In My Mailbox - 9.11.11

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Bright Young Things
with Bonus Material
by Anna Godbersen

For Review:

Mar the Pirate Vampire
(teen-paranormal romance)
Vianka Van Bokkem

Anna Dressed in Blood
by Kendare Blake

Original Sin
by Lisa Desrochers
courtesy of publisher
Thanks Aisha!

For Review and giveaway:

Cherished
by Belinda Boring
courtesy of author
Thanks Bels!
stay tuned: giveaway in October

Without Mercy
by Belinda Boring
courtesy of author
Thanks Bels!

Dangerous Designs
by Dale Mayer
courtesy of author
Thanks Dale!
-fantasy, YA
stay tuned: giveaway in October

Lust After Death
by Daisy Harris
courtesy of author
Thanks Daisy & Bels!
-romance, zombies
stay tuned: giveaway during September Zombies, Sep 20-30

Isis Unbound
by Allison Byrd
courtesy of author
Thanks Allison!
-romance, zombies

The Peculiar Superpowers of Eleanor Armstrong:
A Zombie Love Story
by K.A. Schloegel
courtesy of author
Thanks K.A.!
stay tuned: giveaway during September Zombies, Sep 20-30

A Clockwork Vampire
by K.H. Koehler
stay tuned: giveaway in October

Free from Netgalley: got mine, get yours!

The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
-steampunk

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Meet: Emiko
Occupation: Automaton and geisha of sorts
Location: Thailand
Genre: Steampunk, Scifi

The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
Published: April 2010

Romance steam gauge: none

Description from the amazon:
Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand. Under cover as a factory manager, Anderson combs Bangkok's street markets in search of foodstuffs thought to be extinct, hoping to reap the bounty of history's lost calories. There, he encounters Emiko.

Emiko is the Windup Girl, a strange and beautiful creature. One of the New People, Emiko is not human; instead, she is an engineered being, creche-grown and programmed to satisfy the decadent whims of a Kyoto businessman, but now abandoned to the streets of Bangkok.

Regarded as soulless beings by some, devils by others, New People are slaves, soldiers, and toys of the rich in a chilling near future in which calorie companies rule the world, the oil age has passed, and the side effects of bio-engineered plagues run rampant across the globe.

What Happens when calories become currency?

What happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits, when said bio-terrorism's genetic drift forces mankind to the cusp of post-human evolution?

In The Windup Girl, award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi returns to the world of The Calorie Man; (Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award-winner, Hugo Award nominee, 2006) and Yellow Card Man (Hugo Award nominee, 2007) in order to address these poignant questions.

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