winter is coming. it would do well to get here already.

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Oh, man. You know you need to get off your ass when an entire weekend can be qualified as productive solely because you (finally!) shaved your legs.

Although, it bears noticing that upon a second reading of A Game of Thrones, realization dawned that I really like Queen Cersei and kind of want to smack Eddard Stark around something fierce. Also Arya remains glorious and Jon Snow is still mah boy. Plus I have this new-found love, (though love is not the right word, I guess care for her arc is the appropriate concept here) for Cat Stark, the first time she, like Sansa, rubbed me in ALL THE WRONG WAYS, but I guess I'm more mature now ::coughshutupcough:: and her general situation and struggle is more interesting and resonating than before. Though I find myself hard-pressed to give my unconditional love to anybody who is not Arya or Bran or Jon. Or Dany. Yet, I keep on reading so, well played Mr. Author, well played.

Got the second book (which I've never read) in the series already lined up and everything. Will get to it right after I'm done with the current Terry Pratchett (The Truth, in case you were curious. And in this particular universe, I've no qualms with pledging my unbreakable loyalty to all and sundry. Excellently played, Mr. Author). Then I'll get back to the complicated political hijinks of Westeros and adjacent lands.

Ugh, I hate that my windows are located in such a fashion that NO BREEZE EVER GETS IN, which means that no matter how fresh outside, unless the walls themselves are cool, its an over in here and I'm sweating and getting itchy and annoyed. AUTUMN, SHOW YER FACE, DUDE.

Comments

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I've never read A Game of Thrones, mostly because its size makes it look like a daunting read. That's weird coming from me - I LOVE to read - but unfortunately I don't have as much time as I would like to read these days. Is it worth the read? I'm planning on tackling it this summer.

[penandnotebook]

Oh, I definitely recommend it. It's a good read, if a bit daunting, as you say. It's one of those stories whose plots have plots of their own which, in turn, are made out of little plots. It all adds up and you get this complex series of events all moving by themselves but inevitably linked together in the end. Also there are certain aspects left to general interpretation and I approve of that very heartily.

Besides, as I wrote, when you can appreciate the villains and sometimes be annoyed/angry at the heroes, well you know there's some worthy characterization. I should warn you though, the moral scales go from light-grey to black. Which I also like in my characters.

So, yeah. It's certainly worth the read. Plus there's the series coming up on April on HBO, so maybe you could watch that and decide if you're still interested in going forth with the book.