Martin, George R.R: A Game of Thrones (buddy read revisit) Start Date: December 2, 2013 [A Song of Ice & Fire #1] - revisit Sep 12th, 2015 - revisit May 2017 **REVISIT** June 2018

[Leslie]

I'd rather start early in December too

[Teresa]

I am in - have this series in my library audio book queue and have been meaning to get to it. This is my first buddy read, so I am interested to see how it all works.

Anytime in December works for me as well.

[Jen Hill]

End of December, early January sounds better for me - many challenges are wrapping up in December and would love to ensure I have time to read this!

[✿Claire✿]

I'm in, any time in December is good for me, I'm only going away for the four days over Christmas so I won't miss too much reading time for that :)

[Lisa Kay]

So, should we put this to a vote via a poll? Or just continue to discuss it?

[Leslie]

Lisa Kay wrote: "So, should we put this to a vote via a poll? Or just continue to discuss it?"

Maybe we should discuss starting a poll? Lol teasing. I say we vote.

[Vicky]

I think a poll would be helpful, we don't seem to be getting very far with this! lol

[Lisa Kay]

Alright, I can set up a poll. How about these options, all starting on Mondays:


December 2nd.
December 9th.
December 16th.
December 23rd.
December 30th.

[Lisa Kay]

Too many, too few?

[Amanda]

A poll would definitely be helpful. I think the amount of dates is just right. That way there is a wider range of dates to choose from. Great idea, Lisa Kay :).

[Lisa Kay]

It will take a few days to get out to everyone. We have a limit on the number we can mail a day, and we just did the regular polls.

[Lisa Kay]

Poll is here, if you haven't received your notice, yet.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

So far we have a three-way tie for the dates. As we get nearer the end of the voting period, and if this continues, I'll let you know so those who voted for the less popular dates can change their votes. (Instead of doing the poll again.)

[SandyC]

Is it better for me not to vote, if I don't have a preference? Or should I vote for tie-breaker purposes?

[Kimberly]

I'm going to join in as well. I'll get the book in anticipation.

I've been wanting to read this series and a group read will be great!

I'm looking forward to it!

[Lisa Kay]

Totally up to you, Sandy.

[SandyC]

Lisa Kay wrote: "Totally up to you, Sandy."

OK, I'll place a vote then. :-)

[SandyC]

Well, my vote doesn't change the outcome. LOL

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Invites still going out. We should be done today with sending them.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Current poll results:

December 2nd.	 19 votes, 34.5%

December 9th.	 11 votes, 20.8%

December 30th.	 11 votes, 20.8%

December 23rd.	 7 votes, 13.2%

December 16th.	 7 votes, 13.2% 

This is NOT final.

Updated 11/20/2013 @ 2:33 p.m.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Current poll results:

December 2nd. 	26 votes, 34.7%

December 30th.	20 votes, 26.7%

December 9th.	13 votes, 17.3%

December 16th.	9 votes, 12.0%

December 23rd.	7 votes, 9.3%

75 total votes

This is NOT final.

[Jojobean]

i'd like to join. I tried reading thia last year and failed. I really like danayras so I just ended up reading her chapters lol

[Joey]

Just got the book from library! So thick, hope i can finish in time with the group :)
Vote dec 16

[Nika ♥Marie♥]

I wil like to join but I am so intimidated

[Sandra]

What is the start date? I want to join in. We'll read each book over a 2 month period??

[Lisa Kay]

Sandra wrote: "What is the start date? I want to join in. We'll read each book over a 2 month period??"

