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Arya is caught whispering her prayer & learns about the many faced god. Everyday she is asked who she is & answers “No one” but can‘t forget her past &family. Confronted again, the kindly man tells her she must give all of herself. She throws her possessions into the sea -except Needle
She is given a robe & taught Braavosi
She asks about Jaqen, the man denies knowing him
She is sent out to Braavos with a new identity, Cat an orphan of KingsLanding

Arianne Martell conspires to crown Myrcella, Gerold thinks it‘s better to kill her but when Myrcella comes they bow, she is unaware why. Arianne introduces her friends to the queen-to-be. Myrcella‘s handmaid Rosalind is impersonating her at the castle.
They reach the boat but unexpectedly are confronted by Hotah. Arianne‘s father was aware of the plot &sent men to capture them. Arys is slain &Arianne is to be taken to Sunspear

Brienne &Pod proceed with Nimble Dick as their guide. Her mistrust grows once they leave the roads.
At the gate, Nimble Dick reveals that the info he gave the fool was false &smugglers don‘t stop there now
Instead of Dontos, they find Timeon,Pyg &Shagwell. When she tells them she is after a fool with a Stark girl, they point her to the Hound. She‘s forced to kill them
She was followed by Hyle Hunt, she says they will follow the trail to Riverrun

Aeron starts the kingsmoot. Contenders make their claims with visions for the future or gifts. Victarion bides his time. When he does put himself in he says it will be more of what they had with Balon, which pleases the masses. But Asha interrupts &recalls the tragedies under Balon too, she calls for peace with the North. Many call her name whil others support Victarion. Euron makes his claim with a mission to win the 7 Kingdoms -by using dragons

Victarion returns to make his claim. Ralf Kenning is holding Moat Cailin while he‘s away.
With some trepidation at facing his brother, but wanting to preserve the Greyjoy legacy; he tries to ally himself. Some want to end the war
Asha greets him “I am pleased to see you at my queensmoot”, then she accuses Euron of killing Balon. Asha makes an offer to Victarion to back him if she can be his Hand. She wants to ally with the North. He declines

Qyburn & SerHarys are promoted
To deal w/Stannis they need a fleet, but need coin. So withhold payment to the Iron Bank of Braavos
She delays punishing Freys for the Red Wedding
She swears revenge on Sansa &continues that Arya is with the Boltons,”if the North must have a Stark we will give them one”&they plot against Lord Commander Snow
Osney Kettleblack will be useful to resolve 2 problems if he deflowers Margaery & is sent to the Wall..

As the procession departs, Jaime & Kevan have a confrontation then he picks at Lancel seeking out of Tyrion‘s words were true, he tells himself again that Tyrion was lying.
Lollys named her baby Tyrion. Cersei & Lady Merryweather joke &plot, having come to an understanding w/Margaery‘s spy. Cersei has no use for Kevan, she has a plan for the Boltons to handle the North. They bicker over who will be the next Hand & she throws her wine at him

Sam, Gilly & Maester Aemon set sail. The ship will take them as far as Braavos. Sam is seasick and anxious, Gilly is upset-Sam thinks the sea scares her-& the baby is having a hard time. The Maester remembers his last trip past & imagines the sights. Dareon, now a recruiter, is faring the best.
They hit a storm &the mood of the crew get worse, some blame Gilly.
The Maester knows the reason for Gilly‘s sadness, her baby is back at the Wall….

Brienne trains Podrick. They run across 1 of Lord Tarly‘s captains, the soldiers are rebuilding Maidenpool while Lord Tarly is in the market dispensing justice
She‘s forced to confess her mission to him, he tells her of Lysa‘s death. With that, she thinks the Vale isno longer Sansa‘s place of refuge
She talks to Nimble Dick who tells how he helped frightened fool with 2 girls. She hopes it‘s Sansa and Arya. He promises to take her to the smugglers

Arys Oakheart has forgone his white cloak to avoid attention. Things are well between Myrcella &Trystane but he keeps her guarded by men they brought from KingsLanding. Doran Martell tells him that Myrcella is in danger from Dornishmen trying to start war.
His lover Princess Arianne -Doran‘s daughter-says Myrcella is more fit to rule than Tommen. She divulges that they have moved Myrcella to hide her from those that would crown her, not hurt her.

