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Watchers by Dean Koontz is a story about the consequences of genetic engineering. A little bit. Mostly its a creepy horror story of nice people being stalked by horrible things. Travis Cornell is hiking when he meets a dog. The dog is quite keen to get him away from the woods and he realises they…
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Chapter 50 – Daenerys Hixdahr zo Loraq has invited the Yunkai to a feast to celebrate and sign the peace pact. Daenerys wonders why it feels like a defeat. He assures her the Yunkish will go soon. The fighting pits will open the next day. The four sellsword companies have representatives at the feast. Daenerys…
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Somewhat disturbingly, I rather enjoyed No Place for a Lady by Louise Allen. I’ve grown so used to not enjoying Mills & Boon that at first I wondered if my critical faculties were on the fritz. Bree Mallory runs a stagecoach company. She has aristocratic relations but has to make her own living which she…
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Chapter 49 – Jon They’re having a wedding at the Wall. Alys Karstark iss marrying Sigorn, Magnar of Thenn. This marriage is blessed by Rh’llor. Cregan Karstark was only a day behind Alys. Jon met him on the road and took him prisoner. A raven has gone to Deepwood Motte to warn of Arnolf Karstark’s…
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The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman is the first of a trilogy following the life of Thomas Cale, a strange boy with a dent in his head and the uncanny ability to anticipate an opponent’s moves. We meet Cale in the Sanctuary, a sort of monastery/training school for boys who are to become…
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Chapter 48 – Jaime At the end of A Feast for Crows Jaime had received Cersei’s letter and chosen not to respond. He secured the surrender of Riverrun and is now arriving at Raventree Hall, the last holdout of those who swore for Robb. It is complicated by an historic feud between the Blackwoods and…
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I’ve become fed up of reading short books in order to hit my 100 books for the year target and was feeling the need to get into something more substantial. The Girl who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson is the second in the Millenium trilogy and is a 650 page brick. Lisbeth Salander is…
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Chapter 47 – Tyrion Tyrion and Penny are being sold in a Yunkish slave market: one which has been set up outside the walls of Meereen, while the Yunkish beseige Daenerys. The bidding slows at 1000 pieces of silver and they do a bit of a joust. The bidding picks up. When it slows again…
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The second book of the Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer is New Moon. In this part Edward leaves Bella, for her own good natch, and she goes into a big funk for months. Then she discovers that if she engages in activities that could kill her, her subconscious provides an hallucination of Edward being all…
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So, only I few posts ago I was banging on about posting daily and then I go on a three week blogcation. Life happened, sorry about that. I’m busy at work and got a bit sick. The other reason is that I have started playing World of Darkness roleplaying games and they are awesome. It’s…
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