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54. Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold (sci fi) ****
Well, I was originally planning on taking a break from this series, but decided to go ahead and read this one which is number 5. I'm glad I read it. I really enjoyed this book compared to the last two books. I liked the interaction between Mil ... ... (sci fi) *** 1/2
52. Uniform Justice by Donna Leon (mystery)***
53. Foundation by Isaac Asimov (sci fi) ***
54. Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold (sci fi) ***
55. Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen (ya/fantasy) ***1/2
56. The City and the City by China Mieville (mystery ... ...
I would also add Ivan, Miles Vorkosigan's hapless cousin, who gets dragged desperately protesting into Miles' schemes. Cetaganda.
And Hannibel Sefton, the consumptive fiddler, from the Benjamin January books. A free man of color.
... Bujold
44. The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold
45. The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
46. Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold
47. Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James
48.0 The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold
48.5 Labyrinth by Lois ... ... in Free Lancers (in addition to books already listed). Nor are the magazines in which Falling Free, Barrayer and Cetaganda first appeared listed.
To go down a route of listing a collection (or anthology or magazine) just because it contains a single story seems to be a serious ... ... Jeeves and Wooster stories, Sharpe books by Bernard Cornwell, Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny, and Cetaganda by Lois MCMaster Bujold. ... Bujold Vorkosigan books, but then he went and bought them on his own!
So I guess I'll skip to Vor Game and Cetaganda, and he'll just be further along! ... by David Weber
5) An Oblique approach by Eric Flint
6) The Warrior's apprentice
7) The Vor Game
8) Cetaganda
9) Borders of Infinity
10) Mirror Dance
11) Memory
12) Komarr
13) A Civil Campaign
14) Diplomatic Immunity
note: all the books from 6-14 ... ... Upcountry by David Weber
5) An Oblique approach by Eric Flint
6) The Warrior's apprentice
7) The Vor Game
8) Cetaganda
9) Borders of Infinity
10) Mirror Dance
11) Memory
12) Komarr
13) A Civil Campaign
14) Diplomatic Immunity
brb ... fiction -- but in a few of her Miles Vorkosigan books she has Miles solve murder mysteries -- notably in the terrific Cetaganda and The Mountains of Mourning as well as in Memory, Diplomatic Immunity, and Ethan of Athos -- which is a bit of a stretch. These books, for any s/f fans ... ... visiting with old and beloved friends.
Here are some of my favorite s/f/fantasy rereads (I get to these every year):
1) Cetaganda, Ethan of Athos, Shards of Honor, Barrayar, A Civil Campaign, and Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
2) Gate of Ivory by Doris Egan
3) Citizen ... ...
4. Gate of Ivory by Doris Egan because it is one of my favorite s/f-fantasy books and I reread it every year.
5. Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold) AND
6. A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold because they show me that doing the right thing is sometimes rewarded, at least ... 12. Cetaganda Not my favorite Miles story so far, but it still had me staying up too late near the end!
13. Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths Read with one of my classes at school. I loved his version of the Trojan War when I was a kid.
14. The Deadliest Monster Re-read, ... ... three books, but its portrayal of Claidi's personal development feels repetitive and redundant after Wolf Queen.
109. Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold
Snappy and tightly plotted, and it mounts an interesting defense of Cetaganda's purdah-like isolation of women, whom Miles initially ... ... So I've read all of them. I keep thinking I should read them forward, and trying, and bogging down again. I've read Cetaganda since, and the first Cordelia, and am currently bogged down in Barrayar.
I don't know - the scene in The Warrior's Apprentice where Miles comes down off ... ... my way through Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan books. I finished Warrior's Apprentice, The Vor Game, and Cetaganda last week, and I'm nearly finished with Brothers in Arms (contained in the Miles Errant omnibus).
I'm hoping that my friend will return the other books in ... ... So Little Time by Sara Nelson
Not as fab as Ex Libris: Confessions by Fadiman but still a delightful read.
77. Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold
Continuing my re-reading of the Miles saga.
78. The Rowan
79. Damia
80. Damia's Children
81. Lyon's Pride
82. The Tower ... ... ;)
lilithcat, another example might be the movie version of Titanic.
I've now finished Barrayar and am on to Cetaganda. I'd already read the books between those two. I should have trusted Cordelia to handle the disaster well. ... Miles Vorkosigan or related books by Lois McMaster Bujold:
Barrayar
Borders of Infinity
Brothers in Arms
Cetaganda
A Civil Campaign
Diplomatic Immunity
Ethan of Athos
Memory
Shards of Honor
The Vor Game
Warrior's Apprentice
All because I picked up a ... ... at Pratchett.)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Cube Chic by Kelley Moore
(Yes, I work in a cube farm.)
Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold
Also, I ordered The Book Lover's Page-A-Day calendar, the magazine Pages and a new Moleskine journal.
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