[LMB] New Member's Query

[Elizabeth Holden]

From: "Kait Bessing" <kait.bessing at comhem.se>

Hello, Kait!  Nice to see you on the list.

> > Are there any other non-US members on this list? I would be interested to
> > know.

Yes, a fair number of  us. Has there ever been a head count? 
 
> Now for my query: Since I joined this list, I've had about 35 messages, and
> > NONE have been about Bujold and her books. Would you say that's a typical
> > representation of the list?

It's hard to say what's typical. I delete a lot of message unread, when they just don't interest
me. What tends to happen is that a person will raise a topic and it, or some ancillary point in
it, will be picked up on and used as fodder for discussion.

Sometimes these points are about the Bujold novels.  Sometimes they are about ... other things. 
Sometimes they are about other things in relation to Bujold novels.

Some of us are really happy when someone raises a Bujold topic, and it catches on.

Generally speaking, I'm more likely to comment to a comment about a Vorkosigan novel because I
like (and consequently know) them better than the fantasies. But a good discussion is a good
discussion and not to be sneezed at.

> SO - I'm just reading Beguilement, part 1 of The Sharing Knife. I suppose
> > you've had this discussion already, but can someone spare - and share - a
> > few thoughts about it?

I loved that book.  Really. Particularly liked Dag and Fawn as characters. Loved Fawn's situation
and her family.  Loved the way she was introduced.

On the other hand, I wasn't particularly interested in the Malice.

Mervi said:
> I'm one of those people who like the Vorkosigan books more. 

As do I.

>  favourite
> Bujold fantasy is the Hallowed Hunt even though that too has a
> boy-meets-girl romance. 

Of all the Bujold fantasies, I (so far) like "Th Sharing Knife: The Beguiling" by far the best.

namste,
Elizabeth