A Song of Ice and Fire - Book Chatter

I finally finished A Dance With Dragons, the fifth installment of A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin and let me tell you... WOW! It took me about six months to get through all the books (man, they are long!) and I can't help feeling a little sad not being able to return to Westeros for I don't know how long.

I will not go into detail about the plot of the books in the series because I'm pretty sure most of you already know what they are about, whether through the books or the TV series. Instead I'm just going to write about the series in general and why they captivated me so much.

George R. R. Martin is a genius, pure and simple. He has managed to create a world so intricate and so vast that you forget it's a fictional world you are reading about, forget these characters did not exist and forget dragons have never existed. That is the magic of Martin, he makes you forget in the best possible way.

The character number is large, and will probably grow with the next two books. It's hard to keep track of them all and remember the story of each of them. But they all have something that draws you in. Whether you hate them or love them, you want to know them.  Personally I liked the chapters concerning the Wall the most and the King's Landing ones the least, but I still liked that part. You can always find something to like in every story.

If I had to pick a favorite character I would pick Arya. I love how gutsy she is but is still a child, even though she doesn't admit it. The decisions she makes are often the decisions a child would make thinking it's a grown up decision. I'm crossing my fingers and praying for more Arya in the next book!

But in reality, I like all of the characters in one way or another. Each chapter is dedicated to one character and the style changes slightly with each character so you really get a feel for them.Some fantastic writing there.

And now I wait, along with millions of you, for the next book. Hurry up George! (But don't rush it either!)

The verdict:

A Song of Ice and Fire has everything I want in books. Amazing writing, an incredibly detailed universe (so detailed I never get the feeling it's a made up world), all the characters have something that draws you in, whether you hate them or love them, and there are dragons and zombie like things. It just doesn't get better, does it?

Welcome!

Hi there, fellow booklings and welcome to Booklings United. The point of this site is to talk about books and everything related to them. I wanted to create a space where I can fully showcase my inner bookling and just enjoy all the amazing things books can bring you.
 
Books play a big role in my life (and my bedroom, seriously, the size of my bedroom (or lack thereof) is starting to be a problem!) and I honestly think they have made me the person I am today. Being able to jump from one world to another and experience things you will never experience in real life is the greatest gift anyone can give you.
 
One of my absolutely favorite things to do is to go to a second hand bookshop and rummage around the piles of books they have there. A huge portion of my library comes from shops like that. I love to imagine the lives those old, sometimes battered, books have lived. Were they loved? Or did the owner just chuck them on the shelf and not look at it again? Is it weird to think about books like that? Oh well, I like to be weird.
 
But what is a "bookling"? According to The Urban Dictionary:
A Bookling is a slang expression for a very studious person. It is commonly associated with other similar expressions such as geek, nerd or dork but without such a negative connotation. It is this that most students turn into during their exam period just before summer when social interaction and party life seems to reach an all time low.
The common bookling's habitat in modern days most commonly a library though sometimes it is still found in the wild, studying in a park or in its lair which experts refer to as its "study". It is still unknown how this animal manages to procreate despite the lack of social interaction with other humans. Though they are sometimes found in packs (so called "study groups"), they barely ever interact, and their procreation a mystery remains to this day. 
 
I didn't even know this was a thing when I thought of the name. I guess my inner bookling is just so strong. :P
 

Anyway, I hope you like this little site and have fun!




-Krissa