cindy pon
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tgifbm! tea with alexia tarabotti!

i had the pleasure of meeting gail carriger, the lovely
author of Soulless, Changeless and Blameless a few
weeks back at her mysterious galaxy signing. i had all
three copies signed and am giving them away this week!

carriger’s books cross genres and are a blend of steampunk,
fantasy, and paranormal romance with humor. they are
fantastic reads! i’ll include the synopsis for the her debut, Soulless:

Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette.

Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire — and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate.

With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible. Can she figure out what is actually happening to London’s high society? Will her soulless ability to negate supernatural powers prove useful or just plain embarrassing? Finally, who is the real enemy, and do they have treacle tart?

soulless

changeless

blameless

aren’t the covers great??

you know the drill. tweet, fb, blog or LJ and
mention the contest, linking back to this post.
be sure to comment here with that link! winner
wins all three signed copies. this contest is OPEN
TO ALL. i’ll choose a winner at random next
tuesday, 10/5. good luck!!

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45 Comments

  1. Dystophil
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 8:05 am | Permalink

    Mmm, been wanting to read those for a while – steampunk vampires for the win :D

    Here’s my tweet http://twitter.com/dystophil/status/25699486357

    Thanks for hosting the contest, Cindy, you rock :)

  2. Jamie
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 8:07 am | Permalink

    Oh I so want these! I tweeted, but not sure how to find the link to it…but it’s under @jmanni32, so please count me! lol

  3. erin morgenstern
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 8:09 am | Permalink

    Tweeted!

    http://twitter.com/#!/erinmorgenstern/status/25699793923

    And I’m with Dys, been wanting to read these for awhile.

    (Also, I concur that Cindy does indeed rock.)

  4. erin morgenstern
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 8:11 am | Permalink

    Pfft, have a link that works, hopefully: http://twitter.com/erinmorgenstern/status/25699793923

  5. Kareth
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 8:16 am | Permalink

    Love the books, and though we own all three already having signed copies would send my wife into happy fits for weeks. =D

    Tweeted here: http://twitter.com/karethdreams/status/25700105772

  6. Fit_Cat
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 8:18 am | Permalink

    I love the series and I’ll be very happy if I’ll win the signed copies :)
    Here is my RT http://twitter.com/cindypon/status/25698966040

    Thanks!!

  7. Cem
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 8:28 am | Permalink

    I adore these books! Winning signed copies would be awesome. I tweeted the contest:

    http://twitter.com/cem_214/status/25701526984

  8. John Leavitt
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 9:11 am | Permalink

    Tweeted and tweeted.

    If I get a post up about it, I’ll let you know.

  9. Megan Maier
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 10:15 am | Permalink

    Love these books!

    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000801919875

  10. Natalie
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 10:15 am | Permalink

    I read (and loved) the first book, but I haven’t gotten around to getting the other two yet. Signed copies would be SO awesome! Thanks for the contest!

    Tweeted it here.

  11. Emily H.
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 10:23 am | Permalink

    I tweeted:

    http://twitter.com/eheinlen/statuses/25709961167

  12. Faye M
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 10:27 am | Permalink

    I’ve been wanting 2 read this series 4 a while!

    tweeted
    http://twitter.com/RTeenBookworm/status/25710264020

  13. Orchid
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 10:38 am | Permalink

    Oh my gosh! I would love to win this series! Thansk for the awesome contest. ^_^

    Tweeted Here

  14. Lisa Brackmann
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 12:39 pm | Permalink

    I tweeted! I’ve been wanting to read one of these!

    http://twitter.com/otherlisa/status/25719084109

  15. Timothy Power
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 1:11 pm | Permalink

    Count me in!

    http://twitter.com/#!/timothypower67/status/25721324388

  16. Timothy Power
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 1:11 pm | Permalink

    Um…

    http://twitter.com/timothypower67/status/25721324388

  17. Andrea
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 1:26 pm | Permalink

    I tweeted! I’ve been wanting to read them!

    http://twitter.com/a_huxtable/status/25722298025

  18. Talia
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 1:48 pm | Permalink

    Tweeted on twitter!

    http://twitter.com/jeepgirl77/status/25723811556

  19. Chloe
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 2:09 pm | Permalink

    I’ve been wanting to read these sooo badly!

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/chloeeesays/statuses/25725526885

  20. Travis
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 2:14 pm | Permalink

    Tweeted!
    https://twitter.com/Travis_Pearson/status/25725867202

    These sound so good!

  21. Adam Heine
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 4:43 pm | Permalink

    Steampunk? Oh yes, please! Tweeted the contest here: http://twitter.com/adamheine/status/25738367271

  22. Susan Kaye Quinn
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 5:08 pm | Permalink

    Awesome! I tweeted the contest, but I’m twitter lame. How do I get the link?? Er, I RT’d Adam’s. How’s that?

