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Our favorite holiday of the year is just around the corner!  Sure, you've got Thanksgiving, if you're into that kind of thing. But we're talking, of course, about Quirksgiving!  This is the time of year when we thank you, Quirk Nation, by showering our top fans with free books and swag! Find out how you can redeem all the prizes in The 2015 Quirksgiving Challege 2015!

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Here at Quirk, we’ve spent the week scouring the internet for the best bookish, geeky, and crafty links. Whether you are looking for the latest Star Wars details or a fun DIY tutorial, we’ve got something to make your week a little brighter.

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Neil Gaiman has always given the world much to think about: Do dogs understand when we’re trying to write and decide to impede us anyway? Is it all right to go next door for a pad of paper and a writing utensil upon being locked out? Armageddon…or tea? These are the important questions.

Though he’s surely the next Nostradamus, Gaiman is probably better known as a writer than as a Doomsday-Darjeeling soothsayer. To celebrate this sir on his birthday, and in light of NaNoWriMo, we scoured Gaiman’s tweet backlog for ages (and by ages we mean hours looking through Twitter’s advanced search function) finding the best tidbits on writing that this jovial tea-sipping nerd king has to offer.

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For those who don’t get enough from the daily grind of actual life there’s a board game: The Game of Life. You probably think we’re going to tell you we turned it into a bookish edition but this time around, in honor of NaNoWriMo, we turned it into a writer’s edition. So grab your little car, get ready to pick up some peg people in the form of literary agents and publishers (if you’re going the traditional route) and spin that dial…

Presents come early when you enter our November Book Giveaways! Check out where you can win copies of our November and December releases below. Giveaways will run until November 30th! 

If we stopped to look at every funny post, meme, comic, or quote on our social media feeds we’d never get any work done and our butts would become one with the chair. But when they’re about books or reading, we can’t look away—like moths to a flame or bookworms to books. So here are 15 Someecards that understand our bookish loving hearts.