Featured Read: The Geek's Guide to Dating

The Geek's Guide to Dating by Eric Smith

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Publisher: Quirk Books (December 3, 2013)
Age Group: Adult
Pages: 208 (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781594746437
Genre: Non-Fiction (Dating)

You keep your action figures in their original packaging. Your bedsheets are officially licensed Star Wars merchandise. You’re hooked on Elder Scrolls and Metal Gear but now you’ve discovered an even bigger obsession: the new girl who just moved in down the hall. What’s a geek to do? Take some tips from Eric Smith in The Geek’s Guide to Dating. This hilarious primer leads geeks of all ages through the perils and pitfalls of meeting women, going on dates, getting serious, breaking up, and establishing a successful lifelong relationship (hint: it’s time to invest in new bedsheets). Full of whimsical 8-bit illustrations, The Geek’s Guide to Dating will teach fanboys everywhere to love long and prosper.

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This book will grab any geek from the very first page of the introduction. Full of references and a conversational tone, Eric Smith teaches you how to get the girl and fly that geek flag high. There are references and pop culture Easter eggs throughout this whole thing and what a find they are!

Featured Read: Unbreakable by Kami Garcia

Unbreakable by Kami Garcia

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Publisher: Little, Brown for Young Readers (October 1, 2013)
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 320 (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780316210171
Genre: Action/Adventure & Supernatural

I am so excited for this book to release because that means the awesome that this book is can now be obtained by people everywhere! This book is everything that makes things like Da Vinci Code and National treasure exciting. It is like a treasure hunt of epic proportions that have been dumped onto these children out of default. And it has ghosts.

If you live in Lexington, Kentucky this is the Book of the Month at Joseph-Beth Booksellers.

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I never believed in ghosts. Until one tried to kill me.

When Kennedy Waters finds her mother dead, her world begins to unravel. She doesn't know that paranormal forces in a much darker world are the ones pulling the strings. Not until identical twins Jared and Lukas Lockhart break into Kennedy’s room and destroy a dangerous spirit sent to kill her. The brothers reveal that her mother was part of an ancient secret society responsible for protecting the world from a vengeful demon — a society whose five members were all murdered on the same night.

Now Kennedy has to take her mother’s place in the Legion if she wants to uncover the truth and stay alive. Along with new Legion members Priest and Alara, the teens race to find the only weapon that might be able to destroy the demon — battling the deadly spirits he controls every step of the way.

Featured Read: Dateline: Atlantis by Lynn Voedisch

Dateline: Atlantis by Lynn Voedisch

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Publisher: The Story Plant (September 10, 2013)
Age Group: Adult
Pages: 285 (e-Book)
ISBN-13: 9781611880885
Genre: Action/Adventure

When you think of what a geek read is and a book summary tells you that this is a female Indiana Jones, you know you have struck gold. While I'm not too much on the Indiana Jones train, I am no stranger to the fandom and am still a fan of the action/adventure clue based tales. Stories about the buried empire are sure to be a thrill ride! Check out this book set to release for Kindle next week!

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DATELINE: ATLANTIS is a contemporary fantasy featuring a female Indiana Jones who dives underwater and accidentally finds what just might be the lost world of Atlantis. After she and her photographer document fabulous pyramids under the Caribbean sea, they return to their newspaper in the Los Angeles area, only to have all their evidence stolen. The sea rolls back and reclaims the ruins, and their photographer is kidnapped. Someone doesn’t want the undersea world found.

Featured Read: Voljin: Shadows of the Horde by Michael Stackpole

Featured Read July 2013

Vol'jin: Shadows of the Horde by Michael Stackpole

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Publisher: Gallery Books (July 2, 2013)
Age Group: Adult
Pages: 352 (Hardcover)
Series: Warcraft #12
ISBN-13: 9781416550679
Genre: Fantasy/Lore Supplement

For fans of World of Warcraft, this book is extremely important to the current progression of the game. With the content release of 5.3 came the Escalation; the escalation of the war. The lore of this quest line is strongly dependent on the events of this book and it will ultimately lead to the Seige of Orgrimmar; something many fans have been looking forward to for four years.

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Shadows of the Horde follows Vol’jin to the lost continent of Pandaria, where the troll chieftain's loyalties are put to the ultimate test when a member of his own faction moves to assassinate him. . . .

Aided by the renowned brewmaster Chen Stormstout, Vol'jin takes refuge in a remote mountain monastery to recover from his wounds. His time there, however, is far from peaceful, as intense visions of the past assault the Darkspear chieftain, and the ancient Zandalari tribe mounts a series of attacks on Pandaria. In his struggle to make sense of what’s happening, Vol'jin must ultimately decide where his allegiances lay—a choice that could save or doom his people . . . and forever alter the fate of the Horde.

Featured Read: Dawn of the Aspects by Richard Knaak

Featured Read: June 2013

Dawn of the Aspects by Richard A. Knaak

Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V

Publisher: Simon & Schuester
Age Group: Adult
Pages: ~78 (eBook)
Series: Dawn of the Aspects Part I-V
ISBN-13: 9781476708645
Genre: Fantasy/Lore Supplement

After the fall of Deathwing, the aspects no long had their role as aspects and were left powerless and confused about the future of their kind. This 5 part eBook supplement is from the point of view of Kalecgos, the former Blue Aspect. One part of this series has been released each month starting in February and the final gripping conclusion releases June 17, 2013.

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THE AGE OF DRAGONS IS OVER.

Uncertainty plagues Azeroth’s ancient guardians as they struggle to find a new purpose. This dilemma has hit Kalecgos, youngest of the former Dragon Aspects, especially hard. Having lost his great powers, how can he—or any of his kind—still make a difference in the world?

The answer lies in the distant past, when savage beasts called proto-dragons ruled the skies. Through a mysterious artifact found near the heart of Northrend, Kalecgos witnesses this violent era and the shocking history of the original Aspects: Alexstrasza, Ysera, Malygos, Neltharion, and Nozdormu.

In their most primitive forms, the future protectors of Azeroth must stand united against Galakrond, a bloodthirsty creature that threatens the existence of their race. But did these mere proto-dragons face such a horrific adversary alone, or did an outside force help them? Were they given the strength they would become legendary for...or did they earn it with blood? Kalecgos’s discoveries will change everything he knows about the events that led to the...DAWN OF THE ASPECTS.

Featured Read: The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson

Featured Read: May 2013

The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson

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Publisher: Tor Teen
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 378 (Hardcover)
Series: The Rithmatist #1
ISBN-13: 9780765320322
Genre: Epic Fantasy

New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson has taken his first foray into teen literature with The Rithmatist. Known for his great world building and being chosen by Robert Jordan to finish the Wheel of Time series, Sanderson has created a world of magic and intrigue where new creatures rule in a fantasized American setting.

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More than anything, Joel wants to be a Rithmatist. Chosen by the Master in a mysterious inception ceremony, Rithmatists have the power to infuse life into two-dimensional figures known as Chalklings. Rithmatists are humanity’s only defense against the Wild Chalklings — merciless creatures that leave mangled corpses in their wake. Having nearly overrun the territory of Nebrask, the Wild Chalklings now threaten all of the American Isles. 

As the son of a lowly chalkmaker at Armedius Academy, Joel can only watch as Rithmatist students study the magical art that he would do anything to practice. Then students start disappearing — kidnapped from their rooms at night, leaving trails of blood. Assigned to help the professor who is investigating the crimes, Joel and his friend Melody find themselves on the trail of an unexpected discovery — one that will change Rithmatics — and their world — forever.