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#ScarathlonPhotoChallenge #Day10 #Orange The 6th book of The Wheel Of Time is not only orange, it‘s one of my favourites of the whole series. It‘s the book where Rand & Mat really come into their power & who they have to be. And shows Elaida‘s Towers true intentions. #SpookyGhostClub 6pts

Bk1 of July & the #20in4 #readathon is done! The 6th book of WOT it‘s one of the darkest so far. Rand, The Dragon Reborn, is trying to become the leader that‘s needed, Egwene is finally summoned back to the rebel Aes Sedai where Elayne & Nynaeve are hiding secrets.Rand finds the location of the rebels & sends Mat & the Band to rescue them.Perrin shows up in Caemlyn with Loial before the Travel to Cairhien where Rand is kidnapped. #SeriesLove2023👇

I‘m kicking off my #20in4 #readathon with the last half of this chunkster. Bk6 of The Wheel Of Time series, there‘s a lot happening in this book. Rand has taken Andor after killing Rahvin, one of the Forsaken, and is Traveling back & forth between Caemlyn & Cairhien. Elayne & Nynaeve are cooling their heels in the rebel Aes Sedai village while Mat is leading the Band of the Red Hand towards Illian. Then all hell breaks loose!

Whew- done with book 6 of The Wheel Of Time series. This was not my favorite, and I‘m getting a bit lost in the plot and characters. Going to take a break and read something else before moving on to book 7 (Maybe).

This is an excellent joke, and I will be adding it to my repertoire immediately.

After a slight diversion, it's time to get back to The Wheel of Time with Book Six! I've been enjoying this series immensely, and am looking forward to seeing what the future holds for this myriad of characters I've come to love.

I didn't think I was gonna like this as much as I did, given what happened on the last book to my favorite character, but I ended up enjoying it quite a bit. Aes Sedai centric plots are always good.

Perrin is back, and his wife is awful to him and I wish he had someone nicer. He deserves better. Also, what is potentially an unpopular opinion: Nynaeve is the worst character, and she's definitely a republican. Everyone else has made some growth, even if very small, except for Nynaeve. I'm so tired of any of her sections. If I had a physical book, I would skim her sections. She does not deserve Lan. 7/10

I discovered a zebra while I was listening to my book tonight! I haven't done a dot-to-dot in a long time, but this was a relaxing way to help me focus on my book. I need something not too distracting while listening, but my mind wanders if I don't do something.

#audiodottodot
#audiocrafting

Taking advantage of the warmer day to paint my nails and listen to my audiobook outside. I'm so ready for spring!

Starting the day with the next book in The Wheel of Time and a cup of tea in a new favorite mug, and I was amused by how well the colors go together. A dear friend of mine had these made for our old D&D group and presented them to us in character, complete with excerpts from the "book" his character is writing about our adventures. It is one of the coolest gifts I have ever been given. ?

I haven't finished a book in a while because we were at Disney World for the past 8 days. My husband and I listened to this on our road trip, and it kinda sucked because he can't do faster than 1 speed, and I'm used to 2 or higher for these. It was so slooooowww. I'm not sure I'd have enjoyed it all that much at my speed, but it didn't help. We started the next book together too, but now that we aren't road tripping, I'm back to 2.25. Whew.

There is so much going on in this book. There are some major changes for some of the main characters. The rescue mission and battle at the end are the most memorable moments of this book. I'm looking forward to the last 8 books!

I passed page 800 on today‘s clear, windy #audiowalk. The end is nigh! (Well, nigh-ish.)

I‘m excited I‘m now at the part where Egwene‘s badassery really kicks in. The stuff she does from here on out is why she‘s one of my faves.

We tried for costumed walkies today, but Casey‘s shark outfit didn‘t play well with his harness. Oh well.

Between walkies, sewing, and Candy Crush, I‘m now halfway through my LORD OF CHAOS reread! I‘m enjoying it a lot, but I‘ve REALLY noticed all the unnecessary repetition this time around.

I rolled out a substantial number of hand pie crusts while I listened to LORD OF CHAOS. Most of them are now beef & bacon pies, but I did experiment with Montreal smoked meat & mustard in one of them. It was delish.

The reread‘s going well, too, and I‘m glad the narrators have started pronouncing Moghedien‘s name more or less the way I do. I‘ve always called her Mo-gideon (#somanygideons) but they said Mo-gih-deen throughout FoH. #audiocooking

"Demandred stepped out onto the black slopes of Shayol Ghul, and the gateway, a hole in reality's fabric, winked out of existence."

