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Fire and Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros | George R. R. Martin

so-so

I finally did it @5feet.of.fury ! While I didn‘t keep up with #readingwesteros I‘m happy to have conquered this one. It reads like a history book versus a fictional narrative. There is quite a lot of detail. Some of which was quite interesting, but a lot of it was tedious. Probably my least favorite of GRRM books I‘ve read, but not so bad that I wouldn‘t continue to follow up on future westerosi reads.

5feet.of.fury Congrats on finishing! I agree 100%, it‘s the only book of his where I was relieved when it was over. it‘s very skillfully done, but I found it to be a slog. 14h

Sargar114 @5feet.of.fury 💯💯💯 5h

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Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones (A Targaryen History) | George R. R. Martin

Ok I finally watched the show

(Spoilers for book vs TV)

@majkia @Roary47 @BethM @Sargar114 @BookwormAHN #ReadingWesteros

5feet.of.fury They really left out Nettles? Nettles was my favorite Dragonseed 2mo

5feet.of.fury I feel like I would not have understood some of the side plots had I not read the book, but maybe that‘s because I have a 2 month old and I‘m watching them at 4 am 😅 2mo

5feet.of.fury I remember being more sympathetic to Alicent when we were reading, like there was really a “both sides” and in the TV I‘m way more sympathetic to Rhaenyra (well, up until the dragonseeds. I liked the expansion of Daemon going crazy at Harrenhal. 2mo

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5feet.of.fury Oooh I liked what they did with Laenor in the show. He was just trying to have a chill Lavendar marriage. I feel like they toned down a lot of the deaths in the show vs the book (except Viserys which was scary) 2mo

BethM Definitely the 2 month old😂 but the show is basically a few middle chapters of the book. Agree about the deaths minus the c section one right off the bat 😂 2mo

5feet.of.fury @BethM my husband walked by right then and said “and you wanted to watch this while you were pregnant” …but there was a traumatic labor every other chapter of the book. 😅 2mo

5feet.of.fury @BethM I looked it up, I guess it‘s only 158 pages of the book? (Which seems right, I‘m not gonna double check) 2mo

BethM Yeah it‘s not long. And my husband was like hey? Remind you of anything? 🤦‍♀️ 2mo

5feet.of.fury @BethM thank goodness we didn‘t have to give birth in Westeros with nothing but milk of the poppy 2mo

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BookwormAHN

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | George R. R. Martin

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This was a fun read about the Kinight Dunk and his squire called Egg. These two were very entertaining, especially Egg, and as usual, I feel like there are more stories that Martin is withholding from everyone 😸
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Sargar114

The Ice Dragon | George R.R. Martin

so-so

Not much to say about this one. A quick short story about Adara and her adventure with an Ice Dragon. A bit sad, a bit loving, overall okay. Read for #readingwesteros

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5feet.of.fury

The Ice Dragon | George R.R. Martin

@majkia @Roary47 @BethM @Sargar114 @BookwormAHN @JenlovesJT47 #ReadingWesteros

Adara & her family are simple farmers living in the path of approaching war. She‘s referred to as a cold, winter child & takes solace in building her ice castles & her friendship with an ice dragon.

5feet.of.fury Hated the outcome. She was accepted by her dad/family once she lost her “coldness” after her ice dragon was sacrificed to save her family. What kind of moral is that?!? Not to accept her “otherness” or appreciate it? 4mo

5feet.of.fury It was interesting to see GRRM pre-Westeros writing. No lore dump, no idea what war that was, “birthday” instead of “nameday” 4mo

BethM Yeah it was kind of a bullshit moral. Also my copy was definitely marketed as a Westeros story but it certainly doesn‘t fit. 4mo

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BethM The illustrations were great though. 4mo

5feet.of.fury @BethM yeah, I grabbed the ebook from Libby but it still had a GoT mention. 4mo

Sargar114 The only somewhat interesting thought I had was did this really happen or was it all her imagination. Pretty story and well told but not terribly interesting. 4mo

5feet.of.fury @Sargar114 I was thinking this too, if it was in her imagination, or some magical transformation. I agree, the whimsy is there but not much purpose. 4mo

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BethM

The Ice Dragon | George R.R. Martin

so-so

Well the illustrations were good? Not much to say about this, short and pretty meh. A legend of ice and fire led me to believe it was part of Westeros but nothing about the story fits into Westeros. #readingwesteros

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The Ice Dragon | George R.R. Martin

so-so

It was a short Westeros-esque fairytale, not as stylized as ASOIAF. Quick read. The outcome or “moral” of the story fell flat for me.

