Monday, September 26, 2011
Chapter Seventeen (Watchers & Hunters)
My favorite part of
this entire chapter is towards the end, but it'll have to wait. Not a lot of meat happened in the chapter,
but fun stuff happened. The boys danced
with Nynaeve and Moraine - certainly intimidating experiences for them
now. Later on, no time for dancing, but
I wonder how the men they've grown into would handle it. No more stumbling around for Rand?
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
Chapter Sixteen (The Wisdom)
It's an overall feel
to this chapter, rather than scenes, that I like. This chapter is "nice" but it
actually kind of fades away. I finished
reading it probably a week ago, but never felt the need to sit down and write
about it. Now that I've finished reading
and taking notes on a few more chapters, well, I really should get this one
done.
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Saturday, September 17, 2011
Chapter Fifteen (Strangers & Friends)
This is a chapter I
wanted to have done at the beginning, or at least the middle of the week,
but work got so badly in the way that it wasn't possible. Or rather, it was, but I choose instead to
let my mind go after work instead of focus my thoughts. Today, I actually only had about two
paragraphs of notes to take on the summary of what happened and then digest
it all myself, generally the hardest part of all, which is why I delayed it so
long. But now that I'm back into it, it's great - a chapter where I can love Mat for a few seconds and shake my head at
Perrin and be frustrated with Rand.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Chapter Fourteen (The Stag and Lion)
Football season is
here, my Russian 101 class is starting soon and I'm already wanting to read
Towers of Midnight, but here I am on chapter 14 instead. My husband said that Towers could be one of
my "other" books, and I declined, I'd probably start taking notes
while I was reading! Now, where were
we? Well, I'll touch on at least two
things this chapter. What I believe is
the first subtle ta'veren scene, and of course Rand's dream.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Chapter Twelve (Across the Taren)
My hat off to Jordan in this chapter. It's a basic chapter, but there was plenty of intuitively obvious things packed into these paragraphs. Before we get there - yes, my memory and intuitive served me correct in that Master Hightower was a bit shady. The timing of his rousing his thugs and meeting Rand and company at the ferry is a bit off, I would think Rand would have to wait at least a bit, but I'll forgive it.
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Monday, September 5, 2011
Chapter Eleven (The Road to Taren Ferry)
The group is finally off, the store is unrolling in front of us. Of course, what's a story without a good car chase, I mean, chase, in there somewhere? Egwene is important to Rand, and considering that Moraine and Lan were interested in the boys, but only took on Egwene because she showed up, he realized she might be considered collateral damage for Moraine and Lan. Naturally, Rand worries about her. It was pretty clear already that Rand was the focal point of the story - the main of many main characters, but what would you call this thread right here? "His skin prickled and his bones felt as if they were freezing, ready to split open. The Light help her run. And Bela ran." I would just call it rather telling. Especially later when Moraine casually says that Bela is the least weary of all the horses.
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Chapter Ten (Leavetaking)
This chapter seemed to fly by, I think it's because the story is starting to move quickly. Not much world-building and no info dump here. Definite foreshadowing though - Mat to Rand upon noticing Rand's sword "You becoming a Warder?" Perrin with his axe that he's even been practicing with and Mat with his bow.
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Chapter Nine (Tellings of the Wheel)
It's awesome doing this re-reading, and starting conversations with my husband. Reading the Wheel of Time was one of the things we had in common when we met, but there's quite a disparity between how much we've read the series. My husband has been reading Jordan since practically the beginning and has read the series countless times. I can give him a hardback book with a bookmarker in it and say "okay, where am I in the book" and he'll tell me what's going on in the story. My husband knows the stories backwards and forwards, knows all the theories, wrong and right and knows what Jordan has said is canon and what is only possible and what is RAFO. On the other hand, this is only my third, maybe fourth time through, and while I love the story I've never tried to pick it apart before. So I have a "fresher" look on the series still, and I love bouncing things off of him.
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Friday, September 2, 2011
Chapter Eight (A Place of Safety)
I'm still trying to transition to Wheel of Time from a road trip through the Grand Canyon and the deserts/desolate areas of Utah, Nevada, Arizona and Oregon. As well as transition from reading a sci fi series about Area 51 (an area I even drove though). So, please forgive me if this chapter isn't up to par, I'm still trying to get my game face on.
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