The Running Bibliophile

One of the book clubs I belonged to decided to read the A Song of Ice and Fire series. I rushed out and bought all four books because Barnes & Noble was selling them in a bundle for $20.00, plus tax. Not too long after, the fifth book in the series came out.    Not realizing how long they were, I waited until a week before we were to meet to crack the book open. Since there was no way I was going to come even close to finishing, I waited to read it and started on another book. With the next book club still a month away, I thought I could push through both the first book and the second book in the series. That is until I looked at the second book and saw it too was super long. I finally decided not to read the series with the book club and would wait a couple of years to read them because I knew I'd forget the discussions of who had died. Fast forward five years later to 2016, and I finally started reading A Game of Thrones  by George R.R. Martin . It took...