Monday, August 29, 2011

Giveaway: Bedbugs by Ben H. Winters

Bedbugs
by Ben H. Winters
Release date: September 6, 2011

FOR RENT: Top two floors of beautifully renovated brownstone, 1300 sq. ft., 2BR 2BA, eat-in kitchen, one block to parks and playgrounds. No broker’s fee.

Susan and Alex Wendt have found their dream apartment.

Sure, the landlady is a little eccentric. And the elderly handyman drops some cryptic remarks about the basement. But the rent is so low, it’s too good to pass up.

Big mistake.

Susan soon discovers that her new home is crawling with bedbugs . . . or is it?

She awakens every morning with fresh bites, but neither Alex nor their daughter Emma has a single welt. An exterminator searches the property and turns up nothing. The landlady insists her building is clean.

Susan fears she’s going mad—until a more sinister explanation presents itself: she may literally be confronting the bedbug problem from Hell.

--~ Book Giveaway courtesy of publisher ~--

Win a copy of this book!

Open to all.

Offer ends: September 30, 2011

TO DO:
Send me a link to a picture of a scary-looking bug.

AND, leave your email (if I don't already have it)

Participate entries:

Entry pictures removed.

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Contest has ended - winner is here

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*image source for participant entries are in comments

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27 comments:

  1. This book looks sooooo good. Creepy, but good. I hate bugs and I know I am going to be sorry for reading this but I just have to. Thanks for the awesome giveaway! Here's my scary looking bug:

    http://bit.ly/nRMd9l

    jaidahsmommy(at)comcast(dot)net

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  2. LOL
    http://uprofitpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/scary-bug.jpg

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  3. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww no way no thank you! God, my worst nightmare! I'm getting crawlies just at the thought!!!

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  4. Here is a creepy spider.http://www.pbase.com/mplonsky/image/128143539

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  5. heres areally creepy water bug id probably freak out if i seen it


    http://www.maildigi.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Most-Disturbing-Bugs-8.jpg

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  6. Yikes! HAHAHA.
    here's my cary-looking bug :">

    http://www.indiana.edu/~nehrigr/bugs/spider_4687-z.jpg

    Enjoy! :DD

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  7. Ummm, this was terrifying.

    http://1funny.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/scary-bug-e1277545949838.jpg

    Vivien
    deadtossedwaves at gmail dot com

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  8. Man some of those bug pictures are creepy. Here is one I have found:
    http://www.ryanphotographic.com/images/JPEGS/Deinacrida%20rugosa%20Cook%20Strait%20giant%20weta%20head%20shot.jpg

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  9. CREEPY!!!

    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UicgYwyB2Bw/SmbvC5l_3-I/AAAAAAAAEBs/JAdNmRlg7hQ/s1600-h/a421_eupackardiacalleta.jpg

    marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com

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  10. The book sounds great. Sounds like you'd be scratching though out the whole read.

    Here's one I found
    http://www.brazosport.edu/sites/CurrentStudents/Faculty/JoyKennedyOneill/My%20Caving/scary%20bug%20in%20Belize.bmp

    frellathon(at)gmail(dot)com

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  11. I'd love to read this book!

    Here's a creepy one I found
    http://jeremyglover.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/crazy-bug.jpg

    justjanhvi at gmail dot com

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  12. I am from Indiana. I moved to California and loved the gekos and other lizards. Then I moved to Texas and I cannot stand this guy, the Texas Tree Roach. He drops off trees to the roof and somehow gets into the house. I guarantee you that every time I see him up close and personal, I emit a loud scream:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/anandajoy/468539762/

    CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com

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  13. I found this:

    http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/324776034_d92c6c03c3.jpg

    aikychcien at yahoo dot com

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  14. These camel spiders in Iraq and Kuwait will literally CHASE YOU. I know I had one chase me. Sometimes other soldiers would have spider vs scorpion matches in empty ammo boxes. Sorry the link is so long!

    http://www.google.com/imgres?q=camel+spider&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=B8s&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1280&bih=608&tbm=isch&prmd=ivns&tbnid=uI3frz3SUcEKMM:&imgrefurl=http://forthepubliceye.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/camel-spider/&docid=7VNI3eJwwTuHxM&w=500&h=327&ei=hstZTqedJYPniAKz2py2CQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=370&vpy=313&dur=1069&hovh=181&hovw=278&tx=135&ty=163&page=1&tbnh=138&tbnw=184&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:0

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  15. A)I L.O.V.E.D. this book!!!

    B)I am now sleeping in a giant, Ziploc baggie.

    ;O

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  16. Just dropped by again to see if any new bugs were added. That one by SiNn - so totally freaktastic. Creeps me out bad - love it!

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  17. Ick!!
    http://www.jfanjoy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/scary-bug.jpg

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  18. Sooo gross. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdNHBbokUu4/SlDotnZmTrI/AAAAAAAABVs/VAqT9NoCH6A/s400/Big_Scary_Bug_1_by_seto2112.jpg

    I feel the need to wipe my house down with Lysol just from lookiing at all of the entries!

    amber.hrkns(at)gmail(dot)com

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  19. I'm getting grossed out just looking at all the pics! Yuck!!
    http://jeromegoddard.com/img/mast.jpg

    jwitt33 at live dot com

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  20. The bug is so big and scary. I found the bug here :
    http://www.mysanantonio.com/mediaManager/?controllerName=image&action=get&id=1004200&width=628&height=471

    dl(dot)love(dot)freedom(at)gmail(dot)com

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  21. This is the Giant African Stick Insect: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i8Y_UJwARtY/RuP0C7MaDnI/AAAAAAAAAwU/KU_FejWCA_k/s1600-h/thornlegged_walking_stick.jpg


    dr.strangelove.vs.citizen.kane
    @
    gmail.com

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  22. Boo!
    http://www.gbict.co.nz/Newsletters/Issue13/Weta.jpg

    educhico AT gmail DOT com

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  23. I would really dislike meeting this one!
    http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/wong/armyant1.jpg

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  24. This is the one I found!

    http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/selhome/gbu/cresphontes.html

    joanapatriciadias[at]gmail.com

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  25. This post is slightly disgusting!
    :P
    My contribution:
    http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sites/default/files/images/ugly_animals_bedbugs_671592_o.jpg


    39(dot)5susy(at)gmail(dot)com

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  26. I think mine will beat every other bug around here!

    http://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/SG2iczcFssI/AAAAAAAAUyA/_vyLJ6nbBSc/s800/2596782848_7e2069604e.jpg

    goncalo DOT mil AT gmail DOT com

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  27. Here's my picture.
    I mean, my picture of a bug, eheheheh!
    :)

    http://blogs.nature.com/news/2871504970_caffa8c414.jpg

    agcestrela(at)gmail(dot)com

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