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tl;dr version: In a rare instance of media living up to its hype, I quite enjoyed A Game of Thrones.My full review can be found at Amara's Eden. ...more "
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"Currently rereading this, partially because I want to refresh my memory of it before I read the next book in the series and partially because I want to study how Martin writes description. I wasn't really paying attention to that aspect of his writing the first time through, but I should've been; the detail of his narrative is rich and undeniably purposeful, and that's something I could really stand to learn." — Apr 30, 2019 11:38AM
"Currently rereading this, partially because I want to refresh my memory of it before I read the next book in the series and partially because I want to study how Martin writes description. I wasn't really paying attention to that aspect of his writing the first time through, but I should've been; the detail of his narrative is rich and undeniably purposeful, and that's something I could really stand to learn." — Apr 30, 2019 11:38AM
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