Take Two Review: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R. R. Martin

I’ve been nerd-ing out these last few weeks. I saw a co-worker with a copy of A Game of Thrones and she asked me a few questions about the prologue.

It’s been two years since I read the first novel so I gave her a recap from memory.

Well I went home and thought I wonder if I gave her the right answers…I’ll re-read just the prologue. Well the next thing I know I’m 100 pages in!

I love this series. It’s so rich, textured, and character driven. I can’t say enough good things. You don’t have to be a fantasy reader to enjoy this series. It’s one of the best books and series I’ve ever read hands down.

But thinking back to my first review two years ago, I don’t think I thought that about the book. I decided to do a re-review on A Game of Thrones to see what all I picked up this reading that I perhaps didn’t on the first go around.

So I am not going to give a lot of background on this book since you can see it all from my first review.

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Interview: The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker

With the upcoming US release of this #1 international bestselling thriller, The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair

A global phenomenon, with over 2 million copies sold in Europe, THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY QUEBERT AFFAIR is a fast-paced, tightly plotted, cinematic literary thriller about the disappearance of a fifteen-year-old New Hampshire girl and, thirty years later, a young American writer’s determination to clear his mentor’s name.

Please enjoy this conversation with Joel Dicker about his upcoming novel!

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Review: The Lincoln Myth (Cotton Malone #9) by Steve Berry

All is not as it seems. A simple phrase that could be dangerous in the wrong hands.

Abraham Lincoln must make a choice, keep the secret or not. He could save thousands or have the country torn apart…..Lincoln alone holds the power.

Retired agent, Cotton Malone is asked by his former boss to do a favor.

It sounds relatively cut and dry, but as soon as he agrees he realizes this is a bit more involved than he originally expected.

Unbeknownst to him, his girlfriend is also being recruited for this ‘favor’. This only complicates matters further as she is in deep cover.

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Review: Dark Aemilia: A Novel of Shakespeare’s Dark Lady by Sally O’Reilly

The story of Aemilia Bassono and William Shakespeare is wrought with passion, love, poetry, and a little magic.

While the story is about both William and Aemilia, the main protagonist of the novel is Aemilia herself.

She is an illegitimate child raised in the court of Queen Elizabeth.

She was taken in by the Countess of Kent who made sure she was educated and prepared to eventually become part of the Queen’s household.

While at court she becomes the mistress to Henry Carey but when he tires of he she is married off to Alfonso Lanyer–a lowly court musician. But not before she meets William and begins an affair with him as well.

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Announcement: Winner: Daughter of the Gods by Stephanie Thornton

And the winner of the giveaway for Daughter of the Gods by Stephanie Thornton is…..

Denise D (liked on Facebook)

The winner will be notified via email.

Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the publisher and HFVBT for making this giveaway possible!