Knife of Dreams

Knife of Dreams Well, after about a month of procrastination, I’m finally getting around to doing the final blog post in my series of “Wheel of Time read through” responses. Thanks to all of those who emailed me reminding me I’d never gotten around to writing a post about Book Eleven. Also, those of you…

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NAME OF THE WIND paperback out! + New Spring

NAME OF THE WIND paperback out! + New Spring Just in case you’ve been living under the proverbial rock this year and haven’t heard about Patrick Rothfuss, you should know that his fantastic first novel—THE NAME OF THE WIND—is now out in paperback. (As of Monday, I believe.) Book two is due out next week.…

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Crossroads of Twilight

Crossroads of Twilight All right, I have to establish something before I get into my discussion of this book. First off, I’ve never been one who complained about the length of these books or the lack of motion in them. Like many fans who feel as I do, I would go along with others in…

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WINTER’S HEART

WINTER’S HEART First off, we’ve posted a new Writing Excuses Podcast: Flaws vs. Handicaps. Secondly, a reminder that the ELANTRIS hardcover sale ends this Friday. Now, a response to WoT Book Nine. As fans, we waited a long time for this book: The book where Saidin was to be cleansed. True, we’ve waited longer for the final book…

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Path of Daggers

Path of Daggers I found this volume a very quick read. Perhaps that’s because of its slightly shorter length, but I also think it’s because I’m settling into the newer system Mr. Jordan had for changing viewpoints. We’ve slid into the “Large chunk from a viewpoint, then very little from them for a long while”…

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Posts + CROWN OF SWORDS

Posts + CROWN OF SWORDS I have finished PATH OF DAGGERS, but I still haven’t done a blog post on CROWN OF SWORDS, so we’ll do that one first. One of the things I went into this series wondering was if I could pick out why some readers grew frustrated with the series around books…

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WoT: LORD OF CHAOS

WoT: LORD OF CHAOS I’ve now completed my re-read of the first six WoT books. Perhaps it is my mind seeking organization where there is none, but I see these six books as having a rather interesting division. The first three each focus around a central event—the hunt for the horn, for instance, or the…

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WOT Read Through: THE SHADOW RISING

WOT Read Through: THE SHADOW RISING Note: this is the last day for the MISTBORN hardcover sale. The books will go up to $25 sometime tomorrow, without warning, when my brother gets around to changing the store. I know these posts are getting mirrored around to a lot of different websites, so I thought I’d mention…

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WoT Read Through: THE DRAGON REBORN

WoT Read Through: THE DRAGON REBORN I’ve mentioned that it’s sometimes hard for me to remember which events happen in which book. Obviously, I knew going into this one that I’d be reading about the fall of the Stone of Tear—the cover gives a handy hint on that. However, some of what I’d THOUGHT happened…

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