Bloodsucking Fiends

Bloodsucking Fiends is probably the one vampire book most unlike anything by Stephenie Meyer. Dirk F. of Cincinnati was at the front of the line this month, and chose this instant cult classic by Christopher Moore.

Dirk said,

I am a fan of Moore--love Lamb, A Dirty Job, and Practical Demonkeeping. I have not read Bloodsucking Fiends, so I am really looking forward to it. Keeping with the October spirit, I think this would make a good pair with the other book on my list this month, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. He proposed All Hallow's Read recently and I plan to lend out these books to my sister and a close friend.

And now that we are on the subject of All Hallow's Read, Neil Gaiman is suggesting that everyone give a scary book this year for Halloween. We think it is a great idea. Check out the video and website for more information.

October Breadline Open

It's almost Halloween time again, the perfect season to grab a terrifying book and let it consume you long into the deep night hours. With that in mind, we'd love to see some requests this month for your favorite October reads.

The monthly drawing is back now as well, so anyone who gets in line this month has a chance of winning. Good luck!

Jack always manages to get to the front breadline

eGunslinger

Our friend Stephen from Australia shows off his fancy ebook. Also, look for the breadline to open again very soon!

Suttree Arrives

Our good friend Daniel C. can now add Suttree to his McCarthy collection. In fact, he loves it so much he cleared his mantel of all family photos to make room for it!

The Gunslinger

Second in line this month was Stephen G. from Adelaide, South Australia. It would be a long way to send a book from the U.S., but luckily Stephen has a Kindle and this whole process went zippity-zip and in a matter of seconds there was a book there under the screen, waiting to be read.

The Gunslinger is the first book in The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Stephen from Australia said:

After watching HBO's adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, I went back and read the books. Which only left me craving more solid epic fantasy stories. Coupled with this desire was to beat a TV show book adaptation, so I landed on The Dark Tower series. Which apparently is being made into a television series soon. Can't wait to start reading. Thanks, Breadline!

Suttree

Cormac McCarthy is becoming a popular pick around here, as Daniel C. of San Diego selected McCarthy's Suttree after jumping quickly to the front of the breadline.

Daniel said, "I chose Suttree because I recently read McCarthy's The Road, and I really enjoyed it. I have been looking into his other works, and I have heard great things about Suttree.

"People have said McCarthy will be one of the authors of our generation who is read 100 years from now. I want to read the best books by the best authors of our generation, and I think Suttree by McCarthy will fall into that list. Thanks again Breadline Books, you are fantastic. I can't wait till I can read it." 

September! Books!

If you have followed this blog at all, you are probably long used to the stopping and going that defines this book-giving business. It is not uncommon for the blog here to suddenly fall into a state of hibernation, leaving readers confused and disappointed. This is not on an intentional thing, although unfortunately it is real. For now.

But don't be sad! Funding here at Breadline Books has reached promising levels, and board members have given the go ahead to start production again. We are hopeful that everyone here can pick up where we left off back in March like nothing happened. Let's pretend this long, awkward silence didn't exist and move on!

So, how about we make a deal? Let's open the breadline right now, and give away two books in September. As in the past, the first two people in line will get a book. And in case anyone forgot, getting in line is super easy. Just email us with your book request and you're in line. Still confused? Read this.

Since it is already so late in the month, we will not have the monthly drawing. However, once October starts we will be in full swing again, with the end-of-the-month drawing and everything else going strong. Here we go!