I finished A Storm of Swords today as well. So I am fully entrenched in The Song of Ice and Fire ( Read more... )

I'm bummed ( Read more... )

Oh yeah. And holy motherfucking shit! I found out today that George R R Martin is going to be in New Mexico come November 29th! And he's going to be at my favorite indy bookstore in Albuquerque, Page One ( Read more... )

For those of you who like Neil Gaiman but don't read his blog (officialgaiman) you may have missed this little piece of coolness.

That link takes you to an entry of his where he posts a link to the audio book download of the first chapter of his new book coming out at the end of September: Anansi Boys. I'm so excited about this book and George R. R. Martin's ( Read more... )

So Friday afternoon, around 3:00 or so, we lose internet connection yet again. Lovely. So I'm on the phone with our ISP yet again. Lovely. They are talking to their subcontractor, (why they have a subcontractor is beyond my understanding of IT management) and no one understands why we are having so many problems with our service. They have ( Read more... )

Not having internet at work for eight hours makes my job even worse than it normally is.

I'm hating my realtors right now.

I read the first mention of Qohorik this morning. I don't know if that's the same as en_ki's Qwe Rtyuiop, but I'll see/read.

So yes, I am still working through George R. R. Martin's A Clash of Kings. I've found that I can basically promise that I'll be able to get through about 100 pages a week in reading my "pleasure" reading at the moment. 20 pages a day during the work week and an unknown amount during the weekend. Some weekends more than others. ( I don't want to spoil anything for anyone )

It's been recommended to me by a fellow Gaiman fan that I should read Neverwhere before I get into George RR Martin. It might be a good call, so my reading list may need to change so that I start my George reading this coming weekend (or the following week) rather than this evening.