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Brienne arrives in Duskendale. She gets her shield painted &stays at an inn while the paint sets,is reminded of the baths at Harrenhal, tries not to think of Jaime there.
It‘s clear Sansa is not in Duskendale. The Lord suggests Dorne, Oldtown, far away. But she think Sansa will go where she has people. To the Wall? Riverrun? The Vale? She gets some other “leads”
She realizes she is being followed by a familiar squire hoping to find Tyrion

Jaime feels the guilt of his fathers death. He hasn‘t seen Varys since helping Tyrion escape. When he went to question the undergaolers they were all killed by the Kingsguard at Cersei‘s behest.
Cersei comes to see him in The Great Sept & She pleads with him to be Hand & they can rule like King &Queen. He declines.
Still upset with her, but he gives Cersei advice on handling Mace Tyrell, but it means rushing Margaery &Tommens wedding

At the funeral she speaks with Lancel, ill since Blackwater, she regrets sleeping with him &wonders if he had confessed to the septon -about that or Robert‘s wine
The Tyrells try for positions of power, Mace Tyrell wants to be Hand, Cersei thwarts them while keeping the alliance for now
Her Uncle, Ser Kevan will only be Hand if Cersei makes him regent &goes to Casterly Rock. She refuses &he makes threats
Qyburn wants to tend to the Mountain

Arya goes ashore in Braavos. She is intimidated &feeling like a little mouse again. She passes temples of all the gods, new, old & almost forgotten alike. She climbs the stairs of a windowless temple &t he doors are opened for her, inside it is filled with the dead & dying
In the House of Black &White, the temple of the many-faced God, she uses all her aliases before revealing her true identity. The Priest challenges her, asking if she fears death

Jon shows Sam a letter to King Tommen & Sam has trouble keeping Bran‘s secret when Jon recalls Tommen &Bran playing with swords
They debate the War &whether Lannisters will see the Watch as traitors
Gilly had been sent to plead for Mance‘s life, which seems doomed. Gilly is being sent away & Sam with her… & Maester Aemon. They are to go to the Citadel & Sam to become the Maester, the news doesn‘t please Sam as Jon thought it would. Jon orders him.

Brienne searches for Sansa
Ser Creighton offers to travel with her for her protection. She is a lady. Ser Illifer says she is accused of killing Renley. She swears on the Seven she did not harm him & they travel on peacefully
They come upon Ser Shadrich, who also searches for Sansa
Rumors circulate of how Jaime lost his hand & Brienne recalls admiringly his strength in their fight
In the morning she leaves before the others, continuing after Sansa

Cersei is awoken by guards & she is confronted by tragedy, she is appalled at the way everyone is reacting & she doesn‘t know how to react herself.
Jaime is searches the hidden tunnel, but needs to find keys to a gate where the tunnels converge. Cersei tells Jaime he must be Hand now, he rebuffs her
As her mind reels she notices Varys is absent.
Tyrion is discovered to be missing from his cell

Oberyn‘s children want to avenge him. Doran advises dying in trial by combat is not murder. Where Obara wants to burn Oldtown, Lady Nym wants to bring her sister Tyene & strike Tywin, the Golden Twins & the little King. Tyene has her own plan, to arrange a wedding & crown Myrcella to lure the Lannisters to Dorne

Doran requests they be locked up, their sister Sarella is not in Dorne & he just hopes she is not of the same mind

Aeron Greyjoy is drowning men in the Wyk when he receives news of Balon Greyjoy -his brother‘s death. He returns to the keep where they squabble over who should succeed him, he doesn‘t think Asha or Theon can rule. But Asha is returning to sit on the Seastone Chair regardless. Aeron calls for a kingsmoot -a ceremony from the Old Ways to choose the worthiest king

Pate, a novice of the Citadel, thinks of his love Rosey & waits for the alchemist. Word is traveling of the dragons & beautiful young queen -Not just that, old powers, dark ones

Lazy Leo Tyrell goads Pate about Rosey. The dawn nears. Despondent, he makes for the citadel but the alchemist comes after all.
Pate trades a key stolen from Archmaester Walgrave, asks to see the alchemist‘s face, he is a stranger, just a man, no one. Then Pate collapses

Babysitting my friend‘s (bearded) dragon, her name is Benedict Smaug (“Ben” for short) & putting the schedule together - spoilers on next post

Can't wait to jump into these

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I loved it very much, I‘m super immersed in this world of Westeros and I‘m loving the journey George is taking us on.
I just wish he would drop the rest of the books in a near future.

Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4599832230

"I am tempted to say this is no game we play, daughter,
but of course it is. The game of thrones."

“You cannot eat love, nor buy a horse with it, nor warm your halls on a cold night.”

I can‘t decide if Cersei is a feminist character or not. I lean toward not. I‘m not placing any moral value on her feminism. She‘s obviously a villain in this book. You could argue that her ascent to Queen Regent in a male-dominated society is the epitome of feminism. But the one nagging detail for me is her constant lament at not being born a man. Regardless, I‘m glad to be done with this slow-moving 34-hour political drama. ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Good thing I've watched the series, this one was hard to follow.

Alright, cleared some storage on my phone to start this slog through Cersei‘s Revenge. I have grown to like Jaime Lannister more. But am really missing Tyrion in this one.

I‘m more than a quarter through this, and I realize that GRRM has grown tired of his Westeros story. No Tyrion—except in third-person exposition. One chapter for Sansa. Two chapters for Arya. This was a book about the dullest character, Cersei Lannister—a power-hungry narcissist who somehow is more cunning and vile than her murdered father. I need more House Stark. So glad I am not trudging through a physical read.

34 hours to go!

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30. Feast

Still on my TBR 😅😅

I made it to the end. 🥱😴 I‘ll rate it so-so because it did move the story along a bit. I need a break before I read the next book in the series.

Ok, not really serious. 😆😜 But man, this book is such a disappointment. Where is Tyrion? Please tell me the next book is better!

723 p. Took me longer than the previous ones. The author decided to do a 2-parter and put half of the characters in one book, and half of them - to the next one. Not sure if lack of Daenerys had something to do with my slow reading
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So far this was my least favorite. That being said I am excited to start A Dance with Dragons.

Hoping to finish these before 2021!

(I think it might be wishful thinking...)

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Once Upon A December by Liz Callaway

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Another to be read pile.... This time for the Clear Your Shit Read-A-Thon

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Might get to finish this one today since I have start back in the office 😢 I‘ve been “work from home” since mid March. I‘m lucky to still have my job but I‘m not excited about the 45 min to hour commute 1 way. I‘ll be honest though it will be nice to get back to a little pre-COVID reality.

I think this will be my last of the series. I don‘t like the changes in language and style that Martin has made. The first 2 books were good, the 3rd ok, and this one is just not good. The story and characters are good for the most part, but the writing is terrible. He started turning the women into nothing but objects for the men. So much rape and sexual assault and sex in general. I don‘t know why the change but it‘s not good.

Enjoying my Game of Thrones Journey so far ... just started a feast for crows .......

I‘m not sure if I know what‘s going on in this book. 🤷🏻‍♀️ So much of it seems to blur together in my brain. Honestly I‘m not sure if I care any more. So much of it is just blah blah blah and really could have been cut out.

Audio up next

Really enjoyed this book. I‘ll admit, I audiobooked this one due to the length of it. Apart from the reader saying “Breyeenne” it was enjoyable! Lots of variation from the series here, although I don‘t know how the author will finish it in two books. It feels like the storylines are just starting to unfold!

🌼🌼🌼 since I couldn't find the stars I m giving 3 flowers to this book. It was a slow read but not an uninteresting book. In fact I loved reading Brianna's journey and Samwell's journey to the citadel. I hated Cercie who is getting stupider and crueler because she has no one to control her, Tywin dead, Tyrion gone and Jamie being a spineless twin and in love, she is excreting cruel juice in Kings Landing.

This one is going very slow... or because my mind is more on the news regarding Covid 19

AFTER THOUGHT: Even though there were pages and pages of unnecessary past stories of unimportant lords, ladies, squires etc, which I gladly skimmed through, it was very absorbing.. I think this book should have gone faster if there was a summary after every chapter 🐵