Fee, a former history professor broken by grief and hiding in her own past. Together, they search a brutal and terrifying post-war America that will test not only who they once were, but who...and what...they will now become."

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Catalyst: Decay Chains by Kate Wars

"Stormy Theo survives her first encounter with the Supervirus, but her boyfriend is consumed by it. Propelled by pure anger, Stormy does what many want to do, but no normal person actually does. She assembles a team of survivors and goes after Cold World, the organization that is infecting the masses and gearing up to jump-start the apocalypse. Can Stormy cripple Cold World or will her inner turmoil work in their favor?"

Authors: if you are interested in a giveaway, here is the signup page for 2016.

The Apocalypse Whenever movie club

For October, let's watch a scary movie, or something Halloween themed!

Nominations thread

A "winter movie"...

There is also a thread up for discussing options for a wintertime movie... feel free to add your own nominations to Jennifer's thread!

I'm very excited to be going to San Francisco in a couple of weeks for the 2016 Goodreads Power User Summit. I'm not employed by Goodreads or affiliated them in any financial way; I'm just a person who loves to use their website to talk to all you fabulous people. While I'm not sure how I got on their radar to be invited, I'm thrilled to get a chance to visit the GR HQ and meet some other GR geeks!

A new topic has been created in case there is anything you want me to keep in mind during the visit, should they have a chance to ask us about our impressions or to share feedback.

If you could talk to Goodreads staff, what would you say or ask?

I will be sure to take a few photos if I'm allowed, and to tell you all about the visit when I've returned!