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A Song of Ice and Fire: “The Mystery Knight” by George R.R. Martin
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Well, I’m glad to have these mini stories from the Game of Thrones series done. The short stories weren’t exceptionally great, featured none of our beloved characters, but did provide interesting backstory I suppose. I guess I’m just glad to put GRR (and that’s … Continue reading

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A Song of Ice and Fire: “The Sworn Sword” by George R.R. Martin
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Dunk and Egg return in this volume about a dried up stream and a dam and the lord and lady who are fighting over it. Wow, I don’t know what else to say about this one than that. That’s virtually ALL that happened. Well, … Continue reading

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A Song of Ice and Fire: “The Hedge Knight” by George R.R. Martin
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So, Kelley tells me these short stories of the A Song of Ice and Fire series are even better than the novels themselves and that I should be prepared to cry. We’ll see. The first, “The Hedge Knight,” is all about an unlikely tourney … Continue reading

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A Dance with Dragons – George R.R. Martin
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Harumph. I did not like this one at all. At all. Boring, wordy, and slow of plot, A Dance with Dragons should have been left out of the series, as was apparently the author’s original intent. Nothing happens! (Except ’til … Continue reading

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