Jaime‘s search through the tunnels did not reveal Tyrion & Varys whereabouts. He warns that the Wildfire reserves are a danger.
This wedding is much more modest. Margaery wears the same wedding dress she wore to marry Joffrey. Cersei wears mourning clothes & seethes at how soon this is.
Ser Kevan discusses Lord Beric hanging the Freys, hears that the Hound joined him
Lady Merryweather tells Cersei her maid is a spy
She burns the Tower of The Hand

Asha Greyjoy has her doubts about the nature of her father‘s death. Her mother is like a ghost in her grief, & she must tell her that Theon is dead as well
She goes to see her nuncle who tells her about the kingsmoot. He tells her not to go, that she will not be chosen.
Tristifer tells her that it will be dangerous there, he wants to marry her & have a dozen sons. He thought she would wait for him, when he presses her she holds him at knifepoint.

Marillion sings in his cell. Lord Nestor Royce comes to hear what happened to Lysa.
Robert tells the men that Marillion threw Lysa through the Moon Door. Sansa tells the same. Marillion confesses.
She overhears Nestor tell Littlefinger this won‘t be the end of it. Littlefinger names Nestor Keeper of the Gates. He is impressed when Sansa understands why it was done the way it was
He tells her she must be Alayne all the time, even in her own heart

Brienne arrives in Duskendale. She gets her shield painted &stays at an inn while the paint sets,is reminded of the baths at Harrenhal, tries not to think of Jaime there.
It‘s clear Sansa is not in Duskendale. The Lord suggests Dorne, Oldtown, far away. But she think Sansa will go where she has people. To the Wall? Riverrun? The Vale? She gets some other “leads”
She realizes she is being followed by a familiar squire hoping to find Tyrion

Jaime feels the guilt of his fathers death. He hasn‘t seen Varys since helping Tyrion escape. When he went to question the undergaolers they were all killed by the Kingsguard at Cersei‘s behest.
Cersei comes to see him in The Great Sept & She pleads with him to be Hand & they can rule like King &Queen. He declines.
Still upset with her, but he gives Cersei advice on handling Mace Tyrell, but it means rushing Margaery &Tommens wedding

At the funeral she speaks with Lancel, ill since Blackwater, she regrets sleeping with him &wonders if he had confessed to the septon -about that or Robert‘s wine
The Tyrells try for positions of power, Mace Tyrell wants to be Hand, Cersei thwarts them while keeping the alliance for now
Her Uncle, Ser Kevan will only be Hand if Cersei makes him regent &goes to Casterly Rock. She refuses &he makes threats
Qyburn wants to tend to the Mountain

Arya goes ashore in Braavos. She is intimidated &feeling like a little mouse again. She passes temples of all the gods, new, old & almost forgotten alike. She climbs the stairs of a windowless temple &t he doors are opened for her, inside it is filled with the dead & dying
In the House of Black &White, the temple of the many-faced God, she uses all her aliases before revealing her true identity. The Priest challenges her, asking if she fears death

Jon shows Sam a letter to King Tommen & Sam has trouble keeping Bran‘s secret when Jon recalls Tommen &Bran playing with swords
They debate the War &whether Lannisters will see the Watch as traitors
Gilly had been sent to plead for Mance‘s life, which seems doomed. Gilly is being sent away & Sam with her… & Maester Aemon. They are to go to the Citadel & Sam to become the Maester, the news doesn‘t please Sam as Jon thought it would. Jon orders him.

