The Last Monday of the Year

I hope your holidays were quiet and peaceful. Our Christmas was low stress and chill, with lots of gifts and warm and cozy family time. I got a new toolkit, markers, and yarn. Beautiful yarn! Hehehehe.

It’s Monday. All of the previous giveaway winners have been taken care of. Their prizes have been sent or put into production and they should be receiving them shortly.

I’ve had a very frustrating morning. Our health insurer pulled out of the state exchange and so we are back to BCBS HMO, and that means trying to get a primary doctor for all referrals. I cannot even explain what a PIA that has been so far. Grrr. I finally gave up and called Jeaniene to vent.

Oh, by the way, this was not from my cousin-in-law but from Jeaniene.

I should’ve known!

Also the following dialogue had taken place just before Christmas.

Gordon: Strange package from Amazon. No specific sender.

Me: What’s in it?

Gordon: Wagyu beef lard, black garlic, and a stuffed toy French fires. Who would send us expensive lard?

Me: I have no idea. Was this misaddressed?

Gordon: I have to tell you, the idea that unknown and possibly random people are sending us packages is vaguely upsetting.

The next day…

Grace Draven, texting: Did you get an Amazon delivery yesterday?

Me: It was you!

Grace: I thought you would figure it out because of the fries.

I am in possession of gourmet lard and black garlic. I must do something with it. But the French Fries are probably the best. I’ve hugged them already. They helped.

The Last 2024 Giveaway

I promised you one more. This one will be a very simple one and will have no monetary value assigned to it. Not very exciting. There will be just one prize.

Prize:

• The winner will receive one spot on ARC list for all Ilona Andrews fiction for the year 2025. Meaning, you will get to read Maggie early and whatever else is coming down the pipeline.

Limitations:

• For the legal purposes, we might have to ask you to sign a document stating that you will not upload or share confidential files. It will not be a full NDA, as in we will not prevent you from discussing the book, but we might request that you stick to a certain time frame. We will have to coordinate with our publisher. This is not a reflection on BDH trustworthiness, but more of a standard operating procedure because there is a publishing partner involved.

Who Can Enter:

• Anyone.

How to Enter:

Leave a comment on this blog post telling us which is your favorite Ilona Andrews book and why. If you are a new reader and haven’t tried us before, leave us a comment wishing us happy holidays. You must comment here, on the blog. Not on Facebook or on Insta, on this blog post. Here is a link if you are reading the article in your email newsletter.

Deadline:

You must enter by the end of Thursday, January 2nd. Winners will be announced on Friday.