A Song of Ice and Fire and Penny
Apr. 28th, 2011 03:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pauln1964I sat Penny down with me to watch the first episode of the TV adaptation of Game of Thrones last week. I was a little apprehensive as her main motivation (other than indulging me) was "Sean Bean!" and I didn't want to let on what was in store for him as Ned Stark. Pen tends to think that the films of The Two Towers and The Return of the King are a waste of space because Sean got killed off as Boromir.
She enjoyed it, though with a couple of quite justified pokes about the early portrayal of a couple of the female roles - particularly Daenerys. She enjoyed so much that she asked where my copy of the book was. When I realised it (and the next) must have been loaned out, I bought new copies and took them home next day. She's just about finished devouring AGoT; isn't disappointed with Ned's fate and will start on A Clash of Kings in short order. I've not seen her get so into something as meaty a read in quite a while. It does mean that we've not watched episode 2 yet, but I've just ordered paperback copies of the next few for her (A Storm of Swords 1 and 2 and A Feast for Crows) and of the hardback of A Dance with Dragons for me.
For George has beaten Kong! Huzzah!
Even better, the order includes a new Vorkosigan book that I accidentally noticed was out.
She enjoyed it, though with a couple of quite justified pokes about the early portrayal of a couple of the female roles - particularly Daenerys. She enjoyed so much that she asked where my copy of the book was. When I realised it (and the next) must have been loaned out, I bought new copies and took them home next day. She's just about finished devouring AGoT; isn't disappointed with Ned's fate and will start on A Clash of Kings in short order. I've not seen her get so into something as meaty a read in quite a while. It does mean that we've not watched episode 2 yet, but I've just ordered paperback copies of the next few for her (A Storm of Swords 1 and 2 and A Feast for Crows) and of the hardback of A Dance with Dragons for me.
For George has beaten Kong! Huzzah!
Even better, the order includes a new Vorkosigan book that I accidentally noticed was out.
