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A new Second Time Around project exploring Stephen King’s other seminal epic, The Stand
[Straight Guy Reviews] Fifty Shades of Grey, chapters 1 & 2
Noel opens a 13-part series examining the controversial Twilight erotica fanfic turned best-selling novel.
[Red Pen Reads] Wrapping up A Game of Thrones and future plans
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“[Red Pen Reads] Wrapping up A Game of Thrones and future plans”
Post-book thoughts on the “second time around” experience and plans for future rereads.
[Red Pen Reads] A Game of Thrones – Daenerys
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“[Red Pen Reads] A Game of Thrones – Daenerys”
The last chapter! We started this book north of the Wall and we’re ending it across the Narrow Sea. I think this is symbolic of the series as a whole, since I suspect that it will come down to dragons versus ice-zombies. Well, it’ll be a long time before the series gets there, meanwhile we’re on Essos, getting ready for Dany to finish her transformation from scared little girl into ass-kicking warrior queen.
[Red Pen Reads] A Game of Thrones – Catelyn
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“[Red Pen Reads] A Game of Thrones – Catelyn”
Ned and Catelyn were married at Riverrun, it was there he left her when he rode off to war, and there that she gave birth to Robb. Now, Riverrun is indisputably Robb’s birthplace, and it is Catelyn’s home, but I wonder at her considering Robb’s return to it as a homecoming. There’s something really wrong about calling Riverrun his home, and I don’t think it’s just my prejudice against Catelyn talking. Robb may have the Tully looks, but as Ned’s heir and Lord of Winterfell, I think his ties to the North are of paramount importance to him, and I don’t know that Catelyn is doing him any favours if she influences him any way towards divided loyalties.
[Red Pen Reads] A Game of Thrones – Jon
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“[Red Pen Reads] A Game of Thrones – Jon”
You know what scene at the end of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone where Harry, Ron, and Hermione are sneaking out to go after the Stone and Neville stands up to them and asks them not to go so as to not get the Gryffindors into trouble? This scene is exactly like that, with Jon, his horse, and FYC being Harry, Hermione, and Ron, and Sam being Neville. This makes the horse the smartest person in the scene.
[Red Pen Reads] A Game of Thrones – Tyrion
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“[Red Pen Reads] A Game of Thrones – Tyrion”
Tyrion, my little ray of sunshine in a sea of misery and horror, how I love thee. Tyrion is with his father as Tywin is being notified of Jaime’s capture. Tywin is distraught at the danger the son he gives a damn about is in. Tyrion is distraught at the danger the one family member he loves and who loves him back is in. An assortment of Lannister captains and bannermen are also present, whether or not they are distraught, I couldn’t say.
[Red Pen Reads] A Game of Thrones – Sansa and Daenerys
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“[Red Pen Reads] A Game of Thrones – Sansa and Daenerys”
Sansa and I finally have something in common — when things are horrible, we hide under the blanket in our beds. For some time after Ned’s execution (at least several days), she spent all of her sleeping and waking moments there, when she slept, she dreamt about Ned’s death, then her own. And then Joffrey arrived to make her real life even worse than the nightmares.
[Red Pen Reads] A Game of Thrones – Arya and Bran
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“[Red Pen Reads] A Game of Thrones – Arya and Bran”
Arya is hunting pigeons on the streets. It’s a good thing Syrio’s training has her so well-prepared for the life of a street urchin. Unfortunately, bakers are not interesting in trading freshly baked tarts for dead pigeons, no matter how fat a pigeon it may be. Imagine that. Luckily for Arya, the baker is fat and unlikely to catch her. Luckily for the baker, two city watch guards are around to make up for any deficiencies in his physique.