Book 117: The Bird of Night – Susan Hill
I searched out this novel after reading Howard’s End is on the Landing and thoroughly enjoying Hill’s writing style. And after […]
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Book 112: The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
This is one of those situations where I’m glad I don’t read the backs of books carefully each time before
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Book 110: The Color Purple – Alice Walker
I must preface this post with the caveat that prior to reading the novel I knew little about it. I
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Book 107: Dogeaters – Jessica Hagedorn
One part telenovela, one part newspaper serial, one part culture clash and one part comedy of errors, Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn
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Book 105: Gone With the Wind – Margaret Mitchell
Well I survived the slog. At points I honestly didn’t think I would get through the novel and really should
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Book 100: Snow Falling on Cedars – David Guterson
If I had a ranking system for the novels I read and it was based on beauty, Snow Falling on
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Book 96: A Storm of Swords – George R.R. Martin
And with the turn of a page some of the characters I’d grown most fond of were murdered. I’m still
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Book 92: A Clash of Kings – George R.R. Martin
Wow. What more can I say? Book two of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire cycle and
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Book 91: A Game of Thrones – George R.R. Martin
A Game of Thrones is the first book in George R. R. Martin’s Epic fantasy cycle A Song of Ice and Fire. Projected at seven novels, the fifth novel was published in 2012. I guess you could say I jumped on the bandwagon with this one, but I don’t feel at all guilty about it as I grew up reading Star Wars and Dragon based fiction, so I like to think I’m returning home after a long break. I’m also very excited to check out the HBO adaptation of the novel having finally read it.
I honestly didn’t think Martin would be able to draw me in as fast as he did, but what can I say, I’m a sucker for pre-modern technology worlds with knights and royalty and assassinations and intrigue. There was not a lack of action or adventure in this novel and it made it a quick read even though it clocks in at just around 675 pages. And as such a tome, it is the first novel I’ve read in the 2012 Tea & Books Challenge. It will also be tacked to my 2012 Mount TBR Challenge list as I purchased it in the last week of 2011 with birthday money, but I’m still hoping to read the other 25 novels on that list. Now on to my reaction (I’ve realized I rarely actually post reviews).
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