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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 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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A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
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OMG I HATE the beginning of this book. I’ve had to restart three times. I don’t care about Chett the boily-faced lackey of the Night’s Watch or his planned rebellion.The prologue is awful. Here are some of my thoughts while … Continue reading

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A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
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What to say about book 2? I went through this one pretty fast as it was overall pretty enjoyable for a mid-series sequel (usually they just fill in details on more interesting plot arcs for later, and end up a hodgepodge … Continue reading

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Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
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So, apparently this is Kelley’s favorite book. She moderates a web forum about it and made me read it a couple years back even though I insisted I don’t like fantasy. I confess that when I read it, I found A Game … Continue reading

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