A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords are both long, long books. So is Under the Dome. It took me 5 weeks to read ACoK and 6 to read ASoS. It took me 2 weeks to read Under the Dome ( Read more... )

My goal was to finish 'A Storm Of Swords' by the premiere of GoT. Whoops. Six days late. But I got out ahead of the tv show at least. For 24 hours. Since they decided to throw in some stuff from book 4 or 5 (the Theon stuff). But I was familiar with that storyline, at least, and I knew the rest of it. On to 'Under The Dome' now, try to finish that ( Read more... )

A part 1 of course means a part 2. And I've got some spitballing to do regarding Haven.

The season ended over 4 months ago, so I don't think spoiler space is warranted. If you think it is, stop now.

OK?

First off, I have no idea/have not been spitballing the following:
1. What, exactly, the Troubles are.
2. Why they seem to be on a generational schedule ( Read more... )

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

How ironic...or maybe not. I've read so much King (everything up until about 10 years ago, sporadically since then) that I probably shouldn't be at all surprised. BTW, my writing sample was from an essay I wrote about being an extra in a film 8 years ago. I don't think I've ( Read more... )