FRIDAY finds and fill-ins: 9th Oct

My Friday Finds!

Hosted by Mizb17 !

Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel (Parasol Protectorate)
by Gail Carriger. This Friday Find is thanks to Blodeuedd! The cover has a Steampunk feel to it, and it is based in the Victorian period with vampires, werewolves and parasols! I really, really, really, really want this!

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 is a comedy of manners set in Victorian London: full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinking.

 

Temptation Ridge (Virgin River Trilogy) Found this at RoseAnn's The Social Frog's place! There's this series and another one, apparently, which I will be looking in to.

At twenty-five, after five years as her mother's caregiver, it's time for Shelby to experience freedom and adventure. Time for travel, college and romance. But when she visits Virgin River, she runs into Luke Riordan, decidedly not whom she has in mind.
A handsome Blackhawk pilot, Luke exited the army after twenty years, four wars and having been shot out of the sky three times. At thirty-eight he's tough and jaded. His major was in one-night stands, with a minor in commitment avoidance.
Technically, these two are all wrong for one another. But sometimes what you want and what you need are two different things…two very good things.

What's your Friday Find?
Sassy
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My Friday Fill-in!

Janet is the Host of Friday Fill-Ins. I couldn't resist playing along today. All I have to do is fill in the gaps. My answers are in bold.

And...here we go!

1. Sweet dreams don't rot your teeth or add calories.

2. I love bath times, which are especially for me. And a great place to read until I shrivel up like a prune and the water's gone cold!

3. Silliness comes before sensibleness in the Sassy Dictionary of Fun! Buy your copy now!

4. I promise not to scare the little kids with my witch costume and mask and spooky background music this Halloween.

5. Outstanding or not, I have the strangest notion that American Peanut Buttercups will be widely available and very cheap in the UK when I become the Prime Minister. 

6. Several bags of Peanut Buttercups is what I want right now!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching Peep Show - Series 6 - Complete [DVD] [2009] (watch the video!) and True Blood Season 1 (HBO) [DVD] [2008], tomorrow my plans include updating my blog and Sunday, I want to read for as long as it's humanly possible without burning anything. Yeah, right!