Brienne searches for Sansa
Ser Creighton offers to travel with her for her protection. She is a lady. Ser Illifer says she is accused of killing Renley. She swears on the Seven she did not harm him & they travel on peacefully
They come upon Ser Shadrich, who also searches for Sansa
Rumors circulate of how Jaime lost his hand & Brienne recalls admiringly his strength in their fight
In the morning she leaves before the others, continuing after Sansa

Cersei is awoken by guards & she is confronted by tragedy, she is appalled at the way everyone is reacting & she doesn‘t know how to react herself.
Jaime is searches the hidden tunnel, but needs to find keys to a gate where the tunnels converge. Cersei tells Jaime he must be Hand now, he rebuffs her
As her mind reels she notices Varys is absent.
Tyrion is discovered to be missing from his cell

Oberyn‘s children want to avenge him. Doran advises dying in trial by combat is not murder. Where Obara wants to burn Oldtown, Lady Nym wants to bring her sister Tyene & strike Tywin, the Golden Twins & the little King. Tyene has her own plan, to arrange a wedding & crown Myrcella to lure the Lannisters to Dorne

Doran requests they be locked up, their sister Sarella is not in Dorne & he just hopes she is not of the same mind

Aeron Greyjoy is drowning men in the Wyk when he receives news of Balon Greyjoy -his brother‘s death. He returns to the keep where they squabble over who should succeed him, he doesn‘t think Asha or Theon can rule. But Asha is returning to sit on the Seastone Chair regardless. Aeron calls for a kingsmoot -a ceremony from the Old Ways to choose the worthiest king

Pate, a novice of the Citadel, thinks of his love Rosey & waits for the alchemist. Word is traveling of the dragons & beautiful young queen -Not just that, old powers, dark ones

Lazy Leo Tyrell goads Pate about Rosey. The dawn nears. Despondent, he makes for the citadel but the alchemist comes after all.
Pate trades a key stolen from Archmaester Walgrave, asks to see the alchemist‘s face, he is a stranger, just a man, no one. Then Pate collapses

Babysitting my friend‘s (bearded) dragon, her name is Benedict Smaug (“Ben” for short) & putting the schedule together - spoilers on next post

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I loved it very much, I‘m super immersed in this world of Westeros and I‘m loving the journey George is taking us on.
I just wish he would drop the rest of the books in a near future.

Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4599832230

"I am tempted to say this is no game we play, daughter,
but of course it is. The game of thrones."

“You cannot eat love, nor buy a horse with it, nor warm your halls on a cold night.”

I can‘t decide if Cersei is a feminist character or not. I lean toward not. I‘m not placing any moral value on her feminism. She‘s obviously a villain in this book. You could argue that her ascent to Queen Regent in a male-dominated society is the epitome of feminism. But the one nagging detail for me is her constant lament at not being born a man. Regardless, I‘m glad to be done with this slow-moving 34-hour political drama. ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Good thing I've watched the series, this one was hard to follow.

Alright, cleared some storage on my phone to start this slog through Cersei‘s Revenge. I have grown to like Jaime Lannister more. But am really missing Tyrion in this one.

I‘m more than a quarter through this, and I realize that GRRM has grown tired of his Westeros story. No Tyrion—except in third-person exposition. One chapter for Sansa. Two chapters for Arya. This was a book about the dullest character, Cersei Lannister—a power-hungry narcissist who somehow is more cunning and vile than her murdered father. I need more House Stark. So glad I am not trudging through a physical read.

34 hours to go!

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30. Feast

Still on my TBR 😅😅

I made it to the end. 🥱😴 I‘ll rate it so-so because it did move the story along a bit. I need a break before I read the next book in the series.

Ok, not really serious. 😆😜 But man, this book is such a disappointment. Where is Tyrion? Please tell me the next book is better!

723 p. Took me longer than the previous ones. The author decided to do a 2-parter and put half of the characters in one book, and half of them - to the next one. Not sure if lack of Daenerys had something to do with my slow reading
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So far this was my least favorite. That being said I am excited to start A Dance with Dragons.

Hoping to finish these before 2021!

(I think it might be wishful thinking...)

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Books you want to finish before the end of the year

I definitely have more but these are the main ones.

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