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Bk7 of July is done. I‘m flying thru these chunksters now! This is the 1st Sanderson wrote for the WOT & it‘s just not the same as Jordan‘s masterpieces(sigh). Don‘t get me wrong,he tries, and Robert did write out his manuscript for how he wanted it to end, he just doesn‘t have the feel for these characters Jordan did. Every time I bought a book from 7 onwards I always said to the cashier”he better not die before he finishes!l🫲🫱 #BookspinBingo👇

Best wheel of time book yet? It was very exciting, a little emotional and the pace feels a lot quicker. Still some dragging points but overall good book.

This is the best book of the series since The Shadow Rising, maybe before. Brandon Sanderson does an awesome job of taking the notes Jordan left and increasing the pacing. Egwene really shines in this book. The events around the White Tower are captivating. Rand's battles are most of the rest of the book, leaving us with heavy foreshadowing into Mat's and Perrin's next missions. Definitely looking forward to the last two books!

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Throwback to last night, when I listened to a goodly chunk of THE GATHERING STORM and made ginger cookies with marshmallow crème.

I finished it today, and wow. I didn‘t enjoy the first half quite as much this time, but it gets SO EXCITING as the end approaches! My head‘s a giant gush-fest over big stuff like Verin‘s pivotal moment and Egwene‘s badassery and over small stuff like Mat‘s detailed backstories for his secret mission. #audiobaking

Got through another chunk of THE GATHERING STORM while I played Candy Crush, knit, and put a pot of mushroom & barley soup on the stove. I‘m enjoying the story, but I wish I had more listening time. This is probably the slowest I‘ve tackled a WoT reread.

I‘m also bummed that narrator Kate Reading‘s entering her PBS Lady period. She‘s still got performance sense, but her diction‘s become too round AND too crisp. Sadness.

Normally when a new author steps in to finish a beloved, deceased author's work, the results are pretty uninspiring (see: every Dune book Brian Herbert ever wrote). Luckily, this is an exception to the rule, the best installment since Lord of Chaos, and maybe of the entire series so far. Jordan left enough source material behind that the story is still unmistakably his, and with a three-book limit and the ending already written, Sanderson 👇

Renald Fanwar sat on his porch, warming the sturdy blackoak chair crafted for him by his grandson two years before.

Obviously, it is really hard for another author to pick up where the original author left off…..and it was really easy to tell the difference between Jordan and Sanderson‘s writing styles. But, Sanderson does a great job and does credit to Jordan‘s amazing characters and storytelling.

The Gathering Storm has me really excited to dive into the final two novels in the series

Sanderson maintains the integrity of Jordan‘s characters and world while dialing the action and pacing to an 11. This entry is often dark, full of betrayals and death. In that way, the end of the series has never felt more palpable. Yet, there‘s also a fair amount of hope woven throughout. I‘m curious to see how this will all end. #fantasy #wheeloftime

The “it‘s almost dinner time and you‘re STILL reading??” look. #fantasy

Just another lazy Saturday. #fantasy

Knocking out a few pages while I cook dinner. #wheeloftime

2020 has been the year of the... The Wheel of Time, I was hoping to finish before Rhythm of War came out but now it‘s just about finishing this one before😬#WheelofTime #2020reading

The best book in the series, yet. Two more books to go and i can't wait to see what is in store!

#bookspinbingo @thearomaofbooks
Square 2 ✔️

#24b4monday @Andrew65 @jb72 @SumisBooks
Goal book finished!

Only a 45 page prologue, but a 1070 page book. I blame Sanderson 😂

Now that I'm getting close to the end and plotlines are starting to have big payoffs it's so hard not to just binge until I hit the end. I think Sanderson has done an amazing job at keeping the tone of the series true to Jordan's works. Cannot wait to start the next one.

#BookReport
This week I managed to finish four books. Two were part of #TheWheelOfTime and two were series starters. I also am in the early stages of the first Brandon Sanderson #WoT story The Gathering Storm.

#WeeklyForecast
My plans for the week are to keep on with Wheel of Time and to start whatever comes up in the #BookSpin draw. If I finish that I‘ll probably pick up the next in The Fionavar Tapestry.

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

1. All of them ....... I can‘t get enough of Christmas 🤷🏼‍♂️
2. We went camping in the desert for the long weekend in the UAE, this is the sun setting 👌🏻
3. A full Christmas dinner, no expense spared!!!
4. NO!!! I hate cards, I‘ve always thought a phone call is more personal!!!

🎄🎅🏻👨‍👩‍👧☃️🍗🍾

Everyone now an then at work I‘m required to be in an office, and this is how I spend my time 😏🤷🏼‍♂️😂 Hiding my kindle behind my monitor #cantcatchme #WOT #WheelofTime #BuddyReadWOT

Yesterday‘s #readingbuddy , I‘m convinced she loves the Wheel of Time #WoT #thewheeloftime as much as me! Onto book 13, only two to go after thy 🤦🏻‍♂️🙁😩 #buddyreadWOT

#LitsyLearn @Alora

1a. I served in the British Army for 10 years.
1b. My current job is still military related.
1c. I hate pizza 😏😏😏

2. The Lord of The Rings. Just can‘t take to it!

3. Nope 🙁

4. Too cold, it‘s easy to warm yourself up, but trying to cool down is a pain in the ass!!

“It‘s time to toss the dice” - Mat Cauthon

Sometimes a leap of faith is all we have! Oddly enough, I didn‘t feel like I was cheating death by jumping from a plane. Perhaps I‘m too trusting 😅

This. Was. Excellent. I don‘t want to say too much because I don‘t want to spoil it but DAMN IT WAS GOOD.
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Enjoying a cozy evening by the fire 🔥☺️ I hope everyone has had a wonderful day!

