Endgame Viable

2 entries. 805 words.

August, 2013

• The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold. 2013-08-02 2:17 PM.
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  • everettrenshaw.com
  
  I started reading The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold … and this time, I actually *mean* reading, not listening to the audiobook. (There are people who insist that listening to an audiobook is the same as reading, but IMO they are very different media consumption experiences.) I picked it up because I saw that it was the next book in The Sword and Laser book club, so on impulse I got it. Not because I wanted to participate in The Sword and Laser, but because I’d wanted to read a Bujold book anyway because her name appears somewhat frequently on the Hugo award winner list. 276 words.
• The Curse of Chalion, Part 2. 2013-08-19 6:33 PM.
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  • everettrenshaw.com
  
  This book really grew on me. I almost stopped reading it at about 20%, but pressed onward, and I’m glad I did, because I feel like I learned something important about writing from this book. When I got to about 35% I was hooked, and when I got to about 40% I was riveted. I won’t spoil it but if you’ve read the book you probably know the events that caused the riveting. The book has a lot of religious themes after the 40% mark which are really interesting. 529 words.