Today I have an ARC of an upcoming book that I gave a STAR to in the April issue of Library Journal, a book that also appeared on the PW Summer Reads list as a Staff Pick. More below, first here are the rules for the giveaway:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 two winners were: Kirsten from Hardwood Creek [MN] Library (someone who has been waiting since 2020 to win) and Joseph from Spartanburg County [SC] Public Library Now on to today's giveaway.
Over on the general blog, I have the June 2024 Horror Review Column from Library Journal, but today, I have a book that was in the April issue, And as I said above, not only did I give it a STAR but PW made is a Summer Reads Staff Pick.
Lima’s debut is exactly what the title tells the reader it is going to be, a novel in stories, which “the writer” creates for the Devil throughout her life after sleeping with him at a party in her 20s. The “stories” are interrupted by unnamed chapters, told by a 3rd person narrator, who draw readers into the writer’s “real” life outside of her fiction, enhancing their connection to the writer's work as well as her struggles as a Brazilian immigrant, distant daughter, and eventual wife. The speculative stories themselves range from weird and chilling like “Antropófaga” where the main character eats “tiny Americans” from a work vending machine to emotionally devastating like “Ghost Story” where on a visit back to family in Brazil, the protagonist finds that the ghost of her older self is haunting her mother. However, it is the writer and her interactions with the Devil (rendered with both sympathy and healthy fear) throughout her life which adds a surreal hue uniting the entire volume into one of the most original and unforgettable reads of the year.
Verdict: A captivating, alluring, and at times, illicit book that is conscious of the craft of the storytelling process without sacrificing an extraordinary reading experience similar to Fever Dream by Samanta Schwebilin, Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward and Coyote Songs by Gabino Iglesias.
This book provides a VERY COOL reading experience, one that stays with you and echoes, knocking around in your brain days after finishing it. I actually went back and re-read a bit because I wanted to, even though I was under deadline to finish other books. I literally felt like I had to go back.
Three Words That Describe This Book: alluring, stories within stories, unforgettable
4th word: stylistically complex
Thanks to Tor for the ARC that I am giving away to one of you.
Enter now and you are entered going forward (and next week I have this book!)
Good Luck!
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