Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin

  • Started on: 2011-02-16
  • Finished on: 2011-02-23
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

This is the second book in the Song of Fire and Ice series. After reading the first I just had to read more from this saga.
The book picks up right where the previous one left us. The king is dead and war is going on. Robb is king of the North, the old kings brothers are fighting with Joffrey for the throne, and other Lords and knights feel they should sit on a throne. Meanwhile, winter is coming and in the North the free men are stirring.
This book has some more fantasy elements in it, but they are introduced slowly, and are as unbelievable to the characters as the reader. I loved reading the book despite the tragedies, death and hardship the like-able characters face. Near the end I thought that I had enough of this saga for a while, but now that I have finished the book I want to read the next one really soon. Luckily it is waiting for me at home.

  • Started on: 2011-02-16
  • Finished on: 2011-02-23
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

This is the second book in the Song of Fire and Ice series. After reading the first I just had to read more from this saga.
The book picks up right where the previous one left us. The king is dead and war is going on. Robb is king of the North, the old kings brothers are fighting with Joffrey for the throne, and other Lords and knights feel they should sit on a throne. Meanwhile, winter is coming and in the North the free men are stirring.
This book has some more fantasy elements in it, but they are introduced slowly, and are as unbelievable to the characters as the reader. I loved reading the book despite the tragedies, death and hardship the like-able characters face. Near the end I thought that I had enough of this saga for a while, but now that I have finished the book I want to read the next one really soon. Luckily it is waiting for me at home.