I started reading the book after having seen the miniseries, but sad little me didn't know it had been a book first. I can't remember when I started to read it, but I think I managed to get through the first part of the book ((part one of three, or something, if I remember right)), but put the book down and haven't been able to pick it up again. It wasn't that I didn't care for it, it was just one of those books that when I read it I read it, but if I closed it, it would stay shut for a very long time. Kinda like Dune, lol.