Illusion Giveaway Winner!

*Rings Bell* And we have a winner!

Arielle Bacon (your name is delicious) should receive an email soon about winning her free ARC copy of Frank Peretti's latest novel, Illusion. Congratulations! I'm sorry to those who didn't win, as I know some of you really wanted it. Fear not, though, because there will be more giveaways in the future!

Book Giveaway: Illusion by Frank Peretti

Important: This giveaway is now closed.

When I was sent a review copy of Frank Peretti's latest novel, I actually received two copies. I was told that this was so that I could give one away on my blog. I could be selfish and keep both for myself, but that's pointless and not nearly as much fun. Now, do you want to win a copy of Illusion? Of course you do! Who doesn't like free stuff?

This is the Advance Reader's Edition, which basically means that the editing is not quite completed, though it's very close, and that it has a different cover image (as seen in the photo). It is paperback with 497 pages.

How to enter (+1 entry for each item on the list):
-Follow my blog with your Blogger* account
-Share this giveaway on Facebook
-Share this giveaway on Twitter
(Use the tag #rjhblog.)

For these entries to count, you can either send an email to rhgiveaways@hotmail.com with "Illusion Giveaway" as the subject header, or leave a comment on this blog with your name and email.


The email or comment will need to include which items on the list you have fulfilled, and I promise that I will not send you spam or anything like that. The giveaway will end on April 22, 2012, and around that time a winner will be selected at random to receive a copy of Illusion. Update: The email or comment counts as an entry as well. The items on the list are for additional entries to improve your chances of winning. If you leave a comment and send an email, it will only count as one entry.

*You don't need a Blogger account to follow this blog. You can use Google, Yahoo, Twitter, and maybe others as well. If you don't have a Blogger account, click "Join this site" on the sidebar (under "Followers") to view your options.

This giveaway is only open in the USA. I know there are people in other countries who would very much like to get their hands on the book, but my current income does not allow for shipping prices unless they're decently low. I apologize, and I hope this will be something we can get around sometime in the future.

Now, who's ready to win a book?

Frank Peretti's website
Reuben Horst's review of Illusion

The Priest's Graveyard Giveaway Winner!

Congratulations to Heather Unrau for winning a signed copy of The Priest's Graveyard by Ted Dekker! Thanks everyone else who entered as well. It was tempting to pick the winner manually, but I figured I would stick to my word and pick randomly. I used a program my friend made.

So where have I been? Well I'm sorry you missed it, but I had a birthday! I am now at 15 years of age. This has some upsides, such as I can now get my driver's permit, but it also has downsides, such as people won't be as shocked when they hear the age of the operator of this blog. Seriously, someone (David Hu, one of the administrators of Raptr) was surprised, after looking over one of my blogs, that I was under 18. I never even told him that at the time I was 14.

At present I have a very long list of books to read, so I'll hopefully review more soon. I am currently reading A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens for school, and I am reading The Bone House by Stephen R. Lawhead for pleasure. After that, I will be reading Forbidden by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee, The 13th Tribe by Robert Liparulo and Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. There are about half a dozen other books I'll read afterward, but I don't have an order for when I'll read them.

In addition, Monday was Labor Day, so I have an excuse for not starting my new Monday weekly trend (song reviewing). Well, forget the fact that I did nothing abnormal on Monday.

So yes, that is an update on my life! What do you think? Should I have more giveaways in the future? If you think so, "Like" my new Facebook page and leave a comment on this post. Don't worry, I don't have that big of a fan following, so you'll have pretty good odds of winning future giveaways. :)

Reuben Horst
Age 15

Book Giveaway: The Priest's Graveyard by Ted Dekker

Last night I got back from the event of my life: a writers' conference. Though, as New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker pointed out, it wasn't a conference, it was an experiment. Just like writing. I can truthfully say that it has changed my life, which I can't say for anything else I ever experienced.

While I was there I got to meet some of the coolest people in the entire world. There were only a hundred attendees, about a tenth of whom I knew already, and I made many new friends as well. When I got home, I was so excited that I decided to do what I've considered doing for a long while: hold a book giveaway on my blog.

Book Giveaway: The Priest's Graveyard by Ted Dekker



How to enter:
-Follow my blog using your Google account to get +1 entry
-Post an appropriate comment on my review of The Priest's Graveyard to get +1 entry
-Share this giveaway on Facebook to get +1 entry
-Share this giveaway on Twitter to get +1 entry

Also, post a comment on this giveaway with evidence of your entries, along with your name and email so I have a way to contact you if you win. I promise I will not send any spam or other crap to your email. I'm not that much of a moron.

The giveaway will end on September 3, 2011, and soon after one winner will be chosen at random, though your amount of entries will have influence, to receive a signed copy of The Priest's Graveyard by Ted Dekker.

So now, go and enter!

Reuben Horst

Two Giveaways

Now you're probably all surprised that I'm hosting not only one, but two, giveaways on my blog, but I'm sorry to say that these are not my giveaways.

The first one is being hosted by Merrie Destefano. If you remember, I reviewed her novel Afterlife back in January (it seems like it was a longer time ago, but that's what my blog says), and I loved it. At that time Afterlife was her only released novel, but now there is a new book on bookstore shelves, and it's called Feast. I'm very interested in what it's about, considering how much I enjoyed Afterlife.



Not only this this giveaway a chance to win signed copies of both Afterlife and Feast, but several other small "thingies" that are pretty cool as well.

Details on this giveaway can be found here.

The second giveaway has a much larger value (approximately $300), and is just plain huge. Why would I mention a 20-book giveaway right after a 2-book giveaway? Maybe to make the 2-book giveaway not seem as great? Hah! Don't act like I'm trying to insult Merrie Destefano's books! I love them!

This giveaway is hosted by bestselling author Robert Liparulo, and is, as I said, huge.



This giveaway is fairly confusing, but the prize is . . . just plain awesome. The confusing details can be found here. If you do enter, please enter my name (that would be Reuben Horst, thank you) in the area for "Friend 1" so we can both be entered another chance to win.

I like giveaways, because occasionally I win one (in the past I've won a total of three novels, two music CDs, and one VeggieTales movie). You should enter these giveaways here, because you may win too. :)


Reuben Horst