I didn't start out as a Game of Thrones book reader. It took binge-watching the first two seasons of the HBO show, and the prospect of an impossibly unfair year-long gap before Season 3, to make me dive in.*
But once I had thrust myself into George R.R. Martin's narrative, I had to make a choice. The first volume of A Song of Ice and Fire and the first season of the show agreed nicely. The second book, Clash of Kings? **t so much. Characters started to take different paths. Some simply didn't exist in the show (RIP, *****face the court jester and prophet). Read more...