Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

We are all Sansa Stark….and I probably went too far in my Cannonball

A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

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It is, perhaps, fitting that it’s taken me so long to finish these books (and write this review). I started reading A Game of Thrones at the end of June (and started this review on the 28th), and I’m sitting here well over a month later. I’ve read a couple other books in that time – but I’ve mostly been working my way through this series. It’s taken me longer to read these four/five books (4,300+ pages) than it did to read Harry Potter (4,000+ pages) last year, but not quite as long as it took me to read the Dresden […]

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8/14/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:52 |

Just Another One Martin’s Procrastination Projects

The World of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, Elio M.Garcia Jr. & Linda Antonsson

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I just finished this book last Friday and instead of adding it to my ever growing stack of books to be reviewed, I thought I move it up in my queue because of today’s finale of Game Of Thrones season 6. The World of Ice and Fire contains information about the novel series, however. Martin’s co-authors, Elio M. Garcia and Linda Antonsson, are the people behind the fan-site Westeros.org; they even advise Martin on lore when he becomes stuck. He actually approached them about the project, so despite nasty reviews of discontented fans, this is not fan-fiction, but a co-operation. […]

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6/26/2016 | 's CBR8 Review No:11 |

Fourth verse, same as the first.

A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 4 by Daniel Abraham

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I feel like this review is going to be virtually identical to what I’ve already written for the first three volumes in the series. So let’s just break it down to its component parts: 1. Daniel Abraham has done a fantastic job as an adapter of this series. Everything is clear and exciting and he gets all the most important bits in. 2. Tommy Patterson is a competent artist but I absolutely do not like his style. 3. I hate the way all the faces are in this series. Everyone looks the same and looks mean. Aaaaaand, that’s pretty much […]

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10/16/2015 | 's CBR7 Review No:141 |

A re-read of Dragons.

A Dance With Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5) by George R.R. Martin

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On my second time through this book, I have lots and lots of thoughts. Be warned, this is not so much a review as a series of reactions, mostly broken up by character, so spoilers ahoy. Ye’ve been warned, matey. (I have no idea why I’m suddenly a pirate.) Back when I first read this book in 2011, I came to it fresh off my first re-read of the first four books, which I had devoured in the space of about a month. I was also super high on the first season of the show, the last scene of which I re-watched approximately […]

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6/6/2015 | 's CBR7 Review No:83 |

I can’t take it with all of the random “z” and “q” usage.

A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin

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Finally, after what seems like ages, I’ve caught up with George RR Martin and finished A Dance with Dragons. (Just in time for GOT to start again on HBO!). I’ve enjoyed these books and the world that Martin has created, but they are a bear to review. THERE IS JUST TOO MUCH GOING ON. AND LOTS OF IT IS SUPER BORING. This book is sort of a companion to A Feast for Crows. It takes place during more or less the same time period, but Martin’s universe has so many characters, they couldn’t all be contained in one massive tome. Some […]

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3/27/2015 | 's CBR7 Review No:16 |

Needs more maps, otherwise YUM.

The World of Ice & Fire by George R.R. Martin, Elio M. Garcia, Jr. and Linda Antonsson

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First of all, I very much regret my decision not to buy a copy of this book. I waited FOREVER on my library’s wait-list for it, and then when I did finally get it and saw all the beautimous illustrations, I spent about thirty minutes just gazing at them all, and then I put the book down and cried piteously for a while. The illustrations are a huge draw, but also, the book is just fun. It is most definitely not for casual fans of the show. I might even go as far as to say that only people who […]

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1/27/2015 | 's CBR7 Review No:8 |

A Dance with Dullness

A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin

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Wow. And I thought A Clash of Kings was rough going. This… was a slog. (Warning: there will be spoilers for books 1-4, or roughly seasons 1-4 of the show, but none for this particular book.) I could write, here, a plot summary, itself a thousand pages long, of how we ended up here and some of the precise things that happened in A Dance with Dragons, but when I really sit back to think, “What happened?” in this book, I am frankly not sure. Some characters from the prior book, A Feast for Crows (which I actually liked), who […]

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10/20/2014 | 's CBR6 Review No:71 |

If I never read the word Greyjoy again, it will be too soon.

A Feast for Crows by George RR Martin

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Last year, my kids did the swim team at our pool. That meant I had HOURS of time for reading, just sitting pool-side, and I got through the first three GOT books. This year, one kid had a broken arm and we also ended up going away for a month. This meant very little time for me to dedicate to George Martin. But I did manage to plod my way through book 4 (and jeez, I just picked up book 5. WHEN AM I EVER GOING TO HAVE TIME TO READ THAT ONE?!?!?!?). Like many of you, AFFC was not […]

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8/20/2014 | 's CBR6 Review No:31 |

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