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Thursday, June 20, 2024

#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias-- SIGNED ARC

Today I have a signed arc of a book I just gave a STAR to in the current issue of Booklist. It I sone of the best books I have read all year in ANY genre. More below, first here are the rules for the giveaway:

  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 Andrea from Gail Borden [IL] Public Library. Now on today's giveaway. 

In the June issue of Booklist I have a STAR review for one of the best books I have read all year, in any genre. 

Yes, Iglesias won the Stoker Award AND the Shirley Jackson Award for The Devil Takes You Home, and yes, it was amazing, but House of Bone and Rain is BETTER, in every way. I only had 200 words to officially share how great it is in Booklist, but thankfully, I have this blog post to share my draft review and talk about it some more.

I have much more to say about this book over on the regular blog today. Please go there to read all of the details. But here I will post the draft review itself.

STAR
House of Bones and Rain 
by Gabino Iglesias 

“All stories are ghost stories,” repeats Gabe (until all truly feel its meaning), the narrator of Iglesias’ stellar Horror-Thriller hybrid set in Puerto Rico amidst 2017’s devastating Hurricane Maria. When his mother is gunned down at work, best friends Gabe, Xavier, Tavo, and Paul join Bimbo in his quest for revenge, attempting to take out the biggest drug lord on the island under cover of the storm’s aftermath. The unsettling tone, high tension, and brisk pace are enhanced by striking free verse poems at the start of each chapter that foreshadow what is coming without giving anything away. However, it is Gabe’s engaging narration that will hook readers. He is honest and conflicted, but bursting with love despite the real life horrors that surround him. Intricately plotted, with a strong sense of place, told with awe inspiringly lyrical language and brutal violence, this is a remarkable novel that beams its hope into the darkness; a story that stands on its own as wholly original while confidently inserting itself into a conversation with Horror’s complicated past. A story that will introduce readers to a new favorite author while they wait for the next S.A. Cosby or Stephen Graham Jones.

Three Words That Describe This Book: revenge, lyrical and brutal, engaging narration 

Again, WAY more about this amazing book (with no spoilers) over on the regular blog.

Thanks to Iglesias himself who provided a signed arc specifically for this library worker giveaway. A bigger non-librarian friend to libraries is hard to find.

Enter now and you are entered going forward. I am planning a big multi-winner giveaway on 7/1 -- which is a Monday but because of the holiday and to celebrate my LJ Horror Genre Preview I am changing things up. 

Good luck!

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