What have you just READ?

[cowboyfromhell]

Now starting on A Dance With Dragons. (It's really here! In my hands after 6 years!)

Ordered my copy, although I'm still only 80% through the third book!

[windowmaker]

A note for all those looking into reading some George R R Martin and his a Song of Ice and Fire series, its currently part of the 3 for £10 deal in Asda. Bargain!

[Dog of War]

Just finished Catch-22 for the second time, got even better.
Started A Game of Thrones. Read it for a while, only about 100 pages in and already hooked.

[G3!ST]

ummmmm pre-ordered dance with dragons ages ago.. and it never arrived, look at my order on amazon and see it says estimated dispatch of september 2012... good to see that it has been released already and i had no idea ;/

[cowboyfromhell]

Maybe you ordered the paperback - only the hardback is out currently mate.

[MrsSekhmet]

Stephen kings bag of bones.. Almost done reading it.

[Dog of War]

Finished a Game of Thrones, really enjoyed it.
Gonna start reading a Clash of Kings next week.

[cowboyfromhell]

I finished a Storm of Swords, easily the best of the series so far.

[Deez.Nuts]

The Primal Blueprint, I have finally finished, but will read it again.

Today I should also finish Game of Thrones, about 100 pages to go! Then I'll start the next book in spain

[Bobbobthebob]

A Dance with Dragons. It was okay; better than the preceding novel but I was hoping for more overall story progression. Instead a whole bunch of new plot threads are brought in with very little closure. Very "cliffhangery" and fun to read nonetheless.

Oh well, I’ll see what happens next in another half decade.

[Captain Planet]

A Dance with Dragons. It was okay; better than the preceding novel but I was hoping for more overall story progression. Instead a whole bunch of new plot threads are brought in with very little closure. Very "cliffhangery" and fun to read nonetheless.

Oh well, I’ll see what happens next in another half decade.

I've just finished Clash of Kings and I had a distinct 'what was the point in that?' feeling after reading it. I felt there was no real story progression for the main Robb vs. Lannisters theme, and instead all I got was boring chapters about Catelyn praying and Tyrion 'cupping the sweet breasts' of his whorebitch. What you've written is what I hoped wouldn't be the case, is Martin just dragging out a storyline that could easily be finished with 3 books? Not sure I want to read the 3rd book... is it worth the effort?

In the meantime, I'm gonna read The Pacific, hoping the book is better than the HBO series it ran with.

EDIT: Also agree with what Master Yoda said in the other thread... George Martin is blatantly a massive virgin.

[Shyman]

I just finished "Ender's Game." I plan on finishing "The Bean Trees."

[Bobbobthebob]

A Storm of Swords is flippin' brilliant. You should definitely read it. **** goes down and there are POV chapters which will change your opinions of various characters quite dramatically.

A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons introduce some interesting new sub-plots and entirely new conspiracies and forces come in to play. The world GRRM's built gets more interesting and three-dimensional but at the expense of the plot stagnating a bit.

[Shyman]

Finished "The Bean Trees." Summer reading is finally over.

[G3!ST]

A Storm of Swords is flippin' brilliant. You should definitely read it. **** goes down and there are POV chapters which will change your opinions of various characters quite dramatically.

A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons introduce some interesting new sub-plots and entirely new conspiracies and forces come in to play. The world GRRM's built gets more interesting and three-dimensional but at the expense of the plot stagnating a bit.

agree to this. i still really enjoyed the last two

[cowboyfromhell]

As above, don't give up!

(Minus the bit about Dance with Dragons, aiming to get that beast read on my holiday next week. )

[Captain Planet]

Thanks for the response guys, you've convinced me to keep going! I'll try and pick up a cheap copy of Steel and Snow over the next week or so

[Rico]

I finished A Game of Thrones recently, and I'm about 500 pages into A Clash of Kings. I've got the next two (three) books in the series (bought a box set), and by the time I've read them I think the recent publication should be available in paperback. Really enjoying the series so far, although to me the Daenerys subplot stands too much apart from the rest of them (in that it doesn't really feel part of the same story). I dare say that will change as I get beyond book 2.

[Blaze]

Just finished reading Paradise Lost by Milton.
Now to get started on Middlemarch by Eliot

[Bobbobthebob]

^^I feel ya! I've just started The Count of Monte Cristo - a mere 875 pages of smalltype