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A Review of Vendela Vida’s The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty (by Bethany)
I spent last weekend totally engrossed in this book. I don’t even remember turning the pages. Its worldview is microscopic rather than macroscopic – the plot unfolds over approximately 1-2 weeks, and we’re focused throughout on a protagonist about whom … Continue reading
Early Thoughts on George R.R. Martin’s A Feast for Crows (by Bethany)
Pages read: 218 out of 976 I never wrote official final thoughts on A Storm of Swords, so for the tiny percentage of the population that doesn’t already know what happens, here goes: five major or semi-major characters die vicious, … Continue reading
Rapio, Rapere, Raptus Sum: Sexual Violence, Natural Selection, and A Song of Ice and Fire (by Bethany)
I’ve spent a good chunk of my time these last few months avoiding articles about Game of Thrones on social media. Every Monday morning while Season 5 was still airing, my Facebook feed overflowed with outrage about the violence and … Continue reading
Thoughts on the First Half of George R.R. Martin’s A Storm of Swords (by Bethany)
I am now officially reading this book “full-time.” Reading it only at night was working well until I skipped a few nights and then forgot that a major character had had his hand chopped off. That’s not the sort of … Continue reading
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A Compelling Thorn: Final Thoughts on George R.R. Martin’s A Clash of Kings (by Bethany)
I kicked and screamed my way through the last two hundred pages of A Clash of Kings, and guess what I did when I finished? I immediately picked up A Storm of Swords and began scanning through it – not … Continue reading
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Sansa (And Absolutely No Other Thoughts About A Clash of Kings) (by Bethany)
I have nothing to say about A Clash of Kings tonight – but when good old Aunt Flo visited Sansa in the chapter I was reading before I went to bed last night, I knew that at the very least … Continue reading
Further Thoughts on A Clash of Kings (by Bethany)
Pages read: 390 out of 969 I’m due for another Abandoned Books Report, but the prospect of writing one made me a little sad. So I’ve decided to declare May of 2015 to be No Book Left Behind Month. My … Continue reading
Initial Thoughts on A Clash of Kings (by Bethany)
Pages read: 210 out of 969 My reviews of A Game of Thrones are here, here, here, and here. I couldn’t help myself: I started A Clash of Kings. I’m enjoying it, but I’m finding the experience of reading the … Continue reading
What A Game of Thrones* and The Grapes of Wrath Have in Common (Besides Their Somewhat-Congruous Titles) – And Other Final Thoughts on Game of Thrones (by Bethany)
Pages read: 674 out of 674 The percentage of the population that has not read this book and/or viewed season 1 of the series just got slightly more infinitesimal now that I’ve finished reading it, but if there are still … Continue reading
Still More Thoughts on Game of Thrones (by Bethany)
Pages read: 480 out of 674 It took a while – and I reserve the right to retract this statement in the future – but I am officially hooked on Game of Thrones. When I first blogged about this book, … Continue reading
Postcards From Purgatory 