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Roary Wonders

With various projects turned in, I’m doing a lot of scattered reading that will eventually do its part in feeding my writer brain, so the list below doesn’t really represent everything.

A question for the Bujold fans out there.  I’ve read a lot of her work but, for one reason or another, I missed the “Sharing Knife” series.  I see it’s described as a romance/fantasy crossover.  How much of each ingredient is there?  Can you compare the mix to her other series?

For those of you unfamiliar with this column, the Friday Fragments lists what I’ve read over the past week.  Most of the time I don’t include details of either short fiction (unless part of a book-length collection) or magazines.  The Fragments are not meant to be a recommendation list.  If you’re interested in a not-at-all-inclusive recommendation list, you can look on my website under Neat Stuff.

Once again, this is not a book review column.  It’s just a list with, maybe, a bit of description or a few opinions tossed in.  And it’s also a great place to tell me what you’re reading.  I love seeing the tapestry of what people choose.

Completed:

Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold.  Audiobook.  Begins with Miles kidnapped and rescued by an orphan boy, ends with Miles facing one of the largest transitions in his life.

Found Leaning Against the Second Doorway by Alan Allinger.  ARC of a short story collection.  I promise to let you know when it’s released.

In Progress:

Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold.  Audiobook.  With this, I will finish my “read in order” of the Vorkosigan series.  I’ve listened to this before, but I want to see how my reaction differs with a fresh view of all the elements.

Three For the Chair by Rex Stout.  A collection of three novellas.  Sometimes the Nero Wolfe stories are stronger when streamlined, although as a fan of the stories, I enjoy the side plots in the novels.

Also:

The new Archeology magazine.

And I’m starting a re-read of my own novel, The Buried Pyramid, the first step in getting a new e-book out.