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Gentleman Jole And The Red Queen

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order), #16.
Cordelia (Vicereine of Sergyar) makes a new life for herself some years after her husband Aral passes away.

Quote:

"Sucks some days, to have all these boys with guns and not be allowed to shoot anybody. It could be so cathartic."

Quote:

"Blurf...?" said Cordelia, her eyes springing wide.

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How did a man manage to be both gormless and patronizing simultaneously?

Quote:

"Er...what exactly do you mean by dating? In this context."
"Screwing, dear," Cordelia replied, in her flattest Betan tones.
"...Ah." He added after a moment, "Thank you for the clarification."

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7/2025

Horizon

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Book four of the series. Dag and Fawn head homeward, but meet up with a couple a malices along the way.

Words I Had To Look Up:

cantle (pg. 249) -- The raised rear part of a saddle.

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8/2010

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8/2016

Komarr

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Miles Vorkosigan investigates an incident on the Planet Komarr. Very good story.

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4/2000

Legacy

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Book two of the series, Fawn and Dag are married, but his people don't like it much.

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8/2010

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8/2016

Memory

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Miles Vorkosigan investigates who stole Simon's memory.

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12/1999

Miles Errant

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Vorkosigan Omnibus (#4)
This omnibus edition is fun to revisit Bujold's wonderful stories.

Contents:
The Borders of Infinity
Brothers in Arms
Mirror Dance

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3/2023

Miles In Love

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Vorkosigan Omnibus (#6)
I love reading these stories over and over again!

Contents:
Komarr
A Civil Campaign
Winterfair Gifts

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8/2023

Miles Mutants And Microbes

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Vorkosigan Omnibus (#5)
Contents:
Falling Free
Labyrinth
Diplomatic Immunity

I enjoyed this omnibus very much, even with the repeat of Labyrinth!

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4/2023

Miles, Mystery, And Mayhem

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Vorkosigan Omnibus (#3)
Contains:
Cetaganda
Ethan of Athos
Labyrinth.
Great stories, I am re-reading them in the omnibus edition.

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4/2023

Mirror Dance

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Miles Vorkosigan goes to Jackson's Whole to help his brother

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12/1999

Paladin Of Souls

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Ista goes on a pilgrimage.

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5/2012

Passage

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Book three in The Sharing Knife series. Fawn, Dag, and the rest of the crew (and captain) are in the south.

Words I Had To Look Up:

towhead (pg. 318) -- A sandbar or low-lying alluvial island in a river, especially one with a stand of trees.

Quote:

Not a tidy heart shot, but that straw bale sure wasn't getting away. (pg. 197)

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8/2010

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8/2016

Penric's Progress

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Penric and Desdemona (Chronological), #1-3.
Three Penric stories, very good!
  Penric's Demon (Penric and Desdemona, #1)
  Penric and The Shaman (Penric and Desdemona, #2)
  Penric's Fox (Penric and Desdemona, #5)

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8/2021

Penric's Travels

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Three Penric stories.
  Penric's Mission (Penric and Desdemona, #3)
  Mira's Last Dance (Penric and Desdemona, #4)
  The Prisoner Of Limnos (Penric and Desdemona, #6)
Very enjoyable!

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8/2021

The Curse Of Chalion

Bujold, Lois McMaster
A washed-up wreck from the wars begs a job in the scullery at the castle where he used to be a page. Gets job as tutor to princess. First book in Chalion series.

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5/2012

Vorkosigan's Game

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Three stories about Miles Vorkosigan.

QUOTE:

"Where are you?" Ivan demanded suspiciously. "Stuck in limbo." "Well, I don't want any of it stuck to me," said Ivan roughly, and punched off-line.

BONUS QUOTE:

I can't believe this. Trapped in Ryoval's basement with a sex- starved teenage werewolf. There was nothing about this in any of my Imperial training manuals...

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1/2000

Young Miles

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Vorkosigan Omnibus (#2)

Contents:
The Warrior's Apprentice
The Mountains of Mourning
The Vor Game
Author's Afterword

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It isn't easy, being Vor...

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3/2023

SOS Titanic

Bunting, Eve
A boy travels from Ireland to America, part of the way, on the good ship Titanic. Good story, but why do I not have any other Bunting books on my list, eh?

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5/2015

Bankok 8

Burdett, John
Thai police detective investigates the death of an American Marine, with the help of an FBI agent. Lots of Buddhist thoughts. Snakes. Observation on the Thai sex industry.

Words I Had To Look Up:

Glyph -- A symbol, such as a stylized figure or arrow on a public sign, that imparts information nonverbally. (pg. 307)

Quote:

The new age of biotechnology will require a highly developed intuition which operates outside of logic, and anyway the internal destruction of Western society will have reached such a pass that most of your resources will be concentrated on managing loonies. -- pg. 153

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6/2007

A Clockwork Orange

Burgess, Anthony
I thought I saw the movie in 1968 or '69, which would have meant I saw it with Maureen, but it turns out that it was released in 1972. Which complicates things, as I was dating four or five women that year, three of whom I could have taken to the movie. I wish I had kept a diary!
The author, in his introduction, mentions a glossary. At least, I thought he did. Now, I can find no mention of it.

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9/2024
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