  23. Mariska H
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 5:45 pm | Permalink

    This is a huge and awesome giveaways. count me in, i haven’t had any of them !!

    i tweeted: http://twitter.com/becunique/status/25741613335

    i fb : http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1834044116&v=wall&story_fbid=130919453624341

  24. MissAttitude
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 7:56 pm | Permalink

    I want to start reading Steampunk and this series seems like a fantastic way to start me off :)

    I love the covers. At first glance I thought it was a real person but I later watched a quick video about how these covers were made and they were dolls! I was quite surprised ;o

  25. Didi
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 8:17 pm | Permalink

    http://www.facebook.com/udarajalan?v=wall&story_fbid=129934337057705

  26. Sandy Shin
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 8:23 pm | Permalink

    I’ve read SOULLESS, and would love to read the rest of the series!

    http://twitter.com/sandy_shin/status/25755484182

  27. Su
    Posted September 28, 2010 at 2:15 pm | Permalink

    Ooh, I’m a sucker for steampunk~~ Please enter me in the contest–I have tweeted! XD

    http://twitter.com/Redcrest/status/25824926160

  28. John
    Posted September 28, 2010 at 3:04 pm | Permalink

    Ah, I want to read these so badly. I’ve heard only AMAZING THINGS. I ADORE amazing things.

    http://twitter.com/DreamingReviews/status/25828654083

  29. Delilah S. Dawson
    Posted September 28, 2010 at 3:07 pm | Permalink

    I retweeted, from DelilahSDawson. Those three have been on my list for a while… NOM NOM BOOKNOM.

  30. Melissa (Books and Things)
    Posted September 28, 2010 at 3:09 pm | Permalink

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/BooksThings/status/25829039311

    Sweet! :)

  31. Rhia
    Posted September 28, 2010 at 4:14 pm | Permalink

    Oooh I want to read these really bad! I tweeted about it here: http://twitter.com/rhiareads/status/25834168839

  32. Lauren M
    Posted September 29, 2010 at 11:45 am | Permalink

    Thanks for the giveaway! I’ve always wanted to give these books a go!

    I tweeted: http://twitter.com/renkellym/status/25911771528

  33. Teawench
    Posted September 29, 2010 at 3:50 pm | Permalink

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/gailcarriger/status/25699638248

    I drool over signed anything…

  34. Anne
    Posted September 29, 2010 at 8:23 pm | Permalink

    Steampunk? Do want!

    http://twitter.com/#!/silverwind/statuses/25949716218

    Thanks for hosting this, Cindy!

  35. Kai
    Posted September 30, 2010 at 12:58 am | Permalink

    you rock for making such an awesome giveaway international! steampunk novels are just love! and woah, these are signed. O_O

    I tweeted: http://twitter.com/amaterasureads/status/25962597824

  36. Chachic
    Posted September 30, 2010 at 2:14 am | Permalink

    Oooh I’m really curious about this series. I’ve heard such good things. Thanks for giving away signed copies!

    Here’s my tweet: http://twitter.com/chachictweets/status/25966182918

    And I linked it here too: http://www.facebook.com/ChachicsBookNook

  37. Angel
    Posted September 30, 2010 at 3:15 am | Permalink

    OMG! I’ve been longing to own & read this book!
    Thank you for the giveaway! :)

    http://twitter.com/AngeliaFRusli/status/25969530291

  38. ello
    Posted September 30, 2010 at 4:22 am | Permalink

    I loved Soulless and have been looking forward to the other books! So exciting! I tweeted and facebooked but don’t know how to link to that. But I did!

  39. Sandra Cormier (Chumplet)
    Posted September 30, 2010 at 4:31 am | Permalink

    What I love about authors is that they open us up to all sorts of great books we wouldn’t ordinarily choose. Now I’m curious about these books and I want ‘em!

    Used the Twitter machine…

  40. ello
    Posted September 30, 2010 at 4:44 am | Permalink

    Oh and I blogged about it too!
    http://elloecho.blogspot.com/

  41. Steph
    Posted September 30, 2010 at 5:05 am | Permalink

    I’ve had SOULLESS on my TBR list for awhile now :).

    Just tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/stephewink/status/25976960350

  42. Tere Kirkland
    Posted September 30, 2010 at 6:44 am | Permalink

    OMG, I loved this first book, but haven’t had a chance to get the others. I’d love a chance to win the SIGNED set! Been on a real steampunk kick lately.

    Blog post scheduled for tomorrow so everyone will see it!

    http://lesserkey.blogspot.com

  43. FredTownWard
    Posted October 1, 2010 at 6:16 am | Permalink

    You had me at steampunk.

    I tweeted about it here: http://twitter.com/FredTownWard/status/26044884663

  44. Alexandra T.
    Posted October 1, 2010 at 4:24 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for the contest! :)

    Tweet: http://twitter.com/woven_/status/26128602765

  45. Audrey
    Posted October 1, 2010 at 4:45 pm | Permalink

    thank you! i tweeted:

    http://twitter.com/pinkcreamsoda/status/26130179660