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Game of Thrones. Is a good enough series to bother reading? What do you think, SandySu and Q?

The books are huge. I'm sure that's why it's taking the author so long to write the next one. Plus he may be tired of it all by now. I think I would be.

Lizzie, I think the books are amusing if you like fantasy, set in sort of a feudal society. There are dragons and such things. They are memorable enough that I started remembering details once I started thinking about them again. Lots of the books I have read for work are not worth reading. Every once in a while, I got a book that really resonated. These were somewhere in between, IMHO. They are very popular, and all those fans can't be wrong, can they? And I often have a different taste than the majority of people. For instance, there was a TV show, Saturday Night Live, that simply everyone adored. All except me. I thought it was stupid. Every once in a while, if I was watching it, I'd find something funny for a moment or 2, but in general, I couldn't understand what everyone thought was so great about that show. This happens to me a lot. So maybe I'm not a good person to ask about whether you'd like a series of books.
 

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Yes, the books are huge! I love big, thick books that will take me more than a week to read. I feel cheated if I finish one too fast. Like Sandy said, they are wildly popular. I enjoyed reading them, but it will depend on what kind of books you like best. Maybe just get the first one in the series, it will keep you busy for a while, lol.

I googled, there are 2 more in the pipeline, just not released. Maybe they need you back Sandy, someone is taking a long time!! Looking at his website, I saw he is releasing a book on the 28th that relates to GoT, sort of a history/prequel. Hmm, I hope it's better than the Star Wars prequel.
 

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    What's a little minor surgery between friends? LOL Glad it was just under the top layer. As long as it wasn't treated lumber you're OK. I managed to nick the tip of my right thumb washing a pair of fancy kitchen scissors the other day. What a pain in the thumb! I'm right handed and keep seeping a little just from normal activity. A bandaid won't stay put because it's up in the center of the top pad and I'm always washing my hands.

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    Jesus rave is the girl OK? Sure it was only the cut?

    Glad to see you feeling great at your bf's :)

    Yeah - she's tough as nails. Definitely not a girly girl. Her back hurts, so I loaned her a back support brace that I used while I was on the road loading and unloading my booth stuff. That's helping.

    The books are huge. I'm sure that's why it's taking the author so long to write the next one. Plus he may be tired of it all by now. I think I would be.

    Lizzie, I think the books are amusing if you like fantasy, set in sort of a feudal society. There are dragons and such things. They are memorable enough that I started remembering details once I started thinking about them again. Lots of the books I have read for work are not worth reading. Every once in a while, I got a book that really resonated. Thesewere somewhere in between, IMHO. They are very popular, and all those fans can't be wrong, can they? And I often have a different taste than the majority of people. For instance, there was a TV show, Saturday Night Live, that simply everyone adored. All except me. I thought it was stupid. Every once in a while, if I was watching it, I'd find something funny for a moment or 2, but in general, I couldn't understand what everyone thought was so great about that show. This happens to me a lot. So maybe I'm not a good person to ask about whether you'd like a series of books.

    Me too. Never could stand that show. Or South Park. I'm sorry - just not funny to me.
     

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    Wouldn't know if I liked it or not. I may be the only person on the planet that's never seen it. South Park either.
    Trust me, Wuzz. Ya didn't miss out on a thing. :p

    Welllll .... I had no concept of how many iris rhizomes were in that bucket. Lost count when I put the 60th one in the ground. Dunno if they'll grow or not, but irises are my favorite flower and they were free. I also installed 100 other bulbs. I'm partial to wild tulips as opposed to the domestic ones. So I put in 30 tulipa tarda and 10 Persian tulips, in addition to 30 dwarf irises and 40 squill - both siberica and puschkinia. I never want to plant another bulb as long as I live. Now both hands are killin' me. Do I hear violins playing for me in the background? :laugh: Still feels great to be able to cross that task off of my list. It will be even nicer when the blooms greet me in the spring. :D
     

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    Lizzie, I think the books are amusing if you like fantasy, set in sort of a feudal society. There are dragons and such things. They are memorable enough that I started remembering details once I started thinking about them again. .... This happens to me a lot. So maybe I'm not a good person to ask about whether you'd like a series of books.
    I read them, but just had real trouble with it. It is awfully bloody and rough. And those royal kids who were left on their own at the beginning, you never know what happened to them all in the end.

    Just too rough for me. Reality is rough enough.
     

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    Trust me, Wuzz. Ya didn't miss out on a thing. :p

    Welllll .... I had no concept of how many iris rhizomes were in that bucket. Lost count when I put the 60th one in the ground. Dunno if they'll grow or not, but irises are my favorite flower and they were free. I also installed 100 other bulbs. I'm partial to wild tulips as opposed to the domestic ones. So I put in 30 tulipa tarda and 10 Persian tulips, in addition to 30 dwarf irises and 40 squill - both siberica and puschkinia. I never want to plant another bulb as long as I live. Now both hands are killin' me. Do I hear violins playing for me in the background? :laugh: Still feels great to be able to cross that task off of my list. It will be even nicer when the blooms greet me in the spring. :D

    My favorite flower is the daffodil. Always reminds me;

    Spring is around the corner!!!!:D

    but I won't see them til Feb.:(
     

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    What's going on with the house, Terry? (hate to aggravate you with it by asking though)

    I'd rather not talk about it awsum because it gets my blood boiling all over again. It could be any day now but they've been saying that for a month. I don't want to jinx an already jinxed loan. :(
     

    SandySu

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    I read them, but just had real trouble with it. It is awfully bloody and rough. And those royal kids who were left on their own at the beginning, you never know what happened to them all in the end.

    Just too rough for me. Reality is rough enough.

    Games of Thrones series: Yes, they are rough, but I didn't mind. I was hired to read light porn sometimes, so this was a piece of cake. Besides, a primitive society like that would have been rough, so it was more realistic. The one part that I remember being uncomfortable with (but sad more than disgusted) is when the dragon girl (I forget her name) has to go off in the wilderness and tries to eat various things she finds, finding that most made her sick. It was really frustrating. I liked the part where she married the barbarian guy who was a horseman, though. If only they could have lived in peace, happily ever after, but not in that "rough" world. There were always wars and things to interfere with any lasting happiness.
     
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