#FirstLineFridays #WOT
@ShyBookOwl

Now that's more like it! Just as things were starting to drag in book 5, along comes book 6 to throw the series into overdrive. The already huge cast of characters is expanded even further, and the number of POVs the story is told from seems to double. You would think this would serve to muddle things, but quite the opposite, this was the most focused and best-paced storytelling of the series so far. A hundred and one momentous events...👇

Bk6 of September, Bk15 of #LittensDressedInBlood & Bk3 of #SuperSeptember #Readathon is done! I finished this last night but it wasn‘t a great day health wise, so I‘m posting it now. The 6th book of the WoT, it‘s also one of the biggest, coming in at 1,011pgs or 41hrs on audio(I split between both)Got a bit more of my beanie done while #audioknitting Rand tries playing off both camps if Aes Sedai against each other with almost tragic results.👇

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

1. Lord of Chaos
2. Cider (hard or regular ?)
3. Nothing explicitly "fall" on my TBR, but I'll go with The Secret History of Twin Peaks. Every time I think of Twin Peaks I picture those shots of pine trees swaying in the wind, which remind me so much of autumn hikes in the Green Mountains in VT.

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Demandred stepped out onto the black slopes of Shayol Ghul, and the gateway, a hole in reality's fabric, winked out of existence.

This edition, more than any other Wheel of Time novel before it, spent the majority of the novel building up to the massive series changing battle at the end. However good the pay off was, it was a definite slog to get to it.

Another stack of big books this week.

#unreadandontheshelf

#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
Square 10 ✔️
Row 1 Bingo!

The second half of the book was much more interesting than the beginning. Love some of the plot points with the Aes Sedai in this book

#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
Square 10 ✔️
Row 1 Bingo!

#24b4monday @Andrew65 @SumisBooks @jb72

Got my 450 pages in. Maybe I'll get another 50-100 in later this afternoon

#24b4monday @andrew65 @SumisBooks @jb72

Goal: 150pgs/day. Should get me to pg 700 on the tagged book

Here we go again, after a 70+ pg prologue

The Middle by Jimmy Eat World

Books that fall in the middle of series.

I only made it through the first book a really long time ago but I have most of the series. I‘m planning to read the series in 2021. So here‘s to hoping I enjoy it as much as I think I will.

#beatthebacklist #beatthebacklist2020 #btbjune20

“She let the flame vanish as they began planning, but it remained in Perrin‘s thoughts. Small, flickering weakly, somehow it had seemed a declaration of war stronger than trumpets, war to the knife.”

#MagnificentMarch @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620
#Chaos

Finally rereading Lord of Chaos so I can remember where I was at in this series before I took a break. Book 7 will be a new read 😬

Another satisfying conclusion! I definitely enjoyed this book a lot. The Aes Sedai drama was a highlight. I liked this one a good bit more than the last book. The pacing felt better, even if this one was a chunker. I think I‘m done with the really giant tomes for awhile. Onward to book seven! #BuddyReadWoT

Back to the Wheel of Time after a break of about 8 months. I hope I haven't forgotten any serious details 😅

#wheeloftime #buddyreadWOT

Alright, I needed a little science fiction break from all of this fantasy but I‘m back in the fight. #BuddyReadWoT

Plans today???? This is mine ....... ☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻 all day 🤗🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 #Fantasy #epicfantasy #BuddyReadWOT

Another day at the pool, again surprisingly quite 👌🏻🙌🏻 making great progress with the #WheelofTime #BuddyReadWOT #fantasy #epicfantasy

Got the pool to myself today 🙌🏻 woop woop. Managed to get an hours reading in, and an hours listening 👂🏻 45 degrees C in Dubai today 🤦🏻‍♂️🥵🥵 #fantasy #epicfantasy

Well, if you insist..... 🤦🏻‍♂️😂 #fantasy #epicFantasy #loveabargain

Best month this year 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 51 hours of listening, loads of reading and a few days to go 🤗 #BuddyReadWOT #fantasy #epicfantasy #audible #audiobook #causeican

This might be the first WoT book since Eye of the World where I actually enjoyed the first 100 or so pages. It‘s nice to check in with all (most?) of the main characters. I hate it when they disappear for an entire book.

Late start at work today 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 so I‘m taking advantage of it by having a proper breakfast for once. Kindle in tow obviously ☺️🤗 #fantasy #epicfantasy

I love getting these emails, but my #the list is getting ridiculously big due to them 🤦🏻‍♂️😂😂 anyone else a sucker for a book bargain? #audible #audiobook

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1. 🍕
2. Goodreads/Clash of Clans 🤦🏻‍♂️/ Zomato 🍕😂
3. 🍕
4. ☝🏻
5. Consider yourself tagged, yes you 🤗

When it‘s time to turn out the lights, I always throw on an #audiobook to fall asleep to 🛏 I‘ve been listening to different books narrated by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer for years now 💜

Bk6 of my #audiobook #reread Of The Wheel Of Time is finished. This is the book that causes Rand to start down a dark path. I am desperately trying to get well enough for my sons wedding on Friday, it‘s medieval themed with not just the bridal party dressing up, everyone will be! My dress is hunter green with silver lace & my cape is burgundy lined in silver satin with fur around the hood. I‘ll have to post pictures for sure. My MIL rocks!🤘⚔️🛡

I can‘t stop reading these books!🤩 In this one, Perrin is back, Egwene develops into a very impressive young woman, and the ending…😳😱 The bickering between Elayne and Nyneave is still annoying at times, as is Rand and Mat‘s conviction that only they know what needs to be done. But then, to a certain extent this also makes them human...☺️