#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway 126: Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno Garcia

This week I have a copy of one of the most anticipated Horror titles of the summer, by a very popular author with wide appeal. Details below, but first, here is how you 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. Meaning you enter once, and you are entered until you win. 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 #125. Our winner was Andy from Gail Borden [IL] Public Library District . Now on to today's giveaway.

This week I have the upcoming book from NYT Bestselling author Silvia Moreno-Garcia, entitled Silver Nitrate. Here is my draft Library Journal review from the June 2023 issue:

Three Words That Describe This Book: superlative world building, occult film, thought provoking. 

Draft Review: Montserrat is the only woman working as an audio editor in the old boys club of Mexico City’s b-film industry in the 1990s. Tristán is a former soap star whose life was turned upside down 10 years ago when he was disfigured in a car crash that killed his girlfriend and co-star. The two childhood best friends are barely getting by when they meet Tristán’s neighbor, one of their favorite cult directors, whose career was ruined when he was unable to complete a film for a Nazi occultist. The elderly director wants their help to finish the scene that holds the final spell that the occultist promised would bring them all great fortune. But once they agree, a dark magic is reawakened, revealing itself in terrifying ways, gaining a power that may be unstoppable. Told from both Montserrat and Tristán’s viewpoints, Moreno-Garcia effortlessly delivers the details of place and the friend’s complicated personal relationship without sacrificing the compelling pace and intriguing plot, one that comtemplates racism, sexism, and the allure of using magic to change your luck, even when you know it is the wrong choice.

Verdict: Moreno-Garcia has written both a love letter to Mexico City’s film industry and an excellent entry into the popular Horror subgenre of occult films. Suggest to fans of The Shoemaker’s Magician by Pelayo, Experimental Film by Files, and The Remaking by Chapman.

Good News, Bad News. Bad News first: the giveaway will be off next week because I will be at StokerCon. Good News: I will be coming home with dozen of ARCs all to give away to one of you.

Enter now and you are entered going forward. 

Good luck!