Reading roundup

[hamsterwoman]

68. Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity -- so, this is the book which is, essentially, a collection of the three Miles Vorkosigan novellas ("The Mountains of Mourning", "Labyrinth", and "The Borders of Infinity"), tied together by a sort of framing story where Miles recalls or tells Illyan about these three events.

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[sheiannasherra]

I'd say that I enjoyed all three of the novellas included in Borders of Infinity equally though I do agree with you on the whole Taura and Miles's relationship thing. I've been enjoying the books so much that I've put The Vor Game & Barrayar on hold now.

[hamsterwoman]

Oh, good! :D

Barrayar is actually the second half of the prequel to the Miles books (well, it's not really a prequel since it was written first... but it takes place earlier than they, at any rate) and, if memory serves, The Vor Game takes off pretty much right after "The Mountains of Mourning". Now, if only you could get ahold of The Warrior's Apprentice, the first Miles book, you would have the beginning of the story all patched up :)

[sheiannasherra]

*ARGH!* I just went to see if the local library had The Warrior's Apprentice and they don't so I went to the inter-library catalog (state wide)and they do have it. Tried to put it on hold and was informed that I can't do that because it's available at the local library. *sigh* I guess I'll have to talk to one of the librarians the next time I go in to see if there is any way to convince the state program that the local library really doesn't have that title.

[hamsterwoman]

Drat!

This is sort of a backwards way of going about it, but maybe it's another option to look into: the various individual Vorkosiverse books have been collected into bundled editions. Thus, there's Young Miles, which includes The Warrior's Apprentice and also The Vor Game and "The Mountains of Mourning". You don't need the latter two, since you've read one and have the other on hold, but if your local library has the omnibus edition, that might be one way to get your hands on the former.

[sheiannasherra]

I saw those on the state catalog but didn't try putting any on hold. I wonder if it will let me? I suppose it's worth a try!

Edit: Woohoo! It worked! I now have Young Miles on hold so I can read (eventually) The Warrior's Apprentice!

[hamsterwoman]

Yay! :D