I’m in a holding pattern, reading-wise. I’ve got to make some headway on two papers for my ed policy class, plus I have a live, online presentation to give on Thursday evening for my other class, so my leisure reading time has dwindled. That said, I hit a very disappointing part of A Clash of Kings last weekend, and I wasn’t too upset to have to set it down for a while.

I don’t want to give away any spoilers, and I acknowledge that it’s a fantastical book about kingdom conquest, but still … I’ve gotten to know some of the characters and feel empathetic toward them, and it makes me sad when they die. I’ve about had my fill of reading about enemies’ heads on spikes at the castle gates and people being run through with lances. So, I’m taking a break from the series to finish up the summer term, then I’ll pick it up again. Surely, all of the “good guys” won’t be killed off, right??