Brendan’s Comments (group member since Feb 13, 2016)

Brendan’s comments from the Read A Song Of Ice And Fire 2016 group.

Leslie, good observation!!! What is the point with sending the Frey boys to Winterfell? What is Walter Frey getting out of this? This may be wrong to say, but the whole time I was reading about the Frey brother I got visions of tweedle dee tweedle dum from Alice and Wonderland. LOL!!!! I know they are kids, but they are just odd. Must be all the inbreeding. Anyway, what got me about this chapter is the dream of Bran. Bran is dreaming he is a wolf and can taste blood when he wakes. Could he be a shapeshifter which comes from the belief in Therianthropy. Also the comet that appears throughout the whole book so far, Is this the same comet that appears at the end of GOT when Dany goes through the fire and appears with her dragons?

Up for Narnia and Space Trilogy groups in the future. Just let me know when you are interested. Also, I may be up for a Tolkein group. Your doing Hobbit, LOTR, or both? Just let me know.

I would be interested in a Narnia series groups read. Tolkein I have already read. Anybody up for a C.S. Lewis Space Trilogy group read?

Hey Deepankar, great to see you join us!!!! You are definitely not too late to join us. The show as well as the books are awesome. Believe me, they get better and better!!! Tyrion is an awesome character that just continues to grow with each book. Welcome!!! If you have any questions about the group do not hesitate to message am of the moderators. We are here to help!!!

Loved this chapter!!!! Tyrion has some GREAT one liners on here. He is by far my favorite character!!!!! Well, so far in the series.

Interesting comparison Ria. Joffrey does give a Malfoy vibe. Okay, so with this chapter, it just proved how much of a psychotic self absorbed person Joffrey is. Wanting to kill all the participant because they didn't perform to his liking on his name day. Just ridiculous!!!! Then not wanting to give his brother Tommen a chance to "joust" and yet when Tommen does joust Jofferey laughs when his brother falls. What a jerk. Also, whilst reading the first book, I was annoyed with Sansa and her naive actions. Now I am feeling bad for her more and more. She is definitely maturing with each chapter, but due to a horrible situation. Even though Tyrion is a Lannister, he is definitely the sane one. I wonder if his mother was the same as the mother of Jamie and Cersei.

The last we see Arya on GOT she is grabbed by the Hound at the execution of Eddard Stark. Now we see her with Yoren going North to The Wall, "The rest he found in chains 'The Watch needs good men'...'but you lot will do'"(23). Yoren is gathering men for The Watch. Then on page 26 Arya gets into a fight with the other boys and when Yoren sees this he scolds and punishes her stating, "Next time you take that stick to one of your brothers you'll think twice what you give me you hear? Now cover yourself. They're not my brothers Arya thought" (27). Then clarification comes on page 28 where Martin writes that Arya would let her off at Winterfell without telling the others. Thanks for the clarification!!! It was late when I read the chapter. Lesson learned, never read A Clash of Kings late at night or you might miss an important detail.

Once again this chapter proves that Arya is a tough cookie. She is ready to battle anybody who gets in her way. I just wonder how she is going to get around the fact that she is a girl at The Wall. Also, will Jon recognize her with a shaved head? If so, I wonder what will happen. I am hoping that it is different from the TV Series!!!!

Yes Rosanne it was the app I was trying to send a pic through.

The link posted is a picture of the book. If someone could help/tell me how to post pics on here it would be great.

Not exactly by GRRM, but still a pretty cool book. My wife bought this for my birthday back in December because I love to cook and I love SOIF. I studied Renaissance Literature in England and love recipes from the medieval and Renaissance time period. This book has some pretty good ones and they are the authentic recipes with modern versions. Pretty awesome book!!! Here is the book.

I like Survivior. Met Johnny Fairplay one time. He lived up to his reputation. My favorite reality show though is The Amazing Race.

When I lived in England a channel called E4 used to show the Big Brother cast sleeping live throughout the night. It was boring and yet disturbing.

When I lived in England a channel called E4 used to show the Big Brother cast sleeping live throughout the night. It was boring and yet disturbing.

Just saw this video concerning the God of Many Faces. AWESOME VIDEO!!! enjoy!!!

http://youtu.be/YaZA6ik2ESk

Okay so I just finished the Prologue. Boy was there a ton of information in this section!!! First you have to love and feel sorry for Shireen. Poor girl has been through a lot!! Also as the chapter went on I started to feel more and more sorry for Stannis. I mean come on, everything went wrong. He doesn't really love his wife. His girl has a disease. He was skipped as being the Hand for his brother and now his wife has become a cult believer in Milisandra. Cressen is trying his best to do what is right but I can see where it is a hopeless cause. And of course... I CANT STAND MILISANDRA. Found the beginning and end of the chapter great, however the middle felt like it was a chore to get through. Looking forward to the next chapter!!!!!

It is great so far!!!

Really wish I didn't have to go to work today. Would rather read some more of Clash of Kings. :-)

Really wish I didn't have to go to work today. Would rather read some more of Clash of Kings. :-)

Books a million and Amazon sell them too. Think we should all do a group on these at some point.