#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway #41: StokerCon Librarians' Day Featured Author Grady Hendrix

It's #HorrorForLibraries Giveaway day, but it is also a special mini-series within the larger giveaway series. From now until May 21st, I will be giving away books by authors who are appearing at StokerCon Librarians' Day. Plus I have a special multi-book giveaway set for LIVE during Librarians' Day [courtesy of Nightfire]. So you are going to want to enter now.

Click here for all of the details about this event. It is only $75 and you get to go to the entire StokerCon for that price, not just Librarians' Day.

Details on this week's giveaway below but first...

Here is a refresher on the basic rules to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American public library. My rationale behind that is that I will be encouraging you to read these books and share them with patrons. While many of them are advanced reader copies that you cannot add to your collections, if you get the chance to read them, my hope is that you will consider ordering a copy for your library and give away the ARC away as a prize or pass it on to a fellow staff member.
2. If you are interested in being included in any giveaway at any time, you must email me at zombiegrl75 [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line "#HorrorForLibraries." In the body of the email all you have to say is that you want to be entered and the name of your library.
3. Each entry will be considered for EVERY giveaway. I will randomly draw a winner on Fridays sometime after 5pm central. But only entries received by 5pm each week will be considered for that  week. I use Random.org and have a member of my family witness the "draw"based off your number in the Google Sheet.
4. If you win, you are ineligible to win again for 4 weeks; you will have to re-enter after that time to be considered [I have a list of who has won, when, and what title]. However, if you do not win, you carry over into the next week. There is NO NEED to reenter.

Click here to see giveaway #40. Our winner was Angela from Dayton [OH] Metro Library.

This week I am featuring one of the most well known authors who is joining us at Librarians' Day: Grady Hendrix. Hendrix is not only a NYT Bestselling author, but he is one of the founders of Summer Scares, our first spokesperson, and a well known lover of library workers. 

Today, I am giving away an ARC of his upcoming novel, The Final Girl Support Group. This copy came from Hendrix's personal stash of ARCs directly to my home. I read it for review in the June issue of LJ. I will not post that full review yet, but I will tell you it was a no-brainer star and here are my three words and the "Verdict" section of the review which I turned in last week:

Three Words That Describe This Book: darkly humorous, great world building, flawed but sympathetic narrator.

Draft Verdict: Hendrix presents yet another thought provoking, fun, and chilling winner with perfect timing, as the slasher novel seems to be trending. A great choice for fans of Night of the Mannequins by Jones or Clown in a Cornfield by Cesare, but also for those who loved the darkly humorous but intense psychological suspense of My Sister, the Serial Killer by Brathwaite.

I am not alone in loving this book. It was one of the top editors picks for Summer Reading over on PW too.

The book doesn't come out until July 13th and I am sure you have already pre-ordered it, but read this early and pass it on to your co-workers or give it away as a summer reading prize. 

Enter today for a chance to win. Next week I have a giveaway of another title which will have a star review in the June issue of LJ! Enter once and you are entered until you win.

And don't forget to see Hendrix and others at StokerCon Librarians' Day on May 21st. Sign up to join us here.