[worry]

Gonna clear some shelf space by giving away 7 books by John Gwynne: the complete The Faithful and the Fallen series (4 books) and its sequel series Of Blood and Bone (3 books). All fatty trade paperbacks, all read once by me and in otherwise good condition.


How this works is: if you're in the continental U.S. only (sorry), and I can see your posts, just post a reply in this thread. At the end of the month (so like February 1), I'll just select someone at random (like names in a hat type of random). I'll pack em up and ship them to you, on my dime. You just gotta be comfortable giving me your mailing address and whatever name works for you. For all intents and purposes, this isn't a raffle or any kind of gambling, just a fun way for me to gift these books to someone.


Separate from that, and very briefly, I just want to mention the Southern California fires -- I'm far away enough to not be in any harm's way (special thanks to the homies who've asked), but have family and friends who have been evacuated, and know of one lost home. If you've seen aerial footage of Pasadena or Altadena then you know that large swathes have been devastated and even some neighborhoods erased. The people I know personally are all safe though, so I can tell you that.


Anyway, if you are anywhere on Earth and want to give something, this link will take you to a list of worthy recipients, organized by category (no direct GoFundMe's here, but near the bottom there's some links to other organized resources for that, if you prefer):
https://www.kqed.org...es-where-donate

To be clear, that's completely optional and understandable if you can't give $ at this time. Just thought I'd mention it where I might have your attention. Regardless, don't be shy about saying you want the books, cuz I'm giving them away to somebody. It might as well be you!

[Tiste Simeon]

Dang I'm not on Continental US haha

[HoosierDaddy]

I've heard decent things about the books and have shelf space, but I don't know if Indiana's postal service will work anymore with our new Trumpian governor. We might be like The Postman landscape soon.

[Tiste Simeon]

HoosierDaddy, on 16 January 2025 - 01:52 PM, said:

I've heard decent things about the books and have shelf space, but I don't know if Indiana's postal service will work anymore with our new Trumpian governor. We might be like The Postman landscape soon.

Maybe Worry can ride over on horseback from Cali?

[worry]

Well, today's the day! No doubt everyone's on pins and needles wondering who won this free, not-legally-a-raffle, book giveaway. Drumroll....



Congratulations!

Spoiler

HoosierDaddy

Just DM your preferred shipping information, and I'll get the books to you. I'm gonna give myself a window of "some time in February" which doesn't mean I'm waiting till February 28, it just means I want to get the right bubble wrap and box(es) to make sure these don't get banged up in transit. Like I said, they're those fatty trade paperbacks with cardboardy covers. I've never shipped books before, though I've had plenty secondhand ones shipped to me obviously, so I'll do my best to follow best practices.

Also, if I do something like this again in the future, I'll try to open it up to outside the U.S. too.

[HoosierDaddy]

PM incoming with the address.

[Mezla PigDog]

Enjoy that reading, HD. Or the eternal post apocalyptic wait.

Or Worry mailing himself to you...