May Winner #1

Claps for Jonathan M., our first May winner. Jonathan wants to read the Cormac McCarthy novel, Blood Meridian.

"I'd been looking to get into Westerns," Jonathan said, "and Cormac McCarthy in particular for some time now. I was especially interested after seeing other readers praise it in the r/books section of Reddit (any book suggestions there tend to be literary gold).

Nathan went on to say that Breadline Books is "pretty much the best thing ever." Agreed!

I Can Has Buk?

This blog has been up for a couple of months now. Why is this the first cute kitty picture I've received?! Good work, Adam P.

And don't forget, everyone, the breadline is still open. (Notice the new sign on the left.) So send in those requests - it's a free book!

May Breadline Open

The May Breadline is now open for business, so jump in line everyone!

For all you new folk, if this picture does not explain things perfectly you might want to check out this post about Breadline Books. Hurry up now - whatever is in those huge steel bowls is going fast! 

April Drawing Winner

It's time. It has been time for a long time, too long a time, and my belated congratulations goes out to...

Adam P.

Adam chose to receive The Anthologist, by Nicholson Baker, because "it appears to be about a writer who has agreed to write the introduction to a poetry anthology but is suffering from writer's block. So instead of writing that... he writes about writing. Which is both hilarious and depressing at the same time."

Adam is also our first Breadliner to receive an ebook, so we will see how that goes. Remember, anyone from anywhere can request an ebook, but only U.S. participants are eligible to receive an actual hard copy of the book.

Aaaaaand We're Back

Okay, Breadliners, we have a lot of catching up to do. I assume you have your questions, and I have reserved political answers, so I'll be listing the questions I think are appropriate while ignoring the glaring difficult ones.

Q1) Why was Breadline Books down for so long?

A1) Simultaneous to the security breach that left the Playstation Network offline for nearly a month, Breadline Books suffered an external intrusion by the infamous hacker "ßo0kwØrM." All users' private data, including credit card information and passwords, may or may not have been stolen.

Q2) Is this true?

A2) No.

Q3) Does this mean Breadline Books is up and running again?

A3) Yes. Probably.

Q4) What about last month's winners? Did they ever send in a picture of their prized books?

A4) Why yes, yes they did. And here they are - Eileen's "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" and Kelly's "The Shadow of the Wind."

Q5) Don't think we've forgotten about last month's drawing, which, by the way, never happened. What's up with that?

A5) A new post will be up very soon regarding last month's drawing. There!

Q6) And this month's breadline?

A6) Same!

Q7) What about--

Alrighty then, if there are no more questions it looks like we're all square again for the next indefinite period of time.