Friday, February 15, 2013

Do Not Disturb

 
I blame my daughter.
She came home last summer and read all the books.  HBO offered a freebie, and I watched two episodes.
"Ignore the naughty bits" my daughter urged, knowing me.  Once I did I was captivated by the complicated plot line and the complexity of characters. Pick up the novels and they are even more layered.  You hate someone, and a thousand pages later you have such understanding you are now rooting for them

Wow.

I devoured Tomes 1, 2 and 3.  I briefly thought of quitting my job, ignoring my family, renouncing my worldly possessions and aspirations to continue Books 4 and 5.  Then I realized there are two more books planned, and it took George R R Martin 5 years to complete the most recent.

Sigh.
If I'm not posting, you'll know I'm savoring every page of this epic called "Game of Thrones."















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10 comments:

  1. Pasadena AdjacentFebruary 15, 2013 at 5:50 PM

    Maybe it's just me, but if you don't have children, cable and work from home, you can find yourself getting behind. I only recently found out what ganham(?) is.

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  2. MargaretFebruary 15, 2013 at 7:24 PM

    I started at he first one, but I just couldn't get into it. I'm getting too cranky.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2013 at 8:14 PM

    Really? Ok, I'll take a dip.

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  4. DesireeFebruary 16, 2013 at 9:54 AM

    AH: I am grateful for M as a counter-weight--I am a bit besotted and an unreliable source.
    PA--it's why we need to mingle with younger people occasionally-to realize the high 5 has segued into the fist bump.

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    1. Sadie BeaMarch 1, 2013 at 7:19 PM

      True enough, it is nice to know things like, "the high 5 has segued into the fist bump."

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    2. DesireeMarch 15, 2013 at 1:23 PM

      Sadie Bea, you ARE sophisticated.

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  5. SimoneFebruary 16, 2013 at 11:15 AM

    "You hate someone, and a thousand pages later you have such understanding you are now rooting for them...because they are cute."

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  6. Petrea BurchardFebruary 17, 2013 at 8:11 PM

    This has been on my "I think maybe I might like to read this someday" list for quite some time. You just moved it up a notch, but then Margaret moved it right back down. So, maybe, perhaps, someday. If there weren't so many of them.

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  7. Pasadena AdjacentFebruary 18, 2013 at 1:32 PM

    FB just alerted me to you having an account - so now, all you have to do is Friend me then you can peek into my fabulous life

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  8. RandallMarch 12, 2013 at 10:10 PM

    Wow five years to write one book. Sounds interesting, not a big reader but I might check it out.

    ~Randall

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