Each book has a different number of days for Chapters/DQs. This one is 17 days. We learned before to allow for a break-or-catch-up day every now and then, so you looking at about 20 to 21 days out of the month. Then break for a bit before starting again, but usually the next month.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Current poll results:

December 2nd.	28 votes, 32.6%

December 30th.	23 votes, 26.7%

December 9th.	17 votes, 19.8%

December 16th. 10 votes, 11.6%

December 23rd. 8 votes, 9.3%

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

As Vicky said in the other thread, since the poll closes tomorrow, those of you who voted for the less popular might want to think about changing your votes to whichever you prefer: the 2nd or the 30th.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Final results of poll:

December 2nd.	29 votes, 33.7%
December 30th.	24 votes, 27.9%
December 9th.	16 votes, 18.6%
December 16th.	10 votes, 11.6%
December 23rd.	 7 votes, 8.1%

86 total votes

[Crystal]

Waiting for my book at the library! I'm on a waiting list I'm next though! (Fingers crossed)

[Debbie]

Will there be a schedule posted? I'm ready to get started!

[Sandra]

So are you all going to read it, or is anyone planning on listening to it via Audible?

[Kimberly]

Sandra, I'll be listening. Will you be as well?

[Vicky]

What about something like this for the schedule? Since this is more relaxed than the original, I merged two days into one but gave us 3 days to read the same amount of chapters. This way the existing discussion questions don't overlap sections, but it leaves the schedule more open for people to be flexible with their reading.

Date Chapters
December 2 Prologue - 7 (Arya )
December 5 8 (Bran) - 15 (Tyrion)
December 8 16 (Eddard) - 23 (Daenerys)
December 11 24 (Bran) - 31 (Tyrion)
December 14 32 (Arya) - 39 (Eddard)
December 17 40 (Catelyn) - 47(Eddard)
December 20 48 (Jon) - 55 (Catelyn)
December 23 56 (Tyrion) - 63 (Catelyn)
December 26 64 (Daenerys) - 72 (Danerys)

[Sandra]

Do we start reading on the 2nd or discussing (read before)?

[Crystal]

I hope I can keep up! I have 2 young kids!

[Crystal]

I was wondering the same thing Sandra...

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Vicky wrote: "What about something like this for the schedule?"

This is up to you guys.

[CassieV]

Crystal wrote: "I hope I can keep up! I have 2 young kids!"

I do, too! :) This is my first buddy read for that reason, so we'll see how it goes!

[Kimberly]

I don't know if this will help at all but based on the length of the audiobook (which is 33 hours and 50 minutes long), I would guess that at best we'd have to commit to reading 3.75 hours every 3 days. I know that I tend to read quite a bit faster than an audiobook, so for print readers, I would venture a guess that this would be an even smaller commitment.

I'm so excited to read this together!!

I'm just trying to figure out now if I have time to squeeze in another book before the 2nd... : )

[Tonya]

That schedule sounds good to me, especially since we have 3 days to do each bit. :)

[Steven]

Sounds good. Looking forward to this big scary book! :)

[Erin]

Will we be continuing with the rest of the series? I read GOT earlier this year but would be interested in reading the rest of the series

[Erin]

Erin wrote: "Will we be continuing with the rest of the series? I read GOT earlier this year but would be interested in reading the rest of the series"

Nevermind I found the series read discussion silly me :)

[Kimberly]

I assume we are reading the prologue through chapter 7 starting on the 2nd of December so that we finish the book on the 29th of December.

I don't want to be behind everyone though - is that the way we do it?

[SandyC]

Schedule looks great, Vicky!

[Vicky]

For everyone asking about the schedule, the intent is to begin reading on December 2nd with discussion for the first section taking place from the 2nd-4th. I am sure many people will be reading faster or slower than the schedule and that is fine too!

I updated my schedule to include the character name for that chapter, since they aren't traditionally numbered. There is a list in this post of the chapter and their page numbers that will be helpful, the pages match my mass market paperback version, so you may have to adjust for hardcovers and trades, but it will at least give everyone a starting point. Would one of the mods be so kind as to copy the list to the beginning of this thread somewhere so it's easier to access?

[Jex]

Added the reading schedule to Post #1

[Jasmine]

I'll join this. It'll be nice to reread the books again before the new one is released.

[Kristen]

I will probably be keeping up with some of the posts and questions since I have read this book before. I am currently reading A Feast for Crows, but I will probably sneak back to the beginning so I can discuss. I am really looking forward to this!