Catherine and I chat with Lois McMaster Bujold (!!!) about The Assassins of Thasalon. If you like the Penric & Desdemona books as much as we do (which is a LOT) you’ll love this episode! We cover the origin story of Penric and Desdemona, how her retirement partially rests on self publishing, and how much manga she’s reading and watching – with recommendations. Thank you to our Patreon community for the transcript, and to Laura … Continue reading 461. Gods, Demons, and Retirements with Lois McMaster Bujold →
I love the Penric and Desdemona series by Lois McMaster Bujold, and have listened to most of the novellas while sewing over the past year or so. My delight at learning that there was a new novel length Penric story was not measurable by current methods, even with all three of my tape measures. As of this writing, I am on my third fourth (oy) day of book hangover after finishing it. The Assassins of … Continue reading The Assassins of Thasalon by Lois McMaster Bujold →
American Sweethearts by Adriana Herrera is $1.99! This is book four in the Dreamers contemporary romance series. Herrera’s romances have been reviewed favorably on the site and have often been featured in Hide Your Wallet. Are you a Herrera fan?
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I read this novella about two years ago, had fond memories of it, and then spotted the audio version. Adding it to my library on a whim yielded four hours of deep relaxation in Beltway traffic (not an easy feat), on my patio while cross stitching (pretty easy) and while cooking (always good). The plot is simple and complicated: Penric is a good-hearted dude on his way to his betrothal when he stops because a … Continue reading Audiobook: Penric’s Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold →
NB: We have two reviews today for Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold. One from Carrie and one from RevMelinda. Their reviews are similar but distinct in how they react to the major revelations that take place in this story. We’re running them both, but in order to keep the discussion in one place, we’re closing comments on one and directing readers to the other – which is annoying, so we ask … Continue reading Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold →
NB: We have two reviews for Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold. One from Carrie and one from RevMelinda. Their reviews are similar but distinct in how they react to the major revelations that take place in this story. We’re running them both, but in order to keep the discussion in one place, we’re closing comments on one and directing readers to the other – which is annoying, so we ask … Continue reading Guest Review: Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold →
What a Lady Craves by Ashlyn Macnamara is 99c! This is a historical romance and we’ve talked about (more like ogled) Macnamara’s cover designs on a previous podcast. For fans of second chance romances, this may be for you. But many readers had issues with the hero and his actions. Have you read this one?
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Lois McMaster Bujold is one of my favorite authors, so I'm grateful to commenters who told me that a new book in the Vorkosigan Saga is out as of today (it's been available as an eARC for a while). While Captain Vorpatril's Alliance lacks the emotional punch of some of Bujold's other works, it is a lovely science fiction romance featuring none other than Miles' cousin Ivan. If you've read anything else by Bujold, you'll … Continue reading Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold: A Guest Review by CarrieS →
Lois McMaster Bujold wrote what is quite possibly the most famous, beloved, and awesome science fiction romance ever, A Civil Campaign. ( A | BN | K | S | iB) A Civil Campaign is a Regency Romance set in space, with manners, fantastic clothes, and awkward dinner parties mixed with cloning, recovery from physical and mental trauma, inter-galactic politics, humor, sadness, glowing HEAs, and much more. I'm not writing a full review of that … Continue reading Cordelia’s Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold – A Guest Review by CarrieS →
A few months ago, I asked y’all what book you would recommend to introduce romance to a Sci Fi/Fantasy reader who was curious about the genre. Robert, one of the tech support gurus at our host Esosoft, was curious romance, and based on your recommendations, I sent him a copy of Lois McMaster (aka McAwesome) Bujold’s Cordelia’s Honor, a two-in-one book that features Shards of Honor and Barrayar. I asked Robert what he thought, and … Continue reading Guest Review: Cordelia’s Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold →
Lois McMaster Bujold gave a Writer Guest of Honor Speech at Denvention 3 on 8 August about her experience as a writer crossing multiple genres, and it was full of awesome, puppies, win, and rainbow ponies. Her experiences with The Sharing Knife and her impressions of how romance and sf play nicely together and compliment one another are fascinating because her perspective is one from which we don’t necessarily see a lot of analysis: Romance … Continue reading Lois McMaster Bujold’s Denvention 3 Speech: Full Of Awesome →
