false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg 61905 17 3036422 book 1991 Barrayar (Vorkosigan) total:1094|5:29|4:31|3:15|2:1|1:0| 1094 4617 1303 47 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 5 2 false Sun Apr 13 13:35:59 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 13:37:26 -0700 2008 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 4 8 false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 19:00:30 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 19:14:45 -0700 2009 1 Cordelia's Honor. Barrayar is an impressive, richly layered, multifaceted sequel well deserving of the Hugo award it received in 1992.

I warmed to Cordelia as she struggled with the culture shock of her adopted Barrayaran world. Her observati...more...]]> 1899528 2290034541 9782290034545 4 2 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190037579m/1899528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1899528.Barrayar 4 0 false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 21:57:35 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 14:43:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 4 2 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 28 08:58:38 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 13:51:37 -0800 2009 2 Shards of Honor. Aral becomes regent, Cordelia becomes pregnant, and a civil war and personal violence threaten both.

Hmm. Yeah, okay, this one stands up much better than the prequel. Which, duh, she wrote it much later. This is one of those books where I think my ambivalence i...more...]]> 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 3 0 false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 08:12:50 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 08:16:58 -0700 2009
There were parts of this book ...more...]]> 1899528 2290034541 9782290034545 4 2 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190037579m/1899528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1899528.Barrayar 4 0 false Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 09:11:26 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 08:09:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 4 1 false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 10:15:50 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 14:01:38 -0700 2009 Shards of Honour. The main characters, Cordelia and Aral, are more fully developed and their relationship is more nuanced. The other central characters, Piotr, Drou, and Kou, really come to life. I found the history and culture of Barrayar ...more...]]> 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 4 1 false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 05:10:06 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 07:26:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 4 0 true Mon May 04 09:13:30 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 09:27:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 4 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 17:41:01 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 18:26:02 -0700 2007
When one attack hits their home, Cordelia is the...more...]]> 63254 067172083X 9780671720834 67 7 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170616434m/63254.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63254.Barrayar 5 0 false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 13:56:32 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 13:56:32 -0700 2009
Her women characters are thoroughly drawn, varied and full of personality and spunk - whether it's Lady Cordelia Vorkosigan, retired Captain; Drou, ambitious, talented but constrained by sexism or Princess Kareen, surviving however she can within her conf...more...]]> 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 5 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Nov 30 15:12:24 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 15:37:51 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 5 0 false Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 11:15:12 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 19:00:37 -0800 2009 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 4 0 false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 30 16:15:09 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 13:03:58 -0800 2009 1 Barrayar is a study of an independent woman dropped into a class- and gender-structured society. It's also a story about motherhood. It was a good story, but something seemed slightly off to me most of the time I was reading it. Unfortunately, I can't quite pin down what it was.]]> 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 4 0 false Tue Dec 30 10:44:20 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 10:44:20 -0800 2008 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 5 0 false Tue Jan 29 15:38:55 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 15:46:29 -0800 2008 Shards of Honor before you read this one but not necessary. You can get both stories in one book with Cordelia's Honor

Cordelia is settling into blissful married life with her lord-and-retired-soldier bridegroom, or so she thinks. They both get drawn into...more...]]> 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 5 0 false Sun May 17 12:14:45 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 12:15:46 -0700 2009 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 4 0 false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 06:15:31 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 06:21:32 -0700 2009 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 3 0 false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 08:52:09 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 08:52:09 -0700 2009 Cordelia's Honor]]> 61905 0743468414 9780743468411 1007 37 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597854m/61905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61905.Barrayar 4 0 false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 16:14:05 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 08:46:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=61905