It's pneumonia 🫩

🙃 so about that chapter a day reread lol. Illness absolutely ravaged Acorn Hall this month. Tripped right at the finish line.

Sansa VI: I'm not sure if this is just my favorite Sansa chapter in AGOT or my favorite chapter in AGOT period,

Bran VII: a day behind again 🙃 I love Bran so so much. I refuse to believe any of the awful theories about his future. He's a good boy and so he'll be a good king. That's just math.

Arya V: I know it's is a silly criticism in the grand scheme of things, but did Arya REALLY need to rip her nail? Like, was she just not going through enough, she just needed that injury too? Reminds me of how I felt when Jeyne got frostbite on her nose.

Daenerys VIII: I'm all caught up now! Thanks to everyone who reached out ❤️ still sick, but grateful for the forced down time. As for the chapter - I love it. It's tense, it's scary, it's exciting. And reminds me why I got an epidural! Before it, my experience was not unlike Dany's lol

I'm sick today, so hoping I'll get to catch up on reading. I need to read Tyrion VIII and Catelyn X. We'll see! 🤒

Daenerys VII: Jesus Christ. Yeah, Mirri Maz Duur did nothing wrong.

Jon VIII: still catching up. I think it's really interesting that Sandor's reputation is known as far as the Wall. What has he DONE though? He was home until 12. Went into service under Tywin and then was glued to Cersei and Joffrey. I need to look into the timeline. I suspect he had a -

Catelyn IX: I'm one day late getting to this chapter, which is actually appropriate lol. Every time Walder Frey speaks I hear Cotton Hill. "DID I ASK YOU, BOY? YOU AIN'T LORD FREY YET, NOT TIL I DIE. DO I LOOK DEAD?"

Lady Smallestwood turned two today!!!

Eddard XV: I don't really have commentary. It's Ned's last POV, and a great chapter.

Sansa V: I will never forgive them for how they treated Ser Barristan. And I'll never forgive Janos Slynt for picking the tackiest, most self-aggrandizing sigil in all of history.

Tyrion VII: Love the gravitas of Tywin's introduction. The sudden pivot to describing his appearance was really well done.

Catelyn VIII: Is this who George named Wendel Manderly after?

Daenerys VI: She is so CUTE, oh my gosh. And her love for gift giving is such a sweet little character trait. I wonder if we'll ever get to see carefree Dany again, eagerly picking out a present for someone she loves.

Bran VI: Let them mock, Bran thought. No one mocked him in his bedchamber, but he would not live his life in bed. Great line.

Jon VII: Such a creepy chapter, I LOVE it.

It was SO much fun to take part. Thank you so much!!!

Okay I'm apple posting now, because, as Red said, my brains are applesauce. Or maybe I'm drunk. It's one of them

Raymun's pullout game weak. I guess he couldn't help but to come in cider.

Akotsk spoilers --- I have some minor irks about the episode but tbh seeing Sweetfoot again and knowing she's going to live her best life on an apple orchard makes up for all of it. Her unknown fate was literally my only problem with the original story!!

Sansa IV: Sansa is kind in deed but not really in thought, poor Jeyne. In other Jeyne news, where is Sandor's gold medal for not killing her when he found her?? Sandor haters, please explain. (I'm joking.... half joking.)

Arya IV: I think this is one of the best written chapters in the book, actually.

Eddard XIV: You know, what stand out to me this time is that Ned's extension of mercy to Cersei did have some positive yield - she did offer him mercy in return. He just didn't take it 😅

Jon VI:

Madness and sadness 🥲 it was such a pleasure!!!

Eddard XIII: WHY DID YOU SEND EVERYONE AWAY TO DICTATE YOUR WILL ROBERT WHY

Daenerys V: Oh, it's this one!

"You want a family? Go out there and get a family." Okay I guess I'm just going to cry. That's a beautiful line.

Eddard XII: I am FASCINATED by what Sandor thought of Ned's ruling re: Gregor. For one, Ned already stripped lands and titles from him, so I'd think that means technically, it's already Sandor's. But regardless, I get the mixed feelings about someone else killing the guy he wants to kill, but-

Sansa III: Yes, sweetie, when you want to find a knight to bring down The Mountain, a teenaged boy described as skinny twice in a sentence is absolutely the best pick.

Eddard XI: We meet Karyl Vance! Sad eyed and rightfully so.

Tyrion VI: don't spoil it, but I can't remember if we ever see Mord the gaoler ever again. I hope we do!

Jon V: Jon is such a good guy. But Chett is the one that captured my attention. It's so cool to be reintroduced to a character, having a bird's eye view of their lives.

Is anyone else a moistcritical fan? He just made a video about akotsk and I had a big stupid grin listening to him talk about his much he's enjoying it so far.

Catelyn VII: I still remember my first impression of this chapter. I was impressed that Catelyn didn't underestimate Bronn against Ser Vardis. I still am. Catelyn is so interesting in that she made such an insane play by capturing Tyrion, but generally she is really sharp.

Eddard X: had to finish up this morning. Really loved the dream of the tower of joy. The repetition of Ned telling the KG where he expected to find them does a lot of work to demonstrate how important guarding Lyanna was. There were so many other "better" places for them to be- places that

Tyrion V: I'm afraid of heights, and this chapter is hell for me.

Bran V: Robb scolds Theon for having too much faith in himself and not considering unfavorable "what-ifs". Robb will later put all his trust in Theon and won't consider the unfavorable what-ifs of doing so.

Just finished s2 of Fallout. Man, what a great fucking show. Post credits scene was so exciting!!

Daenerys IV: Okay and then I read a chapter like this and I remember why I do love reading this series. I really think it's just not designed to be a chapter a day. I'm glad I got a nice one today.

Eddard IX: I'm contemplating ending my chapter a day reread even I finish AGOT. Chapters like this, especially, make it really difficult. I don't like that I can't find a better ending point. This is the chapter I got, I can't go and distract myself with another POV.

Catelyn VI: "Catelyn had more faith in a maester's learning than a septon's prayers." Catelyn would have vaccinated her kids.

Eddard VIII: Small counsel watching Ned and Robert argue like

Arya III: Not too much to report, but I'll mention that I'm making a list of spooky/creepy chapters and this one made the list. Eventually I'd like to take the 31 scariest ones and do a daily read-along leading up to Halloween.

My favorite part of tonight's episode was my husband and my mom's absolute delight at the ending. They were happy and surprised and all three of us just went on and on about it. I fucking love this show, man.

Tyrion IV: Kurleket is a really stand-out name. I can't think of another name in asoiaf that feels so off - not just in Westeros, but the whole of planetos.

Eddard VII: catching up on yesterday's chapter while my little acorn naps. So much happens in this chapter, including Varys taking Ned exactly what is going to happen to him :(