#HorroForLibraries Giveaway: Womb City

Today I have a book that I reviewed in the October 2023 issue of Library Journal and now that it is closer to coming out, I thought I would promote it again with a giveaway of my ARC.  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 the previous giveaway. Our winner was Addison from Portage County [WI] Public Library. Now on to today's giveaway.

In the October 2023 Issue of LJ, I reviewed Womb City by Tlotlo Tsammaase: 

Three Words That Describe This Book: strong world building, compressed time frame, psychological horror

This book is a lot, but in a good way. There is much here to enjoy.

Give easily to your fans of Blake Crouch. They will love it. Similar pacing and world building and themes. It is Africanfuturim with SF and Horror combos. A strong revenge horror frame and lots of psychological suspense. Strong world building but also time stamps for a compressed time frame. Keeps pacing up. Race against time aspects.

Universally thought provoking, on so many levels. AI, dystopian, spiritual, personal relationships, love, family, motherhood, body horror, deadly secrets, political intrigue, so much.

Touches of Philip K. Dick but reminded me a lot of Nicky Drayden [Prey of Gods and Temper] and Oghenechovwen Donald Ekpeki as a writer and editor.

Going to be easy to get into people's hand's if you say Blake Crouch set in Botswana. Marketing copy says Handmaid's Tale. I don't agree. Much more Blake Crouch.

Please note: Author uses xe/xem/xer pronouns

Draft Review: Critically acclaimed Motswana* author, Tsamaase’s strong debut combines African Futurism and Revenge Horror to tell the story of Nelah, a woman living in a near future Botswana, where crime, especially murder, is nonexistent, but that is only because most people have a microchip that monitors their behavior. Readers are swept into the story immediately, as the complicated details of the world and its characters are relayed with confidence, and the dangerous plot, including Nelah’s race against time, unspools at a compelling pace with intrigue coming at them from multiple angles– the thriller-esque twists, deadly secrets, and the history and mythology of the place itself. But like the very best dystopian tales across the subgenre’s history, Womb City is universally thought provoking as it seriously contemplates topics such AI, spirituality in modern society, bodily autonomy, grief, love, motherhood, and family. Verdict: Tsamaase, like Oghenechovwen Donald Ekpeki, is a rising star in African Speculative fiction whose work will appeal to readers from across the globe especially because while the influence of Philipp K. Dick and Margaret Atwood are easy to see, this novel is a perfect suggestion for fans of Blake Crouch. 

*I had to look it up but “Motswana” is a person from Botswana

Enter now. And remember, you enter once and you are entered going forward. 

Also, if you are reading this and you entered a while ago, feel free to use the directions above to check in on your entry and/or update your contact info. I have had people who retired and or changed libraries enter and not update me, so they have missed out. 

Good Luck!