Book 67: The Mystery Knight by George RR Martin

This wasn't a full book, but I have to count something since my reading level has been so poor this year.  Another Dunk and Egg novella.  I almost prefer these stories because they are clean and each one resolves.  It's interesting to see some of the Westeros history.  This one tied into the Blackfyre rebellion and the aftermath.  It's also intriguing then to hear what happens to Duncan and Aegon in the main series.  Some sort of tragedy occurs to end the king's reign.  Hopefully it'll be revealed at some point how they got there and exactly what goes down. 

Book 66: A Dance With Dragons by George RR Martin

Finally, the continuation of A Song of Ice and Fire.  Took me a few months to read the whole thing.  Again it leaves everyone hanging on cliffhangers and with Mr. Martin's track record, who knows how long it'll be before the stories are picked up again?

But it's the same quality writing and almost everyone gets their stories moved forward (no Sansa?).  I was tempted to not read it since it had been 5 years since the last book and there are at least 2 more coming, but I caved.  It really is an awesome series, but the wait is hard to bear.

Book 65: Off Season by Jack Ketchum

This was written in 1980 or else I might have expected it was a result of someone copying the violence and gore from Hostel or Saw. Definitely a "torture porn" book.  Some friends get together and then are terrorized by inbred cannibals.  I hear it was pretty controversial when it was first released, but reading it for the first time in 2011, it's nothing I haven't seen before.  It was a pretty quick read, but I wouldn't read this one again.  Nothing really got me too engaged.