I've just started LMB's Paladin of Souls after really enjoying her Curse of Chalion (and the Vor books too, over the years). I'm only a chapter or two in and she has me chuckling with her small character sketches and slice of life portraits. She's good at flawed people and the start to this book feels very Chaucerian. I couldn't wait for Paladin to come out in paperback, but I didn't want to pay the $40 (cdn) for the new hardcover. Fortunately/unfortunately, I found it remaindered.
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JohnSweden - Sep 23, 2004 7:52:11 am PDT #5990 of 10002
I can't even.
Kate P. - Sep 23, 2004 8:40:19 am PDT #5991 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I just gave my housemate Curse of Chalion for her birthday--but if she doesn't start in on it soon, I may have to borrow it from her. I've never read any LMB but after seeing all the raves about her here, I'm eager to start.
Ginger - Sep 23, 2004 8:44:07 am PDT #5992 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The Paladin of Souls is a wonderful book.
JohnSweden - Sep 23, 2004 9:05:35 am PDT #5993 of 10002
I can't even.
Ginger, did you get a chance to read Say Goodbye yet?
Ginger - Sep 23, 2004 9:16:56 am PDT #5994 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
No, JS, but I do have it neatly piled in my to-be-read pile, which also includes the 9/11 Report, The Things They Carried, a Jennifer Crusie book, a couple of mysteries and a book about tuberculosis.
Ouise - Sep 23, 2004 9:56:49 am PDT #5995 of 10002
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
I loved Paladin of Souls. As soon as I read it, it leaped over Memory in my mental ranking of Lois McMaster Bujuld's books, and is currently in first place.
DavidS - Sep 23, 2004 11:12:13 am PDT #5996 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Trudy Booth - Sep 23, 2004 11:29:57 am PDT #5997 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I actually found that out at a picnic last summer...
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JohnSweden - Sep 23, 2004 11:30:58 am PDT #5998 of 10002
I can't even.
No, JS, but I do have it neatly piled in my to-be-read pile, which also includes the 9/11 Report, The Things They Carried, a Jennifer Crusie book, a couple of mysteries and a book about tuberculosis.
Ah, gotcha. I have a similar pile with different books.
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Well, unless one of your mysteries is the new Ian Rankin.
Trudy Booth - Sep 23, 2004 11:32:25 am PDT #5999 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
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