Readers please note: If you haven’t read book one in this series, The Curse of Chalion, you may wish to avoid this review of book two, which contains spoilers for the earlier novel. Dear Ms. Bujold, A week or two ago I finished reading the first book in your Chalion ... more >
Dear Ms. Bujold, Last year my husband and I started reading your fantasy novel, The Curse of Chalion. We read it aloud to each other but only got as far as the 34% mark before we decided the pace was too slow. I posted about this in my reading list ... more >
With only a few exceptions, 2013 continues to be a disappointing year for me. Here’s what I’ve been reading lately: The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud This novel is narrated in alternating first and third person. The first person sections are in the POV of Bartimaeus, a djinni whom ... more >
Dear Ms. Bujold: Thank you for sending us your book for review. I have been a late adopter of the Bjuold universe, but I am becoming an ardent collector. My first book that I had read of yours was the first in this series: The Sharing Knife: Beguilement. We are ... more >
This review comes to use from Charlene Teglia whose 2007 book, Wild, Wild West, was a big winner here at DearAuthor. Her next latest release, Satisfaction Guaranteed, is due out March 08. *** Dear Jane: I love the Vorkosigan series. It’s full of adventure and excitement and clashing cultures, romance, ... more >
Dear Jane, I would not describe myself as a science fiction fan-and not because I haven’t tried it. Thanks to my college habit of taking only classes that met Tuesday-Thursday, I’ve read the whole SF canon, everything from Left Hand of Darkness to Snow Crash. And while I didn’t hate ... more >