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Topic: "A Game of Thrones"
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itainteasy
♀ 31094
Member # 31094 |  Posted: 12:23 PM, December 31st (Tuesday), 2013 |     |
I'm sure some of you have read it..
I got the series for Christmas, haven't started it yet.
Thoughts? Good, bad? It's the first series I know NOTHING about that I'm about to read.
I haven't watched the show, either so I'm really going in blind. 
Posts: 3446 | Registered: Feb 2011 | From: NWPA |
GabyBaby
♀ 26928
Member # 26928 | | Posted: 12:57 PM, December 31st (Tuesday), 2013 | |
The first four books are fantastic, then (in my opinion) the author gets a little long-winded and adds in a lot of extra characters that make it more difficult to keep the threads of the story.
Don't get me wrong- it is a GREAT series.
However, George R. R. Martin is a slow writer (perfectionist), so it takes a long while for the next book to come out.
Enjoy! 
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Posts: 9465 | Registered: Dec 2009 | From: Here and There |
itainteasy
♀ 31094
Member # 31094 | | Posted: 1:20 PM, December 31st (Tuesday), 2013 | |
Thank you!
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Crescita
♀ 32616
Member # 32616 | | Posted: 2:37 PM, December 31st (Tuesday), 2013 | |
Still working my through 5. I found books 2 and 4 to be a bit of a chore but for the most part I'm enjoying the series.
“Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.” ― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
Posts: 3636 | Registered: Jun 2011 | From: The Valley of the Sun |
JanaGreen
♀ 29341
Member # 29341 | | Posted: 2:57 PM, December 31st (Tuesday), 2013 | |
I agree with Gaby except that I found the fourth book to be pretty tedious too (although still good).
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Posts: 7716 | Registered: Aug 2010 | From: The land of a thousand guilts and poured cement |
itainteasy
♀ 31094
Member # 31094 | | Posted: 11:58 AM, January 6th (Monday), 2014 | |
I'm loving it so far. I'm totally grossed out by the incest, though I'm enjoying the intrigue.
Posts: 3446 | Registered: Feb 2011 | From: NWPA |
SurprisinglyOkay
♀ 36684
Member # 36684 | | Posted: 12:33 PM, January 6th (Monday), 2014 | |
I love it!
I had a long break between 4 and 5, which I'm reading now.
Even though I read the wiki pages for reminders, I am so lost when certain things and characters come up....
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Posts: 1167 | Registered: Sep 2012 | From: 221B |
Alex CR
♀ 27968
Member # 27968 | | Posted: 4:15 PM, January 10th (Friday), 2014 | |
I read them all when the last one, Dance of Dragons came out. Both H and I spent many months reading them. Sometimes it dragged a little, but he develops the characters so well that I could almost see them. I really enjoyed the series and look forward to Martin getting another one out.
When it came out on video we bought the first season and I think they did a pretty good job picking most of the people to fit the parts.
I think reading it is still better than watching it though.
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IrishLass518
♀ 34373
Member # 34373 | | Posted: 5:12 PM, January 10th (Friday), 2014 | |
Love them, just started book 5 this week and I am addicted to the show. I have a love/hate thing with the author as I have come to know this series better.
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Posts: 1858 | Registered: Jan 2012 | From: WA |
traicionada
♀ 10310
Member # 10310 | | Posted: 9:18 PM, January 15th (Wednesday), 2014 | |
I just got home from the library with my shiny copy of Book 4. I can't wait
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Posts: 3597 | Registered: Apr 2006 | From: Dallas, Texas |
cannibal
♂ 40560
Member # 40560 | | Posted: 3:39 AM, January 16th (Thursday), 2014 | |
I absolutely love the show!!!
I can't wait until the new season starts!!!
I haven't read the books. I've heard there are a few differences, but like all novels the books tell it better than the tv ever could.
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Posts: 95 | Registered: Sep 2013 | From: Home of the Derby |
Coachdig10
♂ 41706
Member # 41706 | | Posted: 7:47 PM, January 17th (Friday), 2014 | |
This is the best series of books I have read. Liked if even more than the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. I am currently reading Name of the WInd and find it good as well.
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Posts: 71 | Registered: Dec 2013 | From: California |
Slayer
♀ 42138
Member # 42138 | | Posted: 10:48 PM, January 19th (Sunday), 2014 | |
I tried so hard to get into these books and I just couldn't. I don't know why, but I couldn't get "lost" into it like I like
Posts: 20 | Registered: Jan 2014 | From: USA |
Ascendant
♂ 38303
Member # 38303 | | Posted: 9:25 AM, January 20th (Monday), 2014 | |
This is probably my favorite book series ever. Love 'em.
Comparison is the thief of joy.
Posts: 4949 | Registered: Jan 2013 | From: North of Chicago, Illinois |
flayed
♀ 41875
Member # 41875 | | Posted: 3:29 PM, February 3rd (Monday), 2014 | |
I think this is probably my favorite series of books ever. For me there weren't any slow books. I am dying for the next one to come out. That is my only complaint....too long to wait in between books.
Coachdig10- where did you get Name of the Wind?
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flayed
♀ 41875
Member # 41875 | | Posted: 4:18 PM, February 3rd (Monday), 2014 | |
Oops. I got mixed up about the author for "Name of the Wind".
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JanaGreen
♀ 29341
Member # 29341 | | Posted: 4:35 PM, February 3rd (Monday), 2014 | |
For those who've read the books & watched the show, did you love both? I held off watching until I finished the books and I haven't started yet.
He's 41, I'm 35. One awesome 6-year-old daughter, and a brand-new sweet baby boy, June 5.
Posts: 7716 | Registered: Aug 2010 | From: The land of a thousand guilts and poured cement |
flayed
♀ 41875
Member # 41875 | | Posted: 4:48 PM, February 3rd (Monday), 2014 | |
I love both the books and the HBO series. Tyrion most of all
Be aware that there will be differences....more and more as the series progresses.
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SurprisinglyOkay
♀ 36684
Member # 36684 | | Posted: 8:54 PM, February 3rd (Monday), 2014 | |
For those who've read the books & watched the show, did you love both? I held off watching until I finished the books and I haven't started yet.
I love both! I am more of a reader so I would read the books first. I read the books a while ago and read them so fast that as I watch I'm trying to remember what actually happened in the books, and having trouble.
I may need to read them again at some point.
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Posts: 1167 | Registered: Sep 2012 | From: 221B |
Crescita
♀ 32616
Member # 32616 | | Posted: 12:19 PM, February 4th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
I love both the TV series and the books. Maybe the show more, but they are further behind so we'll see how that goes.
I started with the show, and found the female characters more endearing, then on to the books and the male characters are more appealing. Except Tyrion, he is awesome in both.
I wouldn't worry about spoiling yourself one way or the other, they are different enough to be enjoyable in both forms.
“Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.” ― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
Posts: 3636 | Registered: Jun 2011 | From: The Valley of the Sun |
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