Thursday, October 9, 2008

Major Giveaway!

On behalf of the generous Hachette Book Group, I can offer ten (10) bloggers

five (5) copies of:
Dead Boys: Stories By Richard Lange
These hard-hitting, deeply felt stories follow straight arrows and outlaws, have-it-alls and outcasts, as they take stock of their lives and missteps and struggle to rise above their turbulent pasts. A salesman re-examines his tenuous relationship with his sister after she is brutally attacked. A house painter plans a new life for his family as he plots his last bank robbery. A drifter gets a chance at love when he delivers news of a barfly's death to the man's estranged daughter. A dissatisfied yuppie is oddly envious of his ex-con brother as they celebrate their first Christmas together.
Set in a Los Angeles depicted with aching clarity, Lange's stories are gritty, and his characters often less than perfect. Beneath their macho bravado, however, they are full of heart and heartbreak.


and five (5) copies of:
Hollywood Crows By Joseph Wambaugh
When LAPD cops Hollywood Nate and Bix Rumstead find themselves caught up with bombshell Margot Aziz, they think they're just having some fun. But in Hollywood, nothing is ever what it seems. To them, Margot is a harmless socialite, stuck in the middle of an ugly divorce from the nefarious nightclub-owner Ali Aziz. What Nate and Bix don't know is that Margot's no helpless victim: the femme fatale is setting them both up. But Ms. Aziz isn't the only one with a deadly plan.
In HOLLYWOOD CROWS, Wambaugh returns once again to the beat he knows best, taking readers on a tightly plotted and darkly funny ride-along through Los Angeles with a cast of flawed cops and eccentric lowlifes they won't soon forget.




Winners are restricted to the US and Canada. No PO Box mailing addresses, please.

I must have a way of contacting you, so be sure to leave your email address in code: you[at]yourmail[dot]com

I'll close the comments in one week at 7 PM EST October 16th and pick the winners. I will contact the winners via email for their snail mail address. The winners will have three days to respond. If I do not hear from them within three days, I will select another winner(s).

All you need do is to leave a comment telling me which book you'd like to win. If you'd like to try for both titles, leave a separate comment for each title.

35 comments:

asdfjkl; said...

Could you please enter me for Dead Boys: Stories By Richard Lange?

Thanks!

TheBookworm
www.inthecurrent.blogspot.com
emailthebookworm(at)yahoo(dot)com

shelburns said...

Dead Boys sounds interesting to me too. I don't usually gravitate to short stories, but this one has me intrigued.

Thanks for the chance!

shelly(dot)burns(at)cfisd(dot)net

Anonymous said...

Awesome giveaway!
Could you enter me for Dead Boys: Stories By Richard Lange?

Thanks,
Evan S.
whosyerbuddie(at)yahoo(dot)com

Anonymous said...

I would love to be entered for Dead Boys!

ylin.0621[at]yahoo.com

Unknown said...

gosh, everybody wants Dead Boys. Please enter me in that one as well.

Thanks

204mountain(at)comcast.net

Shooting Stars Mag said...

everyone DOES want Dead Boys, but I'd love to be entered for that one as well. It sounds highly interesting.

Thanks!
Lauren


lauren51990 at aol dot com

Anonymous said...

Hello, I'd like to be entered for Dead Boys. The book sounds very interesting, and all the examples used in the blurb really caught my eye and piqued my interest. It seems like a book with stories I can relate to, especially the one involving the man whose sister is attacked.

Anonymous said...

Meep, I completely forgot my email address. I am so sorry >.<

ixamxghost.ixcaughtxfire[@]gmail.com

Darlene said...

I would like to enter the drawing for Dead Boys.
akmunkus{at}cableone{dot}net

Thanks!!

Darlene said...

I would also like to be entered for Hollywood Crows.
akmunkus{at}cableone{dot}net

Thanks so much,
Darlene

Bellezza said...

I would love either, but especially Hollywood Crows. Thanks for the chance to win!

ChrisseasCorner said...

I would love to be entered in for both entries:
Email: chrissie.marie@verizon.net

and....
THANK U

ChrisseasCorner said...

I would love to be entered in for both entries:
Email: chrissie.marie@verizon.net

and....
THANK U

alishka babushka said...

I think I would really like Hollywood Crows. Pick me!!

lishybug[at]gmail[dot]com

Andi said...

They sound great. Please enter me for both!!

andithinks at gmail dot com

Nancy said...

Hi Sal - Dead Boys sounds so interesting but I've also read JW before. What a life - reviewing books! I think that would be great. Now I'm back to finish looking at your DWTS PS posts. :)Nancy

Yvonne said...

I'd love to be entered in the Hollywood Crows giveaway!

yvone473@optonline.net

Thank you!

imjacobsmom said...

You can put me in the drawing for either book. They both sound like a good read. ~ Robyn:)

Julie said...

I'd love to win Hollywood Crows-thanks:)
julyso@grandecomDOTnet

daisy said...

I think I'd like the Dead Boys. Kind of a gruesome title, but there you go.

Wrighty said...

Thanks so much for the offer! I would like a chance at Hollywood Crows please.

5wrights1(at)verizon(dot)net

Wrighty said...

Thanks so much for the offer! I would like a chance at Dead Boys please.

5wrights1(at)verizon(dot)net

Unknown said...

Could you please put me in the drawing for Dead Boys?

Thanks!

jgbeads AT gmail DOT com

Unknown said...

I'd also like a shot at Hollywood Crows too, please.

Thanks again!

jgbeads AT gmail DOT com

Betty said...

Please enter me for "Hollywood Crows".

hyder2u@aol.com

Thank you.

Betty Hyder

Anonymous said...

Please enter me for either one.

Shoshana
thismommyreads{at}gmail

Thank you!

Anonymous said...

I'm interested in Hollywood Crows. milou2ster(at)gmail(dot)com. Thanks!

Anonymous said...

Please include me in the drawing for Hollywood Crows please. Thanks!
doot65{at}comcast[dot]net
Elizabeth

Anonymous said...

Please enter me in the drawing for Dead Boys! Thanks so much!
doot65{at}comcast[dot]net
Elizabeth

Anonymous said...

Count me in Sally, This book looks interesting.

Jeanne

Ti said...

Hello there.. please put me in for Dead Boys. Now I am going to check out the rest of your blog.

Ti said...

Forgot my email addy.. this is for Dead Boys..

thereedfamily at sbcglobal dot net

The Reader's Quill said...

Add me for both! ReadersPen@gmail.com

Thanks!

- EB
The Reader's Quill
http://readersquill.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

enter me for Hollywood Crows
l-amerrell[at]comcast[dot]net

Anonymous said...

if I'm not too late, I'd like to be entered for Hollywood Crows.

Thanks!