The Dance is Done

FINALLY! Wez has finished Dance with Dragons.


It's taken about two months, as no longer having a daily three-and-a-half-hour round trip to and from work has eaten in to my "reading time", but I've finally finished it.


I know a lot of people are following Game of Thrones on TV and haven't cheated by reading ahead (like me), so I won't drop any spoiler bombs. What I will say is DAMN IT! Because some characters (I won't reveal which ones) have been left in some very precarious situations. One might even be dead. 


I just hope it doesn't take George RR Martin another seven years to finish the next book. Not sure I can wait that long.


At least Series 2 of the TV show is starting up in April... 

Clashing Kings

I am a massive geek. If you didn’t know that you probably won’t be reading my blog anyway. However my geekiness has scaled to new heights this week with the sheer excitement that I’m instilled with over the casting decisions of Game of Thrones season two, which, as I may have mentioned once or twice, is the best show on TV.

For those of you who haven’t cheated (like me) and started reading the George R. R. Martin books that are already in print, I won’t spoil anything by revealing plot details. What I will say is this:

• Stannis looks great
• I’m really excited about Davos, as I thought Liam Cunningham was ace in the hugely underrated “Outcasts”
• Melissandre and Ygritte both look the part, which is especially cool for me as Ygritte is one of my favourite characters
• Craster and Gilly look almost exactly as I imagined them
• Brienne is way too pretty (I hope they ugly her up)
• Balon and Asha (or whatever they’ve renamed her to) aren’t quite what I pictured, but let’s see

Oh and Margaery Tyrell’s eyes are oddly small in her head. It makes her look like a crafty ferret.

I can’t believe there’s still about six months until this is going to hit our screens. At least I have the books...nearly finished a Feast of Crows now...