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A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
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bookshelves: 2010, audiobooks, series, read-while-in-a-foreign-land, sci-fi-fantasy, here-there-be-dragons, vote-getters, asoiaf
Nov 24, 2009
bookshelves: 2010, audiobooks, series, read-while-in-a-foreign-land, sci-fi-fantasy, here-there-be-dragons, vote-getters, asoiaf
A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. (A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair?) A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair.
A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair? A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair -- A highbornmaid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair.
A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair.
A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair!
A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair? A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair -- A highborn
A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair.
A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair!
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Reading Progress
November 24, 2009
– Shelved
September 30, 2010
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Started Reading
October 4, 2010
– Shelved as:
2010
October 4, 2010
– Shelved as:
audiobooks
October 4, 2010
– Shelved as:
series
October 4, 2010
– Shelved as:
read-while-in-a-foreign-land
October 4, 2010
– Shelved as:
sci-fi-fantasy
October 14, 2010
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32.14%
"GRRM's love of excessive meaningless detail is reaching positively stieg larssonian proportions. but i'm more interested in smoking and sandwiches than what color doublet everyone is wearing, GOD."
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340
October 19, 2010
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73.53%
"if i had my way, GRRM books would never ever ever EVER have sex scenes."
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778
October 20, 2010
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80.15%
"just once i wish i could make it through one of these books without going to wikipedia to figure out who a side character is and inadvertently spoiling something for myself. of course, that would require GRRM to publish another book, so it may not happen."
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848
October 21, 2010
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93.38%
"oh george, i see you are going to leave me hanging, ho ho ho. WRITE FASTER PLEASE."
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988
October 21, 2010
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Finished Reading
February 14, 2011
– Shelved as:
here-there-be-dragons
June 23, 2011
– Shelved as:
vote-getters
July 12, 2011
– Shelved as:
asoiaf
Comments Showing 1-50 of 134 (134 new)
i also put in varied punctuation.
This review is, I'm trying to find the word, different. Except when it's the same.I look forward to seeing long, pretentious pieces in the New York Times about your work. I'm going to pretend that I understand them, and nod knowingly when they compare you with Rothko, Cage and Warhol. Don't let fame go to your head.
clearly my genius extends far beyond even my own estimation of said.
I forgot to mail stalk you this week joel. I will do it soon.
that's ok, i forgot to mail stalk you back. i packaged it up and everything but going to the post office means i can't read during lunch. although i haven't found a good spot to read since they moved people into the empty offices in my building so i can't go be by myself anymore. every time i try to read in the cafeteria someone comes and talks to me. le sigh.
I'm sorry I hate that. although sometimes I talk to people first, but then I want to stop and I don't know how without being impolite. cashiers tend to yell and talk on phones during lunch it's annoying.
I think the claims you make in this review are unfounded and fallacious, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
i had this whole side part that i deleted that would have probably cleared up your confusion. here's the thrust of it:"A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair... A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair? A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair (A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair). A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair -- A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair."
Oh, okay, NOW I see what you were getting at. Thanks for clearing that up! That's essentially how I felt about it as well.
A novel approach, yes -- so yes, you get my "yes."
haha. at one point i was considering doing a character by character review, and that was going to be jamie's.
At first I was offended by this. Then I started re-reading it and it is as clear as day on page one: a highborn maid of three and ten with a fair face and auburn hair fucking Osmund Kettleblack AND Moonboy....for all I know!
i know. i was actually in the same boat after i first finished the book. then i read a review that was basically along the lines of what i wrote above, and it really changed my thinking.
by the way, have you read book five? i don't want to spoil anything, but here is a teaser from my review:"Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind.
Words are wind? Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind.."
holy crap I'm only a quarter way through the book but this made me laugh my ASS off. please tell me it gets better...
it doesn't get any less repetitive... i liked it but you're going to keep reading those same little character mantras.
Almost finished and yep, they're still going strong. And you don't even have to wait for book 5 for "Words are wind". Le sigh.
A bear there was, a bear! All black and brown and covered in hair!
