Game of Thrones
06.10.2011 "M'lord."
"M'lday."
"Are you wearing smallclothes?"
Silence.
And that's how it is in our house right now. The next selection in the Uncle Mike* Book Club has overtaken our entire family. Both White Grandparents, The Good Doctor, and I am reading "Game of Thrones" simultaneously on multiple electronic devices.
We don't talk anymore. We just read. All I hear right now as I write this post is the sound of The Good Doctor's mouth breathing. He's using the iPad "we didn't need."
In case you're not familiar, "Game of Thrones" is a series of books that is also now a series on HBO. Written by George R.R. Martin, it's a little Lord of the Rings meets medieval times with a sprinkling of supernatural. None of those are particularly genres that I'm in love with, but I read a great piece in Time about the HBO series and when it premiered, I casually turned to The Good Doctor and was like, "I'm about to rock your world right now," and I OnDemanded his ass into the first episode.
HOOKED.
HBO is just on season one with 2 more episodes to go. I'm currently on Book 3, the 5th book comes out next month, and the final book in a few more years.
I am going to be very sad when I finish the series but I will continue getting medieval on my husband.
*Emmy's uncle, not mine. I have to clarify because some readers were asking me about my Uncle Mike. People, I came here on a boat. I don't have any Uncle "Mikes." Uncle Dung, yes. Uncle Hai, yes. Uncle Peter, Paul and Mary, no.
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Reader Comments (2)
I am sooooo into Game of Thrones on HBO and wife (hates TV) is about to utilize HBOGO on her iPad to get into it since she saw me working soooooooo hard to put WonderBoy (8.5 months old) to bed so I could get back to tonight's epi. Now, when the hell are they going to revisit the winter people that started this whole series?
Funny. My husband wants the same thing!! The books are good. There's only 2 episodes left, so the books help tide you over till next season.