lois mcmaster bujold
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“Barr smiled sunnily. Most young men did, when first exposed to Sumac. Most all men did, actually. The tears came later.” “The Sharing Knife Volume Four: Horizon” by Lois McMaster Bujold. I have a love-hate relationship with the review text on the back of a book more often than not. Either I feel that it’s…
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So, it’s Friday, I have the day off, my paychecks and bills aligned in such a way that I actually have a little spending cash to go shopping and buy some nice things for the apartment, I got my first official Amazon review for Soulless (thanks, Lauralynn!), so I want to do something a little…
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“‘…The only equal weapon I’ll ever have is my wits. But without knowing things, my wits are like a bow with no arrows. Don’t leave me disarmed.’” “The Sharing Knife Book 3.: Passage” by Lois McMaster Bujold Of the books in Lois McMaster Bujold’s The Sharing Knife series, the third book Passage is so far…
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“She was practical. She knew how to walk down strange roads, now. She’d come this far. She didn’t have to cling to Dag like a drowning woman clutching the only branch in the torrent.” “The Sharing Knife Volume Two: Legacy” by Lois McMaster Bujold While the second volume in Lois McMaster Bujold’s The Sharing Knife…
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“…’But if you start down a road you can’t see the end of, there’s a chance you’ll find some dark things along it.’” “The Sharing Knife Volume One: Beguilement” by Lois McMaster Bujold My delve into this series by one of newest writerly influences, Lois McMaster Bujold, lead me to realize one solid conclusion: I…
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“It wasn’t a case of storming heaven. It was a case of letting heaven storm you.” “The Curse of Chalion” by Lois McMaster Bujold Reading through The Curse of Chalion, a tale about a soldier who finds a second life as a saint and secretary to a cursed princess, I came to a striking revelation:…
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“Not one, she realized with a chill, was staring at her as though she had gone mad. They were all staring at her as though she was going to tell them what to do next.” “Paladin of Souls” by Lois McMaster Bujold God-tainted, mad-touched, recently isolated, the main character of Lois McMaster Bujold’s fantasy yarn…
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