5feet.of.fury @majkia @Roary47 @BethM @Sargar114 @BookwormAHN @JenlovesJT47 #ReadingWesteros I‘ll put a discussion post Sunday but wanted to add an extra reminder in case anyone was wanting to read this one. I would be interested in hearing some opinions for sure, it‘s a short short story & very quick read. 4mo

BethM I plan to read it! 4mo

5feet.of.fury @BethM nice!! 🐉❄️ 4mo

Sargar114 Thanks for the reminder! 4mo

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Sargar114

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | George R. R. Martin

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We follow Sir Duncan the Tall, otherwise known as Dunk, a hedge knight in Westeros. You don‘t need to read Game of Thrones or Fire and Blood to enjoy, but it is fun to get the kernels of knowledge from each of them. The story is told through 3 short stories, each started out show but in typical GRRM fashion really picked up and are exciting by the end. My favorite part though was the relationship between Dunk and Egg. Read for #readingwesteros

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | George R. R. Martin

Still en route to the North, Dunk is invited to a joust at Whitewalls with a wedding feast where they can fill their bellies &have the chance to win a dragon‘s egg by a traveler known as “the Fiddler”

After the feast, Dunk helps carry the bride to her bedding, thinking of Tanselle. He looks upon the dragons egg. The Fiddler follows him &tells of a prophetic dream where Dunk is on the kingsguard & that a dragon will hatch HERE..

5feet.of.fury @majkia @Roary47 @BethM @Sargar114 @BookwormAHN @JenlovesJT47 #ReadingWesteros 4mo

5feet.of.fury Dunk registers as a Mystery Knight, & is unhorsed in 1st round by Ser Uthor. Egg suggests that they make for Summerhall, Dunk can work for his father. But Dunk won‘t go penniless &beaten, he thinks of parting ways. 4mo

5feet.of.fury Dunk finds out Uthor was paid to hit him in the head. He cant find Egg. Dunk realizes the Fiddler has the same eyes as Egg, another black dragon.

A traitors tourney, the wedding a perfect excuse for likeminded lords. 4mo

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5feet.of.fury The dragon egg is stolen, Fireball‘s son Glendon blamed. The Fiddler is named Daemon after his father the Blackfyre Dragon. Egg is in the sept. Captured after trying to use his boot. Dunk comes to his rescue. Lord Butterwell comes clean, Egg told them he was sent as a spy &Maekar‘s army is coming. 4mo

5feet.of.fury Dunk confronts Daemon who has been somewhat unaware of Peake‘s interference and orders Glendon freed to face him. Daemon uses a war lance, Glendon a longer tourney lance as Dunk had done at Ashford Meadow. Daemon is defeated.

An army arrives, lead by the Bloodraven Brynden Rivers. Daemon has no support, the traitors shaken. he challenges the Bloodraven to single combat. But he‘s captured. 4mo

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Dunk is called before Bloodraven. He and Egg are free to continue their travels. The dragon‘s egg is not recovered, presumably taken by a dwarf. 4mo

5feet.of.fury I liked this Egg is starting to be tired of roughing it, wants to use his name as leverage (which worked out when he did this time) shows what kind of leader he will be as someone who really knows his people from his travels. 4mo

5feet.of.fury Lots of material for F&B2 with the Black Dragon backstory. 4mo

Sargar114 Much like the other stories, this one started slow but then really picked up. I liked how the tidbits from the other stories played into this one. I really enjoyed the relationship between Dunk and Egg. 4mo

BookwormAHN I really liked this one but a part 2 where they went after the dwarf and the dragon egg would have been nice. 4mo

5feet.of.fury @BookwormAHN agree! But like everything else Westeros, there is supposed to be more but there‘s not. 4mo

5feet.of.fury @Sargar114 agree, I like the callback to the 1st tourney! 4mo

BethM Hahaha great comment there‘s supposed to be more but there isn‘t. It ended and I was like wait, what, ThTs it? 4mo

5feet.of.fury @BethM I‘m hoping the adaptation goes how GRRM wants and he gets back to it. That‘s as much optimism as I can spare 😂 4mo

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | George R. R. Martin

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I enjoyed it. Something to want more of that I don‘t know if we‘ll see, but all the Targaryen lore taking place after Fire & Blood (with a couple callbacks) gives me hope. Short stories aren‘t my fave but there was enough character development to keep it interesting. I‘m excited for the adaptation! #readingwesteros

BethM I‘m almost done, they grew on me! 4mo

5feet.of.fury @BethM glad to hear it! 4mo

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