What are you currently reading?
The Camelot Conspiracy by E. Duke Vincent
What did you just finish reading?
A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
Breeder by KB Hoyle (This is an ARC and part of a blog tour, so the review won’t be posted until Dec. 10.)
I Grew My Boobs in China by Savannah Grace
What do you think you’ll read next?
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer
A Feast For Crows by George RR Martin
I am absolutely loving my second read through of The Game of Thrones. The world of Westeros and beyond is completely fascinating and there is just so much depth to everything George RR Martin has written. It’s hard to believe this is fiction and fantasy instead of something out of our history books. I want it to be real. I expect to look at an old map and find the Seven Kingdoms somewhere. This is almost more of my legend than King Arthur and his court.
Can you tell which ones I’ve gotten though? I’m a little hard on my paperbacks. These are going to be torn to shreds in a few years.
I did not realize JUST how much happened in A Storm of Swords. I knew this book covered most of the last season of the show, but I also knew that Martin spread the timeline out over two books. (A Feast for Crows covers the same chronological timeframe for the most part, just with different character POV.) It didn’t register with me, though, that I would see all of the really major BOOM BOOM BOOM plot points here. For those of you who have read the books, or seen the show, you know exactly what I’m talking about.
For those of you who haven’t…I won’t tell you. Just get ready. Be prepared to set aside time for this book. And wine. Lots and lots of wine.
The only real individual thought I have noted down for this one is regarding Arya:
I always forget how long Arya’s journey is. Everyone else’s lives vary and are exciting, noteable. But Arya fades into the background so much, even though she probably has the hardest battles of everyone. Her pain is constant, with no end in sight, wave after wave of older men taking advantage or using her for her name or ransom, taking her in a direction she doesn’t want to go. She is wholly driven, almost made sociopathic by her motivations and circumstances. She kills without emotion or remorse, even her “prayers” are murderous and revengeful.
What are you currently reading?
A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
What did you just finish reading?
I Grew My Boobs in China by Savannah Grace
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
First There Wasn’t, Then There Was by Troy Blackford
What do you think you’ll read next?
Breeder by KB Hoyle (This is an ARC and part of a blog tour, so the review won’t be posted until Dec. 10)
The Camelot Conspiracy by E Duke Vincent
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
“In his dreams the dead came burning, gowned in swirling green flames. Jaime danced around them with a golden sword, but for every one he struck down two more arose to take his place.”
–George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords
What are you currently reading?
Flesh and Blood by Michael Cunningham
What did you just finish reading?
A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin
Fairies by Skye Alexander
My Days with Princess Grace of Monaco by Joan Dale
What do you think you’ll read next?
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
I Grew My Boobs in China by Savannah Grace
A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
As I Lay Reading 