Chapter 34 (The Last Village)

More traveling and passing of time "Only three nights since Howal Gode and Four Kings, two since Paitr had surprised them in Market Sheran. Just a bare day since the nameless Darkfriend woman tried to kill them in the stable of The Queen's Man, but even that seemed a year ago, or a lifetime." But how many nights since they left two rivers? How many days since Shador Logoth? Is it is any surprise that the passage of time is so hard to follow in the Wheel of Time, especially in later books when they stop mentioning even this? 

Chapter 32 (Four Kings in Shadow)

The chapter title leads the reader to believe there's something not quite right either about the town, about to happen or maybe both. The reader gets some more descriptions about the world as Rand and Mat move through Four Kings, with no one meeting the boys' eyes and is left with a sense of, well, something bad's about to happen.

Chapter 29 (Eyes Without Pity)

I'm not sure that anywhere else in the series do you find someone who handles Egwene as aptly as Elyas. Here's another quote from him that I love, "You expecting to make that mare crawl?" As Egwene hops down to try to join Elyas and Perrin scouting ahead.

Chapter 25 (The Traveling People)

Again with the traveling taking forever. Before I stopped posting three years ago I'd actually had notes on chapters 24 and 25, and what I had on this chapter was "they traveled three days." So much more happens, but the traveling...man, actually, that was also used as a way to introduce the world, well done, sir.

Chapter 23 (Wolfbrother)

"They say he can."  Four words that say so much about what Robert Jordan has in store for Perrin Aybara and yet not even everything. 

Chapter 22 (A Path Chosen)

First post in 2012! A co-worker started the wotrr after I did, and now he's on book 8 (A Path of Daggers), makes me feel bad and motivated all at the same time, especially since A Memory of Light is already in edits.  

Chapter 21 (Listen to the Wind)

Life often gets in the way of what one would really like to be doing.

Chapter 20 (Dust on the Wind)

This chapter starts out with action and never quite settles down - so much changes in one chapter that it's almost like right here is where the real story is supposed to start.  The rest was just background, just getting the reader going and now Jordan is ready to take off.

Chapter Nineteen (Shadow's Waiting)

Never once have I stopped reading, but when the keyboard on the old laptop got too hot to touch and there was a new laptop on the way, it was a difficult decision, I decided to wait to renew inputting my notes into OneNote.  So here we are, in Shadar Logath.

Chapter Eighteen (The Caemlyn Road)

Is it action that I need?  Well, no, because I liked many of the previous chapters.  Maybe I just don't like waiting?  This chapter was fun to read.  Maybe because I know what is to come, but only perhaps.  They're on the run again - more magic from Moraine, even flashy (well, "walking" over the wall was also flashy, but fire, fire's fun).  More of Lan's character is revealed as Jordan peels away a layer, now calling him "Last Lord of the Seven Towers."  Mat does something new and kind of cool and leaves me wondering how Jordan will tie it in.  Nynaeve's "concern battling dislike," even the Wisdom is showing herself to be human.

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?

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.

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. 

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. 

Chapter Thirteen (Choices)

My first thought is I really need to slow down - I just finished reading chapter 16 by accident, without taking any notes.  My excuse?  I just wanted to follow one thread - really. 

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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.