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Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.

A GAME OF THRONES

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.

Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.

25% in (view spoiler)[ It is a good thing I've at least seen the show so I can keep the characters and know a little bit about the story to be able to understand. So many different storylines (hide spoiler)]
50% in (view spoiler)[ I absolutely love the stark family. I also love the fact that they have the wolves too. I think Robb is my favorite stark child. I do love me some Jon Snow though (hide spoiler)]
75% in (view spoiler)[ Here we go with King Joffrey. Can't stand that little prick! Cersei too. Never disliked two people more! (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[ Holy mother of dragons. I feel so bad for her, between Drogo and her brother, poor girl. At least she has some Dragons now :) (hide spoiler)]

25% (view spoiler)[ 10,000 jars of wildfire. W.T.F. Cersei. That is a quite a lot of that deadly stuff. I like seeing more of Arya and seeing what a badass she is turning into already (hide spoiler)]
50% in (view spoiler)[ Cersei is up to something, we all know she doesn’t have any affection for Tyrion. (hide spoiler)]

80% in (view spoiler)[ So seriously Little Finger is so annoying but he is so smart. He really knows how to play everyone and get what he wants..I just wonder how far he can go before he messes with the wrong person (hide spoiler)]
Finished(view spoiler)[ So what is with everyone declaring themselves king? This book was so full of detail. I love all the characters, well most of them but I love the amount of description and planning that has went into these books. (hide spoiler)]

20% (view spoiler)[ I love seeing more of Danearys, she is quickly becoming one of my favorites. I probably love her “quest” the most out of them all. (hide spoiler)]
40% (view spoiler)[ The fact that Danearys bought the unsullied shows a lot about her character. She really wants to help everyone! (hide spoiler)]

60% (view spoiler)[ how the hell is jorah such a little spy. I mean I don’t think he meant harm, maybe at first but not once he got to know her. (hide spoiler)]

80% (view spoiler)[Jon is probably the most deserving to be leader of the Night’s Watch. (hide spoiler)]

End Chapter 8 (view spoiler)[ God Cersei is so annoying. I am convinced all she truly cares about is herself. She treats everyone else like shit, even her own kids. She uses people as pawns. She needs to meet an evil end. I’ve never loathed someone as much as I loathe her. (hide spoiler)]

End Chapter 24 (view spoiler)[ Litter Finger is so disgusting. Lusting after a child because she “looks like her mom” then acts like her father and asks her to “kiss her father” excuse my while I go vomit my breakfast up. (hide spoiler)]

End Chapter 36 (view spoiler)[ I love Sam he is really becoming one of my favorites. Although I cannot stand Gilly at all!. She is annoying, whiny and acts like a child. I was very sad to see Maester Aemons funeral. It was sad, he was a good ole man (hide spoiler)].

End of Chapter 40 (view spoiler)[ I hope Tyrion kills Cersei like Maggy’s prophecy said. She deserves it (hide spoiler)]

wow - you are so fast :D

Ivana A. wrote: "wow - you are so fast :D"

This has actually been my down time reading lol. But we're currently on lockout for work so our workers aren't working so I don't have work to do. Plus we're remodeling our house and I've been doing a lot of painting so you know reading :) lol

I'm done with this series for a bit :) I have a few others I want to finish lol

End of Chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ I love Jon. It is really cool that he is dreaming of things through his wolves eyes. “You know nothing, Jon Snow" But what does it meannnnn???? (hide spoiler)]
End of Chapter 18 (view spoiler)[ The fog is restless souls? What….am I drunk? (hide spoiler)]
End of Chapter 48 (view spoiler)[ So Brienne tells Jamie he has to come to save Sansa. Interesting. I am beginning to like Jamie more than I did when I started reading the books (hide spoiler)]
End of Chapter 54 (view spoiler)[ I love seeing Cersei as a prisoner. I cannot stand that old hag (hide spoiler)]

and here I am - still struggling with the first book :P

Well done, nicole! I wish I was that fast!

Finished (view spoiler)[ I loved the book, and it was easy at the beginning, because I could already find the characters from the TV Show. I loved how some things were different, and I loved how the characters were so well described, that it made you love them with all your heart or hate them with all your heart.

I loved Daenerys's story - it was different than the TV show.
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