30 Day Book Meme - Day 24

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Day 24 – A book that you wish more people would’ve read - Not only do I wish more people would read it, I've helped ensure other people (including my ex-husband) have read this book.  It's the book that got me into reading Lois McMaster Bujold almost eleven years ago - Cordelia's Honor.  It's a convenient omnibus edition (mass market paperback size) of the first 2 books in chronological order, Shards of Honor and Barrayar.  One of the reasons it's such a good idea is that (to me, anyway) Shards is not that compelling. It introduces the characters, the places, the romance between Cordelia and Aral, but Barrayar really sucked me in and made me an LMB fan.  I love the relqtionship between Cordelia and Aral, the richness, the snap - but I also love all the political manuevering and civil warfare, and yes, shopping.  The focus of the series is their son Miles,  but he doesn't draw me the way they do.  There are entire Miles books I could skip (and do, on rereads) because these two do not appear.  It may seem a little weird, but for me, the series is more about everyone else, not Miles.  And I really, really, really wish LMB would write us another good Barrayaran book full of politics and Barrayarans and more than cameos by the characters we love, especially after Cryoburn... but that's another rant for after the book officially comes out in October.  Just go pick up Cordelia's Honor if you haven't, even if you think you don't like sci fi.  You might just be surprised.


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