Each week, CliqueClack provides folks that are trying to read George R. R. Martin’s epic A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels along with the HBO series a little help. For as long as HBO provides us with screeners, we’ll help provide the point in the novels that you should have read through to keep ahead of each episode. As I have mentioned each week, with all of the show’s (wonderful) deviations from the books, it can be a difficult task. But we’ve got you covered.

My goal is to make these posts as spoiler-free as possible, just sharing the information on which chapter you need to read though in order to stay ahead. Also, I’ll be leaning on Tower of the Hand, a great reference for fans of ASOIF and Game of Thrones – their spoiler filters are ingenious — as a touchstone for which chapter I’m referring to.

A reminder specific to this season. There is a storyline or two that happens “off-page” during A Storm of Swords and A Feast for Crows that are major parts of this third season. We’re definitely at the point that if you want to read the books completely un-spoiled, you might need to read through A Dance With Dragons before watching this season. The way the story is told in the show is likely to be close — or “close enough” — to how we find out in the final book, but honestly, the way the book presents the material is probably more fun. If “fun” is the right word.

For the episode “And Now His Watch Has Ended,” one would need to have read through Chapter 35, Arya VI. After this week’s “sliding back into” the world of Westeros, things definitely begin to pick up (and you just wait for next week).

Check out previous posts in the Season Three Game of Thrones Readalong series:

Episode One: “Valar Dohaeris”

Episode Two: “Dark Wings, Dark Words”

Episode Three: “Walk of Punishment”

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