Before Dancing

As nearly everyone in the world knows by now A Dance with Dragons (the 5th volume in George R.R Martin's best selling fantasy epic A Song of Ice and Fire) will be released on July 12. If you can't remember where George last left his heroes, and as it's been 11 years since readers last heard from some of them, this could be the case, and don't want to do a complete reread of the series or don't have time never fear. One of George R.R Martin's most devoted and knowledgeable fans; Adam 'Werthead' Whitehead has produced a comprehensive recap in 4 posts on his blog; The Wertzone. The Song of Ice and Fire posts can be found here, here, here and here.
This was a huge undertaking and Adam has done great work and performed a valuable service for a lot of readers. Even if you don't need a recap this series of posts is well worth reading if you have any interest in the series.