Wow! What an audiobook!This is the story of a talented, courageous and honorable man who the vagaries of fate have made a failure at almost everything he attempted in his life. He’s now tired, both in body and soul, and at the beginning he gives the impression of having been defeated so many times t...
“I need words that mean more than they mean, words not just with height and width, but depth and weight and, and other dimensions that I cannot even name.” *That is Lois McMaster Bujold effortlessly describing what I often feel about excellent writing but lack the skill to articulate. What I like be...
This book came highly recommended, so maybe it's inevitable that I was disappointed. As far as fantasy goes, it's somewhat above average, but still didn't really do it for me. The Curse of Chalion follows its nontraditional hero, Cazaril--a man in his mid-thirties who's failed at most of his endeavo...
The country of Chalion has been at war for a long time, and Castillar Cazaril has suffered more than many. After the fortress he was in charge of was surrendered to the enemy, an alleged clerical error caused him to be left of the ransom lists, and instead of being returned home with his soldiers, h...
I love what I tend to think of as historical fantasies, at least when they’re done right. Basically, it’s any sort of fantasy with some historical background in our world. This is possibly my favorite type–the kind which takes the feeling of a particular time and place, more than the specific histor...
I read this novel for the Alphabet Challenge over at calico_reaction. Like the other challenges I've participated in this month, this is a title that I don't think I would've picked up on my own. I have a friend who is absolutely in love with Bujold, but she likes her sci-fi stuff more, so I've actu...
I have read many good things about this author, and many times meant to pick up one of her books. I finally settled on one of her older books rather than her new series just to see if I liked her writing enough to continue...and boy did I.The main appeal of the book is the main character who is a br...
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