Hoorah hoorah hoorah yay!

[lizblackdog]

...just finished Shards Of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold. This was an author much recommended to me by all sorts of people I have high opinions of, so I was expecting it to be good stuff.

I was not, however, expecting to have my mind blown to an extent that I haven't experienced since... I don't know, first discovering Ursula LeGuin, perhaps.

Wow, just wow. Anyone who's not read her yet, go out and do it now.

many thanks to watervole!

Comments

[wychwood]

Yes! Bujold is awesome, and I love Cordelia muchly. She's my favourite character in that series, despite being distinctly peripheral after the first two books.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

She was great, but it wasn't just her... it was him, and the political stuff, and the contrast, and the plot that twisted and jumped like a twisty turny very fast thing... just, wow!

You should've been at Silvercon. Come to the next one!

[envoy.livejournal.com]

What's Silvercon?

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Gaming weekend at watervole and waveney's.

The first one was last July as a way of celebrating their silver wedding anniversary, and everyone had so much fun they decided to do it more often.

[wychwood]

...You're gonna love Miles *g*.

It does sound fun! But it's a long way, and I was busy on Saturday... Maybe some time I will.

[mencc1701.livejournal.com]

Never heard of her, but I'll keep an eye out.

[emily-shore.livejournal.com]

She's one of my very favourite authors. You have a lot of great reading ahead of you--the series only gets better from here. :)

[entorien.livejournal.com]

I'll add it to the list... uh-oh, that list is so long it's starting to get a life of it's own!

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Just like mine. So many good books, never enough time...

Shards of Honour

[nolekat.livejournal.com]

I just read a lengthy review on that book. I admit, I'm intrigued....I'll put it on my "to read" list. Thanks for suggesting it. :)

Re: Shards of Honour

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Well worth reading.

That icon is one of my favourite paintings in the world, too. Klimt rocks!

[bulletslc.livejournal.com]

Bujold is one of my very favorites!!!!! Don't stop now...Shards of Honor is the very beginning...it gets much, MUCH better from there!!!!!

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've no intention of stopping! There's only one thing better than discovering a great new author, and that's discovering that your great new author has written about thirty more books and you're just starting out on them.

[bulletslc.livejournal.com]

Hers get better and better! Though the next one you'll read (Barrayar) is one of my bestest favorites.

Also check out her fantasy series (the Chalion books)