Well I actually liked her learning that being Queen isn't all it's cracked up to be, and the book perhaps laying the groundwork for her realizing that she might not even bother going to Westeros and rather stay in Slaver's Bay and become Ms. Chain Breaker, if you will. It was also nice getting a Barristan POV.

It doesn't in and of itself, but I followed it by saying "if my memory of my first reading serves me right", from which I thought it would be clear that I had read the last two a bit back and not very recently. My mistake if it came off otherwise.

I'll agree, the Quentyn storyline was an odd dead end, but aside from that and possibly Brienne, I can't think of an arc that felt bad or shoddily written. I mean running through the list, Theon, Cersei, Jaime, Arya, Jon, Bran, Sansa, Davos, Tyrion and maybe Daenerys all had engaging plots. And I know he was basically…

Of course I have, I read it and liked it just as much as the others.

Yes… Was that unclear?

What's this with the whole drop in quality? I'm currently rereading ASoS and I'm not finding any faults at all, and if my memory of my first reading serves me right, there wasn't a drop in quality, the pacing was still as good as ever, and so was the world building.

To me that question of whether he can ever change will be answered in Omaha. Was Saul Goodman, Attorney at Law simply a relapse that exile to Omaha might snap him out of, or is he really a skeevy kind of guy, and elder law is just him trying to convince himself differently?

"that's a lot of Affleck where I'd like to see a lot of Hamm."

oh, they're crooked…

Seriously? on the night that BCS airs its episode leading into the finale you choose a Comedy Central roast of someone to be your top pick? And not just any someone, but Justin Bieber? Come on!

No not that, what I meant was that I had actually had it spoiled for me by the friend who introduced BB to me prior to me watching it.

Come on, I must have said "at least, that's the way I see it" at least two times.

That's right, but people are reacting to it with indignation that befits one who thinks that it is a major part of their enjoyment, when it really shouldn't be, at least in my opinion.

Basically what he said is knowing the ending isn't or at least shouldn't be the main reason why you read the book. I agree, the best part with any book is how you get to the end. That's my view, anyway. I knew that Frodo was going to destroy the Ring and that Walter was going to die, but it didn't ruin either for me.…

a 12-hour road trip