A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin 1016 pages
So, when I wasn't spending time working from home, I was devouring books # 4 and 5 in the Song of Ice and Fire series. Full well knowing I was going to be irritated when I got to the end ... because it's been years since Martin announced the title of Book #6 (The Winds of Winter). And Book #5 was published in 2005.
I continued to be surprised by how much I enjoyed these stories, but I was eagerly turning the pages. I especially liked that some of of my favorite characters got a bit more attention. And, I liked that I was able to enjoy the HBO series and still be able to enjoy these books and the fact that the storylines differed didn't mean enjoying either of them less. Is Martin's writing stellar all the time? No, but I still feel he tells a good story --- and I appreciated throughout the entire series that Martin kept things realistic in terms of how there was death, sickness, etc. You may meet a character and two chapters later, they are dead. But that's reality. I can believe in the dragons, I can believe in Wights. What I can't believe is characters who fight battles and bounce back the next day, and never seem to get sick, or even any kind of malady. There's no shortage of sickness and death in The Song of Ice and Fire stories.
I usually include some kind of summary, but with these books, it's impossible. Here's the Wikipedia article.
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