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Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But his newest allies in this quest are not the rag-tag band they seem, and at their heart lies one who could undo Daenerys’s claim to Westeros forever.

Meanwhile, to the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone � a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.

From all corners, bitter conflicts reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.

]]> 1016 George R.R. Martin 0553801473 Stacia 5
Oh my GOD why hasn't he finished the next one?! You cannot leave me like this!! Whhyyyyy!?!?!]]> 4.31 2011
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Stacia
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2013/10/16
date added: 2017/03/23
shelves: favorites, fiction, fantasy, favorite-authors, geek, my-favorite, obligated, oh-my-god-you-have-to-read-this, series
review:
Seriously? SERIOUSLY?!

Oh my GOD why hasn't he finished the next one?! You cannot leave me like this!! Whhyyyyy!?!?!
]]> 8131227 The newest tour de force from The New York Times bestselling author of Thursday Next and Shades of Grey.

Jasper Fforde's exuberant return to the fantastical BookWorld opens during a time of great unrest. All-out Genre war is rumbling, and the BookWorld desperately needs a heroine like Thursday Next. But with the real Thursday apparently retired to the Realworld, the Council of Genres turns to the written Thursday.

The Council wants her to pretend to be the real Thursday and travel as a peacekeeping emissary to the warring factions. A trip up the mighty Metaphoric River beckons-a trip that will reveal a fiendish plot that threatens the very fabric of the BookWorld itself.

Once again New York Times bestselling author Jasper Fforde has a field day gleefully blending satire, romance, and thriller with literary allusions galore in a fantastic adventure through the landscape of a frisky and fertile imagination. Fans will rejoice that their favorite character in the Fforde universe is back.

Watch a Video]]> 362 Jasper Fforde 1456123688 Stacia 4 3.96 2011
author: Jasper Fforde
name: Stacia
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2014/02/15
date added: 2017/03/23
shelves: fiction, fantasy, favorite-authors, series, favorites
review:

]]> 13497 Crows will fight over a dead man's flesh, and kill each other for his eyes.

Bloodthirsty, treacherous and cunning, the Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne in the name of the boy-king Tommen. The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life.

The Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crow's Eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles. From the icy north, where Others threaten the Wall, apprentice Maester Samwell Tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms to the Citadel.

Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory will go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts.]]> 1060 George R.R. Martin 055358202X Stacia 5
My copy of Dance with Dragons won't be here for a few weeks, so I'll just sit here in stunned silence until it arrives. ]]> 4.16 2005
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Stacia
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at: 2013/10/02
date added: 2017/03/23
shelves: favorites, fiction, fantasy, favorite-authors, geek, my-favorite, obligated, oh-my-god-you-have-to-read-this, series
review:
Mr. Martin is KICKING MY ASS! O.O

My copy of Dance with Dragons won't be here for a few weeks, so I'll just sit here in stunned silence until it arrives.
]]> 47212 HARRY DRESDEN � WIZARD

Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment.

Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. For the "everyday" world is actually full of strange and magical things—and most don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Takes a wizard to catch a—well, whatever. There's just one problem. Business, to put it mildly, stinks.

So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's black magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's name. And that's when things start to get interesting.

Magic - it can get a guy killed.]]> 372 Jim Butcher 0451457811 Stacia 4 3.99 2000
author: Jim Butcher
name: Stacia
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2000
rating: 4
read at: 2016/08/14
date added: 2017/03/23
shelves: series, fiction, brain-candy, fantasy, geek, obligated, favorites
review:

]]> 44170 Alyss of Wonderland?
When Alyss Heart, newly orphaned heir to the Wonderland throne, flees through the Pool of Tears to escape her murderous Aunt Redd, she finds herself lost and alone in Victorian London. Befriended by an aspiring author named Lewis Carrol, Alyss tells the violent, heartbreaking story of her young life. Alyss trusts this author to tell the truth so that someone, somewhere will find her and bring her home. But he gets the story all wrong. He even spells her name incorrectly!

Fortunately, Royal Bodyguard Hatter Madigan knows all too well the awful truth of Alyss' story - and he's searching every corner of our world to find the lost princess and return her to Wonderland, to battle Redd for her rightful place as the Queen of Hearts.

The Looking Glass Wars unabashedly challenges our Wonderland assumptions of mad tea parties, grinning Cheshire cats, and a curious little blond girl to reveal an epic battle in the endless war for Imagination.]]> 384 Frank Beddor 0803731531 Stacia 4 geek, series, fantasy 3.94 2004
author: Frank Beddor
name: Stacia
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 2012/07/16
date added: 2017/03/23
shelves: geek, series, fantasy
review:

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It turns out that monsters are real. All the things from myth, legend, and B-movies are out there, waiting in the shadows. Officially secret, some of them are evil, and some are just hungry. On the other side are the people who kill monsters for a living. Monster Hunter International is the premier eradication company in the business. And now Owen is their newest recruit.

It’s actually a pretty sweet gig, except for one little problem. An ancient entity known as the Cursed One has returned to settle a centuries old vendetta. Should the Cursed One succeed, it means the end of the world, and MHI is the only thing standing in his way. With the clock ticking towards Armageddon, Owen finds himself trapped between legions of undead minions, belligerent federal agents, a cryptic ghost who has taken up residence inside his head, and the cursed family of the woman he loves.

Business is good... Welcome to Monster Hunter International.]]> 557 Larry Correia 0741444569 Stacia 0 4.06 2009
author: Larry Correia
name: Stacia
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/01/08
shelves: to-read, fiction, crime, fantasy, geek, horror, series
review:

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