A Song of Ice and Fire Reading Schedule

Before we get to the reading schedule, please take a minute to comment on this post as to your availability this summer.  I think we will probably stick to only one official meeting, but let me know if anyone wants to meet and when you'd be available during the summer.  Don't forget about our trip to see Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter- the movie comes out June 22nd, so please let me know when you'd be able to go as a group to the movies!

Since we are reading four books between now and August, the format for the reviews is going to be a little different this time.  I'm going to be reviewing each book we read as a whole instead of splitting it up into parts.  With the short time frame, I think this will work best for us; they'll be three weeks apart rather than every other day.  So here is our schedule!

• A Game of Thrones- June 9th
• A Clash of Kings- June 30th
• A Storm of Swords- July 21st
• A Feast for Crows- August 11th

Happy reading!

Fifty Shades of Grey Final Review

Our meeting on Saturday was a great success!  We had a blast and everyone was so creative with their food and apparel.  Thanks to everyone who came out to our meeting on Saturday, especially our three new members!

Here is our final review for Fifty Shades of Grey.  If you missed the first review, you can find it here.  As always, spoilers ahead.  Read at your own risk.

Winter is Coming... in the Middle of Summer!

Just a real quick little post before our meeting today.  Thanks to everyone who voted in our poll.  The people of Westeros have spoken and our Summer Reading Series will be....

A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin!

There is one thing we need decide before we get reading- how many of the books are we going to read?  Currently, there are five books in the series.  The last one, A Dance with Dragons, is excluded because it's not yet available in paperback.  That leaves us with A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows.  Do we think that we can get through all four before we meet again?  Something to think about is that A Storm of Swords and A Feast for Crows are the same time period, just divided by points of view.  So technically, they can be thought of as one giant book.  However, if we read all four our page total will be 3,872 pages.  Let me know what your thoughts are and I'll post our decision along with the reading schedule next week after the in-person meeting.

Fifty Shades of Grey News and More!

Hello everyone!  Just wanted to remind you that today is the LAST day to vote for our summer reading series and that our in-person meeting for Fifty Shades of Grey is THIS Saturday!  We've got a lot of things going on right now, but I know we're all excited to talk about this book.

There's a lot of information out there about our current book club selection, so I thought I'd round it all up for you!  (More after the jump)

Fifty Shades of Grey Part 1 Review

If you will notice to your right, I've posted the poll for our summer reading series.  For some reason, it let me add more than four this time.  Don't ask me why.  You'll have until May 10th at 11:59pm to vote in the poll.

Below is the review of the first 249 pages of Fifty Shades of Grey.  With the last book, I was pretty specific with the review.  With this book, not so much.  Now- on to the review and beware of spoilers!