Clocks, Cogs and Mechanisms Reading Challenge 2015

Clocks, Cogs and Mechanisms
Reading Challenge 2015
January 1 – December 31, 2015
Sign up ends September 30
hosted by Writing Our Fairy Tale -details
The premise:

Read books from the steampunk genre.

What do I let count as steampunk?
You can count books like “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells and other books that are considered precursors to steampunk, I have no problem with you counting graphic novels like Full Metal Alchemist.

They do not have to be on a paper to count, your ebooks count as well.
You can also count these books towards other challenges.

Brass Gears: Read 1-3 steampunk books
Flight goggles: 4-6 books
Button-up boots: 7-12 books
Clockwork Corset: 13+ books

My goal:

I plan on getting to Button-up boots: 7-12 books by year end.

My reading list: so far...
My review links will light up once review is posted.

The Clockwork Scarab
(Stoker & Holmes #1)
by Colleen Gleason
Amazon | Goodreads | my review

The Spiritglass Charade
(Stoker & Holmes #2)
by Colleen Gleason
Amazon | Goodreads | my review

Waistcoats & Weaponry
(Finishing School book 3)
by Gail Carrier
Amazon | Goodreads | my review

The Curious Case Of The Clockwork Menace
(London Steampunk) novella
by Bec McMaster
Amazon | Goodreads | my review

Steampunk Darcy
by Monica Fairview
Amazon | Goodreads | my review

Steel Lily
The Periodic series
by Megan Curd
Amazon | Goodreads | my review

A World of InTemperance
by Ichabod Temperance
Amazon | Goodreads | my review

The Silver Sickle
by Ellie Ann
Amazon | Goodreads | my review

Boneshaker
by Cherie Priest
Amazon | Goodreads | my review
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* image source for badge: Steampunk: The Art of Victorian Futurism

Meet: a water Elementalist from Steel Lily by Megan Curd

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Another savory item is being passed around, lumpia, here try one.

And here, we meet someone from Dome Three...

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--~ eBook Giveaway courtesy of author ~--

Steel Lily
(The Periodic Series)
by Megan Curd
AVERY PIKE is a commodity.

No, more than a commodity.

Her existence is guarded at all costs.

She's a water Elementalist, the strongest of her dwindling kind. She creates steam to provide energy to fuel Dome Four: the only thing standing between humanity and an earth ravaged by World War III.

No steam, no Dome. No Dome, no life.

Or so she thinks.

That is, until a mysterious man offers her a way out of having to donate steam. A way to escape the corrupt government of Dome Four. While the offer seems too good to be true, Avery is intrigued. But when she arrives to her new home, she realizes the grass isn't any less dead on this side of the fence.

Instead, the lies are just hidden better.

...Which means digging deeper.

When Avery enlists the help of her friends to uncover the truth, she learns that while some secrets are better left concealed, humankind was never meant to live in a cage. And when you can control the most sought after resource, you can learn to control anything...including the fate of your world.

WIN an ebook copy of this book!

Open to all.

Offer ends: December 1, 2013

TO DO:

VISIT the author, Megan Curd.

RETURN here and tell me something you found of interest there.

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

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Contest has ended - winner is here

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image source: lumpia recipe

~~- TEA at The Filigree schedule -~~

Stacking the Shelves - 9.7.13

Stacking the Shelves
hosted by Tynga's Reviews (details)
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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Bought:

The Bone Season
by Samantha Shannon
-fantasy
For Review:

A Matter of Temperance
by Ichabod Temperance
-steampunk
courtesy of author
Thanks Ichabod!

A World of InTemperance
by Ichabod Temperance
-steampunk
courtesy of author
Thanks Ichabod!

Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent
-historical, mystery
ARC courtesy of publisher and Shelf Awareness
Thanks!

The Mona Lisa Speaks
by Christopher Angel
-France, thriller
courtesy of author
Thanks Christopher!

The Ravens of Solemano
The Order of the Mysterious Men in Black
(The Young Inventors Guild)
by Eden Unger Bowditch
-steampunk
courtesy of JDPR
Thanks Lauren!

Rory
The Ghosts of Palladino, Book 1
by Ciye Cho
-ghosts, YA
courtesy of author
Thanks Ciye!

The Sleeping Dictionary
by Sujata Massey
-India, historical
courtesy of publisher
Thanks Mary!

Steel Lily
The Periodic series
by Megan Curd
-steampunk
courtesy of author
Thanks Megan!
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Library:

Self-Inflicted Wounds:
Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation
by Aisha Tyler
-humor
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* most of these will be offered as giveaways within the next two months

* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently

* per usual, check out the sidebar for my current giveaways offers