It‘s a chilly 44° here in Florida and Daisy and I are snuggled up in bed with the next WoT book! I know temperature probably doesn‘t seem that cold to some of y‘all, but I‘m freezing! ?? Very thankful for my electric blanket right now! #DogsofLitsy

Wow!

Look what I found for $0.50 at the Salvation Army! I plan on reading the whole series next year so I have been slowly finding each one used. I couldn't believe this huge hardback book only cost me the change in my wallet.

This was the first book written by Sanderson after Jordan‘s passing and I was wary about how different the series might suddenly seem. But I still enjoyed this book and loved some of the developments and resolutions in this installment. We are racing towards the final battle with only two more books left to read and these characters have come so far and changed so much.

5/5 as good as the last 11! #MountTBRChallenge #theyearofthechunkster

504 of 766 pages

I chose blue, one of my favorite colors and the colors of my library💙💙
Pictured is my current read #nakedcover , my iced tea cup, my husband's stuffed squirtle, my blue flip-flop(yes I have big feet lol) and my fruit strip for tonight's snack.
#ManicMonday @JoScho
Page update on book is 378 of 766

Up next is book 12!!

Well, this was serendipitous. I'm almost finished with book 11 in the Wheel of Time series, and my local thrift shop had books 12, 13, and 14 just sitting there. All for $3. It's like someone dropped them off just for me 😂

It feels so good to bust out my kindle and read a thick Wheel of Time book instead of lugging around a large book. #dadreads

Bk12 Of #TheWheelOfTimeXmasReread is done.God knows I‘ve got nothing else to do but read, it‘s the only happiness I have.This is the first Brandon Sanderson written volume in the series, on a reread it‘s not really as bad as I remember(though I still would‘ve loved Jordan‘s version)several plot points were pulled together in this, the division in the White Tower,the voice of Lews Therin in Rands mind & the Black Ajah.#thewheelweavesasthewheelwills

The name of Bk12 Of #TheWheelOfTimeXmasReread is certainly appropriate to my life at the moment. Oh well, I‘m determined to pick myself back up & move on. After a long night without sleep, I‘m trying sliced mandarin & fresh mint in my infuser water bottle & a Mother‘s Little Helper tea from Davids Tea (hint @LeahBergen I‘ve run out!) Here‘s to better days ahead🤞❤️🧡💜💚💙

Starting(with a heavy heart)Bk12 of #TheWheelOfTimeXmasReread Even if it‘s still a great book,plus a lot of story threads are pulled into place,Sanderson‘s style is just so different from Jordan‘s.He may have the world building & characters already fleshed out for him,but his interpretation of those characters is,I can‘t describe it,they just don‘t have the gravitas of the earlier books.But I love the series enough to persevere.Tai‘shar Jordan.

Some #bigbooks from my shelves. #riotgrams

"You _always_ have a choice. Maybe you can't pick where you are forced to go, but you still have a choice... The choice isn't always about _what_ you do, son, but _why_ you do it."
"You may not have a choice about which duties are given you... but you can choose _why_ you fulfill them."

I love the convergence in my reading between these quotes and a similar theme threaded throughout the LOTR trilogy. #LOTRchapteraday

This was excellent. I set it down for too long in the middle, so I'm having a hard time accurately evaluating the book as a whole, but I'm definitely basking in the glow of the last third of the book! I loved the developments in Egwene's storyline--SUCH a fantastic, strong female character.

This marks one more book completed for my "finish those series" goal! I have two more books left in this series, and hope to finish by the end of the year.

After that LOTR-post binge, I thought I'd diversify my posting a bit... with a note on another epic fantasy series I'm in the middle of... 😜 I'm nearing the end of volume 12, and the last couple hundred pages have drawn me in again because of how much awesome Egwene material there is. Seriously, Egwene is my fave. Strong, wise, powerful, and undefined by any man (as well as unwilling to let any men get in her way!). And Rand is breaking my heart.

"Where on the Dark One's blistered backside are we?"

Mat's commentary on women may grate on me, but his swears are ??

I had hoped there would be less breast-related arm-crossing in this volume, with Brandon Sanderson's influence/writing/compiling... but here we go again. 🙄

"No longer a Maiden, not quite a Wise One."
Could this be the Aiel version of "Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"? ??I'm envisioning a really odd parody song here...

Saturday afternoon reading with my husband at our usual neighborhood cafe. The Arnold Palmer may be served in a styrofoam cup, but the buffalo wings are 👍

Operation: Finish Wheel of Time. Only three books remain. Let's do this!