Me, too! And I'm not really sure why I'm reading ahead, because I never want to be spoiled for other shows. But I kept having to check the wiki and the westeros.org sites to check names, and then I just picked up the book, and ... there you go.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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Amy - Jun 06, 2011 2:52:43 pm PDT #3645 of 7329
Because books.
-t - Jun 06, 2011 3:08:05 pm PDT #3646 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It is hard not to be spoiled when you kinda need the references, and if you're going to get spoiled then reading the source is the purest way to go about it.
Which is to say, makes perfect sense to me, Amy.
sumi - Jun 06, 2011 4:01:21 pm PDT #3647 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
Amy - have your read the other books or just A Game of Thrones?
Amy - Jun 06, 2011 4:02:42 pm PDT #3648 of 7329
Because books.
I just started A Clash of Kings, sumi. Loving the new characters being introduced so far, but I'm not even past the prologue.
Rayne - Jun 06, 2011 4:17:57 pm PDT #3649 of 7329
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
I started reading A Game of Thrones about a week before the series aired. I finished A Feast for Crows a couple weeks ago. That series consistently went places I never thought it would go! OMG, can it be June 12th already?!
sumi - Jun 06, 2011 4:25:54 pm PDT #3650 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
Rayne - Third book? Epilogue - total HSQ !!! You know. . . for me.
Theodosia - Jun 06, 2011 5:07:57 pm PDT #3651 of 7329
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I swear, those books have some of the best HSQ of any series I can remember reading. Seriously having to put down the damn book and walk around the room going "Holy Shit!" for a while.
Amy - Jun 06, 2011 5:11:32 pm PDT #3652 of 7329
Because books.
Seriously having to put down the damn book and walk around the room going "Holy Shit!" for a while.
S. keeps saying at the end of every episode, "The shit is really going to hit the fan now!" and I say, "...you said that last week, babe."
-t - Jun 06, 2011 5:16:33 pm PDT #3653 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Seriously having to put down the damn book and walk around the room going "Holy Shit!" for a while.
Right? Having somebody else read them just a little while after you do is the best, because you can get all that validated.
Rayne - Jun 06, 2011 7:24:58 pm PDT #3654 of 7329
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
The entire third book destroyed me. I'm normally a silent reader, but I caught myself gasping out loud on several occasions.
The worst part about reading these books is that I usually "share" what I'm reading with my boyfriend. He's not a reader (which makes me horribly sad), but he's always asking me about what I'm reading and I love to tell him everything that's happening (oh the fun we had with Twilight!) But since we're watching the series together, I didn't share anything with him. That was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do!
When I finished the last book, I felt horribly sad because I wanted more, and I knew there wasn't more. (I was so immersed in this world for six weeks it was hard to let it go.) I'm sure that feeling will be worse after A Dance with Dragons because then I know it will be a loooooooong wait.