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My Thoughts on George Martin’s A Clash of Kings

Over Memorial Day weekend, I completed my reading of George R.R. Martin’s A Clash of Kings, the second book of A Song of Fire and Ice series.  After having read book one, A Game of Thrones, and thoroughly enjoying it, I was looking for a very similar experience with this second book.  While the story [...]

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A Return Trip To Westeros – Now Reading A Clash of Kings

After completing my journey with The Maltese Falcon, and being only 50 pages away from completing Bleak House, I’ve decided to take a break between books on my Classics Club list, and make my return trip to the land of Westeros by reading George R.R. Martin’s A Clash of Kings.  A Clash of Kings is the [...]

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My Thoughts On Game Of Thrones

On December 4th, I completed my reading of George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones, the first book of A Song of Ice and Fire.  I read this book on my Kindle as part of a bundled package of four that also includes A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows.  [...]

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December Is Here – Time To End 2011 With A Bang

It just seems like yesterday that it was January and the year was new.  I can’t believe how quickly 2011 has gone by.  Before I turn to what’s coming for December, I just want to take a moment to talk about this past month.  In November, I continue participating in a read-along for Leo Tolstoy’s [...]

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Game Of Thrones – A Look At Tyrion

With all my recent talk of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, I’ve been a bit remiss on my other read, George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones.  The last couple of weeks I’ve been ahead with my reading with Anna Karenina and the read-along, that I picked up my Kindle and began reading A Game of [...]

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Teaser Tuesday – A Game of Thrones

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly 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 [...]

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Now Reading – A Game of Thrones

Moving toward the last few months of the year, I’m beginning to find myself more of a polygamous reader.  As I’ve mentioned previously, I plan on reading Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged with my brother and sister, but since I don’t know exactly when we’re going to start, or how long that will take, I’ve decided [...]

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