Martin, George R.R: A Clash of Kings [A Song of Ice & Fire #1] - ("Buddy Read" Revisit Start Date: January 2, 2014) - REVISIT November ??, 2015

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Finally finished!! And here are my thoughts:

(view spoiler)[ Even though I've watched the show, I was really convinced for a second that Bran and Ricken were killed. I find Bran's story much more interesting in the book rather than in the show. He seems like a much more in-depth character in the books. I also find it interesting that Catlyn lets so much happen to her children. It is supposed to seem like she is 'doing her duty' by following Rob around and advising him, but it seems like she would have been much better off helping to protect Winterfell where her younger children were. If Rob has her brother as help, what does he really need her there for? The castle was left almost completely unguarded, what did she think was going to happen when there were so many people proclaiming themselves 'king' all over the place?

Anyway, just like in the show, I really love Tyrion's story. His relationships with family members are always entertaining to read. I also find his story more complex because he is forever linked to these horrible Lannisters, but still has a duty to the family, which he performs to the best of his ability, all while being reviled. He is definitely my favorite character of the series. (hide spoiler)]

[Logan]

I'm going to get back into this one. I last left off about 25% in. Debating whether to start at the beginning or just soldier on.

[James]

Taryn wrote: "Finally finished!! And here are my thoughts:

Even though I've watched the show, I was really convinced for a second that Bran and Ricken were killed. I find Bran's story much more interesting in..."

I just finished today Taryn and I enjoyed it a lot. Also, I am taking a huge break from this series and I am probably going to read book three during the summer this year.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

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A Clash of Kings, by George R.R. Martin

Start: November ??, 2015

Time is out of joint. The summer of peace and plenty, ten years long, is drawing to a close, and the harsh, chill winter approaches like an angry beast. Two great leaders—Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon—who held sway over an age of enforced peace are dead...victims of royal treachery. Now, from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns, as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms prepare to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war.

As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky—a comet the color of blood and flame—six factions struggle for control of a divided land. Eddard’s son Robb has declared himself King in the North. In the south, Joffrey, the heir apparent, rules in name only, victim of the scheming courtiers who teem over King’s Landing. Robert’s two brothers each seek their own dominion, while a disfavored house turns once more to conquest. And a continent away, an exiled queen, the Mother of Dragons, risks everything to lead her precious brood across a hard hot desert to win back the crown that is rightfully hers.

A Clash of Kings transports us into a magnificent, forgotten land of revelry and revenge, wizardry and wartime. It is a tale in which maidens cavort with madmen, brother plots against brother, and the dead rise to walk in the night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside.

Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of glory may be measured in blood. And the spoils of victory may just go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel...and the coldest hearts. For when rulers clash, all of the land feels the tremors.

Audacious, inventive, brilliantly imagined, A Clash of Kings is a novel of dazzling beauty and boundless enchantment—a tale of pure excitement you will never forget.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Here are the chapter divisions so you can all stay in sync:

Prologue - pages 1 - 29
Chapter 1 - Arya - pages 30 - 37
Chapter 2 - Sansa - pages 38 - 52
Chapter 3 - Tyrion - pages 53 - 69
Chapter 4 - Bran - pages 70 - 80
Chapter 5 - Arya - pages 81 - 92
Chapter 6 - Jon - pages 93 - 106
Chapter 7 - Catelyn - Pages 107 - 121
Chapter 8 - Tyrion - pages 122 - 135
Chapter 9 - Arya - pages 136 - 144 
Chapter 10 - Davos - pages 145 - 163
Chapter 11 - Theon - pages 164 - 186
Chapter 12 - Daenerys - pages 187 - 202
Chapter 13 - Jon - pages 203 - 210
Chapter 14 - Arya - pages 211 - 227
Chapter 15 - Tyrion - pages 228 - 242
Chapter 16 - Bran - pages 243 - 260
Chapter 17 - Tyrion - Pages 261 - 278 
Chapter 18 - Sansa - pages 279 - 288
Chapter 19 - Arya - pages 289 - 306
Chapter 20 - Tyrion - pages 307 - 322
Chapter 21 - Bran - pages 323 - 333
Chapter 22 - Catelyn - pages 334 - 353
Chapter 23 - Jon - pages 354 - 376
Chapter 24 - Theon - pages 377 - 396
Chapter 25 - Tyrion - pages 397 - 412
Chapter 26 - Arya - pages 413 - 421
Chapter 27 - Daenerys - Pages 422 - 432 
Chapter 28 - Bran - pages 433 - 443
Chapter 29 - Tyrion - pages 444 - 454
Chapter 30 - Arya - pages 455 - 469
Chapter 31 - Catelyn - pages 470 - 484
Chapter 32 - Sansa - pages 485 - 494
Chapter 33 - Catelyn - pages 495 - 506
Chapter 34 - Jon - pages 507 - 518
Chapter 35 - Bran - pages 519 - 527
Chapter 36 - Tyrion - pages 528 - 536
Chapter 37 - Theon - Pages 537 - 546
Chapter 38 - Arya - pages 547 - 556
Chapter 39 - Catelyn - pages 557 - 573
Chapter 40 - Daenerys - pages 574 - 586
Chapter 41 - Tyrion - pages 587 - 603
Chapter 42 - Davos - pages 604 - 623
Chapter 43 - Jon - pages 624 - 633
Chapter 44 - Tyrion - pages 634 - 648
Chapter 45 - Catelyn - pages 649 - 662
Chapter 46 - Bran - pages 663 - 674
Chapter 47 - Arya - Pages 675 - 695 
Chapter 48 - Daenerys - pages 696 - 708
Chapter 49 - Tyrion - pages 709 - 719
Chapter 50 - Theon - pages 720 - 736
Chapter 51 - Jon - pages 737 - 749
Chapter 52 - Sansa - pages 750 - 761
Chapter 53 - Jon - pages 762 - 771 
Chapter 54 - Tyrion - pages 772 - 782
Chapter 55 - Catelyn - pages 783 - 799
Chapter 56 - Theon - pages 800 - 810
Chapter 57 - Sansa - Pages 811 - 818
Chapter 58 - Davos - pages 819 - 836
Chapter 59 - Tyrion - pages 837 - 843
Chapter 60 - Sansa - pages 844 - 851
Chapter 61 - Tyrion - pages 852 - 860
Chapter 62 - Sansa - pages 861 - 869
Chapter 63 - Daenerys - pages 870 - 884
Chapter 64 - Arya - pages 885 - 903
Chapter 65 - Sansa - pages 904 - 915
Chapter 66 - Theon - pages 916 - 930
Chapter 67 - Tyrion - Pages 931 - 941 
Chapter 68 - Jon - pages 942 - 955
Chapter 69 - Bran - pages 956 - 969

[Leah]

Excited to start this one!! When does everyone want to do it? Maybe November 1st?

[Andrea]

Yes!
Do you want to follow a schedule until the end of the month?.