Damn! I shouldn't have read a review for the book ahead of where I am in the series. How did you cram that many spoilers into one review?
Sorry, I should have put a spoiler warning on there... :(
rofl simply hilarious
rofl simply hilarious
Dark wings, dark words. Dark wings, dark words...Dark wings, dark words?Dark wings...dark words...Dark wings, dark words. Dark wings, dark words. Dark wings, dark words. Dark wings, dark words. And in case you missed some, (Dark wings, dark words) ...
interesting points, laura... i'll think about it and let you know if i come to a similar conclusion.
So very tired of hearing (audio book) words...but then there is Jaime.
Josh wrote: "A bear there was, a bear! All black and brown and covered in hair!"Still waiting for the shocking revelation of this song's significance.
Nothing but a mummer's farce
Hollie wrote: "Josh wrote: "A bear there was, a bear! All black and brown and covered in hair!"
Still waiting for the shocking revelation of this song's significance."
:) Jorah Mormont + Dany. The Bear and the Maiden Fair.
Also, Sansa + whoever else she's supposed to marry this time.
Still waiting for the shocking revelation of this song's significance."
:) Jorah Mormont + Dany. The Bear and the Maiden Fair.
Also, Sansa + whoever else she's supposed to marry this time.
Ah, yes! Thank you Laura. I suppose most men were covered with hair at that time, save Loras Tyrell - and we know HE doesn't want to marry her. Ha!
Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and Moon Boy for all I know. Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and Moon Boy for all I know. Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and Moon Boy for all I know.Led by a giant she-wolf with no fear of man?
Ken-ichi wrote: "Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and Moon Boy for all I know. Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and Moon Boy for all I know. Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and Moon Boy for all I know."you make an interesting point.
It's kind of like Queneau saying the same thing over and over (and over and over and over and...) using slightly different styles to make a point. (From a middle class reader of two score and seven with round face and receding hair.)
I wish I hadn't read this review. I'm 50 pages from the end of A Feast for Crows, and NOW IT'S RUINED FOR ME.My fault, I know.
Ian wrote: "I wish I hadn't read this review. I'm 50 pages from the end of A Feast for Crows, and NOW IT'S RUINED FOR ME.My fault, I know."
i guess i should have marked my spoilers. sorry.
although to be fair, when i got to the section that covered the latter portion of the book, it must have been pretty apparent i wasn't avoiding any details. so i can't take all the blame.
I thought about it. And it's decided: this is my favorite Goodreads review. Ever.
Rhiannon wrote: "I thought about it. And it's decided: this is my favorite Goodreads review. Ever."thanks! i don't like to toot my own horn, but it's easily my best piece of writing. the third paragraph is probably the most concise and coherent argument i've ever written, at least about a book.
Keep doing reviews like this and in no time at all, you'll land a cushy job writing for the Times Literary Supplement. You might even get your own column: "Joel's Jottings."
Nice and apt review. Wait for the next novel where you'll never learn "wherever whores go" ;p
not true, there is a lot going on in book 5. for example, "words are wind."
Indeed, there is "much and more" afoot.
Joel wrote: "not true, there is a lot going on in book 5. for example, "words are wind.""Just be sure not to break too many words. :)
odd, i wanted to write one that repeated "winter is coming" over and over again, and then ask 'when the hell is it going to get here already?'
Joel wrote: "not true, there is a lot going on in book 5. for example, "words are wind.""hmmm and everyone "must needs" to do this or that...
Oh Brienne, why you so doltish? ~_~
I'm going to like this review because out of all of the ridiculous repetition throughout all of this series ("You know nothing, Jon Snow" and "Fucking Osmund Kettleblack and Moon Boy for all I know" being two that made me literally grind my teeth), this one was the silliest of the bunch.
I'm going to like this review because out of all of the ridiculous repetition throughout all of this series ("You know nothing, Jon Snow" and "Fucking Osmund Kettleblack and Moon Boy for all I know" being two that made me literally grind my teeth), this one was the silliest of the bunch.
i don't understand this and i don't even want an explanation, but when you see madness, you must vote.