This omnibus consists of the short story “The Borders of Infinity”, and the books Brothers in Arms (which I’d previously read) and Mirror Dance. All the stories deal with Miles Vorkosigan’s alter ego Admiral Miles Naismith, commander of the Dendarii mercenaries. More importantly, the two books deal with his clone brother, Mark. In Brothers in […]
Miles Errant – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
This is technically the second book in this series, but I’m starting to get the feeling the author pulled apart one (maybe two – the series is young) books to make more parts. In the last book, Jess and her brother were among the crew of a Mars ship sent to Earth to get the
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Well here’s an interesting idea – vampires and werewolves as aliens, and only some people on Earth know that they exist. Earth is neutral, so there are a number of Inns here, and their Innkeepers have incredible powers as long as they’re in the Inn. Dina has been given an Inn that was abandoned, so
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I must first note that the back cover blurb on the modern edition of this book is terrible – it gives away the climax of the book, and doesn’t really give you a flavor of what came before it. Here, we have Sir Waldo Hawkridge, lately having inherited a Yorkshire estate from an eccentric cousin.
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I honestly don’t remember what added this book to my reading pile – it’s a scholarly work. It’s also very readable, and has some great information. Sadly, I was a little disappointed, because most of the crime in this book was against the church, and I guess I was expecting something a little more interesting
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I picked this book up at the Kancamagus Trail visitor’s center at the start of our Northern New England/Montreal trip. Originally published in 2003, it’s pretty much what I’ve been doing with my wildflower blog – write ups of various flowers he’s run into, but with less pictures than I would have gone with. He
The Secrets of Wildflowers – Jack Sanders Read More »
Here’s a Brother Cadfael book where the murder doesn’t occur in Shrewsbury (which is probably a good thing – all those murders in one town can’t be that good for civic moral). At the same time as the festival of the Translation of Saint Winifred to the monastery, while pilgrims are arriving, the Abbot is
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Caitrin has run away from a terrible situation at home, and finds herself at Whistling Tor. The townspeople try and convince her to leave, talking about a curse on the chieftain’s house on the Tor, but he has sent his man to town to advertise for a scribe, and Caitrin sees the opportunity to practice
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Having finally finished the five book Pendragon Cycle, I figured I might as well finish things off for good, and read this addendum to the series. James Arthur Stuart was an officer in the British Army, and a generally decent, if nondescript guy. While trying to save his home after his parents die, he finds
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Cross ‘Rapunzel’ with the Wild West, and you get this tale, from Lackey’s Elemental Masters series, which are all set in the turn of the last century, and feature magic of the Elements – Air, Water, Fire and Earth. Giselle was adopted by an Earth Master, taken from a family that could barely afford to
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