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.
I didn't see this before our last meeting. I will have no problem reading 3,872 pages quickly. I may have a problem obtaining a copy because I think everyone will be getting them from the library! :)
ReplyDeleteMartin's books are not ones you read and walk away from easily, and A Storm of Swords works its way into you even more than the previous two in the series. "Storm" is an apt word...summer is over in the Seven Kingdoms and autumn has arrived with an unforgiving rain that drowns crops, bloats the many corpses, and leaves the characters searching for physical and emotional shelter. Unfortunately for them, little of either is to be found. Betrayals are expected, and as each person's defenders prove false one by one the feeling of desolation and loneliness is overpowering.
ReplyDeleteYou can read this book and gasp at Martin's ability to twist and turn the plot against itself, to create an immersive world, to avoid predictability at all costs. But when, an hour into another daily task, you suddenly feel inexplicable sadness and tears, you truly have experienced his gift: to create characters that live in you, and a mood that seeps into you as much as the rain does the gray, bloody mud.
Thanks for the great review of the series. I can already start to feel ridiculously connected to the characters and I'm only on A Clash of Kings.
DeleteYeah Storm of swords is when you really get hooked.
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