A brief note on the Vorkosigan books before I get into Memory: Memory is the tenth book out of fourteen total in the Miles Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold.  That is, it’s tenth in chronological order beginning with the prequels about Miles’s parents and including the books that do not feature Miles.  It may seem odd to include the latter two, but they are still in the series omnibus editions along with the other books so I’ve been reading […]

The Folding Knife is a stand alone novel by K. J. Parker, although it is supposed to be set in the same world as some of the author’s other works.  K. J. Parker has also written the Engineer trilogy, the Fencer trilogy, the Scavenger trilogy, The Company, and The Hammer (which just came out earlier this month).  He/she is also known for his/her mysterious identity, as there is very little information about the author and speculation on just who he/she […]

Sorry for the quiet week.  I have been working on a couple of posts, but I wasn’t satisfied enough with them to post them yet.  However, I am hoping that means I can make up for this week and finish posts on the rest of the books I read in 2010 so I can move on to books read in 2011 (there’s only one so far but it was a lengthy book so I’m hoping books read will increase quickly […]

This week brought two books – one ARC and one bargain I found.  (Who can pass up a $5 trade paperback of a book they heard was good? Not me!) The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham This is the first book in a new series by Daniel Abraham called The Dagger and the Coin.  It will be available in trade paperback on April 7.  On the same day I received the book, I also got a Spring/Summer 2011 catalog from […]

Spin, the first book in an eponymous trilogy by Robert Charles Wilson, was published in 2005 and won the Hugo award for best novel shortly thereafter.  The second book in the series, Axis, came out in 2007 and the final book, Vortex, is scheduled to be released in May of this year.  My understanding is that this is a very good thing as I’ve read that Axis suffers from a strong case of middle book syndrome and Spin, despite some […]

There are no books for this week (unless you count the crockpot cookbook I bought, but that’s not quite the same) so the December reading post will be the Sunday substitute.  I’m mostly taking the weekend off since it’s the end of my vacation, but next week I’m hoping to get started on the next reviews I need to write (The Folding Knife by K. J. Parker and Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold) or perhaps the post on a book […]