Welcome to Litsy!

Just like nearly every other Bujold book I‘ve read, this was a delight from the beginning to the end. My only disappointment is that none of the characters from Paladin of Souls appeared, even in cameos! But Ingrey, Ijada, Learned Hallana, Learned Oswin, Prince Jokol, and the rest made up for it. I‘d love to read a companion book about Jokol, Breiga, and their brave young divine!

Here‘s my #bookspin list for February! Only two things came off the list from last month… I still plan to read the tagged book, which is my January spin, but I figure I may as well get #bookspinbingo credit for it if I finish it this month. Or if it‘s this month‘s pick again that‘s OK too 😉

Here‘s my #bookspinbingo board for January! I‘m eyeing that middle column… the official #bookspin, a book I‘ve already started for #newyearwhodis, and TWO free spaces make it a relatively doable target!

P.S. Don‘t mind the white-out lines. I thought I could draw the board in pen without marking it out in pencil first 😅

Signs of the Bastard‘s holy presence tend to be unmistakable ... the screaming, the altercations, the people running in circles...
*love* Bujold‘s writing 🤣. Do you suspect this might be the favourite of her 5 gods?

Gesca let his voice lilt upward into a feminine falsetto - ‘the lady thinks your smile is *devastating.*‘

Just started this and finding its mood autumnal for some reason. Maybe it‘s the title or the cover illustration but it‘s slow (in a good way) and rich. This is the third book in the ‘Chalion‘ series (set in the same world of Five Gods but so far no common characters) and the only one I haven‘t read yet so I am savouring it. Waiting for the ‘Penric‘ books to come out in print.

The writing's not as deft as Bujold and the intro and outro are both a little clunky, but then I'm being overly particular because this one is oh, such fun in the middle, and the details are incredible.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17056

#fanfiction

If you want a fast-moving easy read, do not read the book. If you are in the mood to finish a brilliant political/spirit animal/theological heavy/royal court fantasy murder mystery with the most hilarious scene that includes an Ice Bear, you should read this book. #hugoaward

I listened to about an hour of this and just couldn't get into it. Is it the narrator? Is it the story? Is it my mood? 🤷

Maybe I'll try again one day.

There never was a golden age. It was always only iron.
The gods have no hands in this world but ours. If we fail Them, where then can They turn?