*insert an obscene amount of squealing, jumping up and down and dancing around the room*

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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! My book my book my book my BOOK!!!!

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Oh, hell yes!

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YES!!

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Now I have to reread the entire series. Fun times.

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I kind of want to too, even though I just got done reading them. Oh my GOD, I need my Tyrion and Jon Snow fix very much badly.

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And Dany. Oh, Dany... I'm kind of rooting for her, I think. Jon and Tyrion are amazing, of course. So is Arya. And I'm actually starting to like Jaime, despite my best intentions.

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I am absolutely rooting for Dany! ARYA. Do we get Arya in this book? Oh, I hope so. I would kind of like to be her when I grow up.

Jaime Lannister is the very reason I think Martin owns the universe. I despised him so very hard for SO LONG, and yet by the end of that last book, I adored him. ADORED him. That takes some damned good storytelling to pull off.

And I still have my fingers crossed that somehow The Hound is NOT DEAD. I'll be okay with it if he is. But I'm hoping so hard that he's not. There were some very subtle little indications that he might not be dead.

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I was rather amazed by that. Honestly, taking someone so dispicable and humanizing him so well... That is definitely skill. Of course, his sister is still the bitch of the century.

Hmm... I haven't read the last one since it came out, so the details are fuzzy. I can't remember what happened to the Hound, but, yes, having him alive would be great.

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She really is, but I enjoy loathing her. I especially enjoyed watching her destroy herself.

Arya left him to die? Supposedly some monks at a monastery found him and buried him, but all the monk would say was that 'The Hound is dead,' he never called Sandor by name. While they characters are talking about this, though, there's like a cowled monk mentioned in the background that walks with a limp like he's recovering from an injury and has an affinity for dogs, so...fingers crossed!

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If there's one thing any good book, movie, or show needs, it's a believable bad guy to loathe. She does very well at the job.

Now, that does sound promising. Mmm, really must read these again now. But I only just picked up the first book in a trilogy.

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There's a certain four letter word I never, ever use because I find it terribly obscene and offensive towards women, but I call her that word in my head all the time.

Oh yeah, what trilogy?

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Well, it definitely suits her.

Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen. They're classified as young adult, I think, but still good reads.

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It so does.

I've read those! They're really good!

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We seem to have very similar tastes, then. I've read them before, but I'm reluctant to put them down again.

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We do, it's kind of awesome.

Have you read the Vlad Taltos books?

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No, I haven't, though obviously I should if you like them.

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They're really good. I love the writer's sense of humor. Pick up The Book of Jhereg (http://www.amazon.com/Book-Jhereg-Vlad-Taltos/dp/0441006159), it's the first three books of the series in one volume. You won't regret it, I promise, though keep in mind it's a very long, continuing anthology. But they're easy reads, they go quick.

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If you're into irreverent humor you might enjoy Sir Apropos of Nothing and its sequels, The Woad to Wuin and Tong Lashing. Apropos is the epitome of the anti-hero. They're very interesting books.

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Have them written down, will definitely check them out. The titles themselves make me giggle.

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It was the titles that made me pick them up in the first place. I couldn't believe the horrendous puns. I just had to see if they were any good. I wasn't disappointed.

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That sounds exactly like something I would do. 'Oh dear Lord, that is so absurd, I must read it!'

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Exactly! Its pull was irresistible.

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I will definitely check them out, I'll need books to occupy me until September, and all my other favorite authors are holding out on me.

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Those damned authors, having to work at writing and not just making it appear.

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I KNOW! Don't they realize I need to be entertained!

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Screw Copernicus. The world should revolve around you.