OT - Stop the hating!

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Enough hating--let's share the Miles love, instead.  This comment by hazelwillow was buried in the last post, but so many of us have read the Vorkosigan books that everyone should weigh in.  From hazelwillow :

I've heard so much about Bujold around here over the years, she's been on my TBR list for a long while. Problem is, the library catalogue is unhelpful about which I should read first, and Wikipedia isn't much help either...at least, it lists them by publication date but mentions an internal chronology that's different? Should I read them in their publication order? Wikipedia lists either Shards of Honour or Cordelia's Honour as the first chronologically, but it doesn't feature some of the more interesting characters, I think? IDK, I tried Cordelia's Honour once and found it hard to get hooked... I've heard Miles is a great character but he's not in that one I believe? I've also tried one from later on in the series, but found I was missing too much... it assumed I was already invested in the character. I need one that will make me fall in love with the characters.

I'm wary of reading too much from wikipedia in fear of Spoilers.

So, as a Bujold fan, where would you recommend I start? :)