What are we reading?

[BanzaiCat]

Hell, back when I was young, a WOT type book used to be done in 3 days! Many books were done in 3 days. Now my eyes get tired looking at a screen for 3 hrs. Fuckers.

Thanks, Gramps.  Any other words of wisdom from the 19th Century?

The only good reason to ride a bull, is to meet the nurse.

[JasonPratt]

Actually, on average I don't read more than 2 hours a day.  Maybe 3 hours a day on my days off.

Yep, as you're now well aware, it's quite doable to get through three WoT books a month like that; the whole series can be polished off in just under 5 months.

Ironically, 2 hours a day is a dramatic reduction by my standards.  It used to be that 4-6 hours was the norm.  :-[ 

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[Martok]

The only good reason to ride a bull, is to meet the nurse.

That sounds like a mistranslated Chinese proverb.  ??? 

Actually, on average I don't read more than 2 hours a day.  Maybe 3 hours a day on my days off.

Yep, as you're now well aware, it's quite doable to get through three WoT books a month like that; the whole series can be polished off in just under 5 months.

Well I'd originally predicted around 30 weeks (or just over 7 months) for myself, and thus far, I seem to be roughly on track to meet that estimate.  That number factors in that I'm also planning to read New Spring in between CoT and KoD, which I'm guessing will take an additional week or so. 

Ironically, 2 hours a day is a dramatic reduction by my standards.  It used to be that 4-6 hours was the norm.  :-[ 

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Good to know that at least I'm not the only one.  There's a certain (if slightly grim) comfort in that.  :P 

[BanzaiCat]

The only good reason to ride a bull, is to meet the nurse.

That sounds like a mistranslated Chinese proverb.  ??? 

Just one of the cheesy lines from the melodrama I'm in.

[MetalDog]

The only good reason to ride a bull, is to meet the nurse.

That sounds like a mistranslated Chinese proverb.  ??? 

Just one of the cheesy lines from the melodrama I'm in.

In the 19th Century?  ;)

[BanzaiCat]

It's an Old West show I'm doing, starting this weekend. And yes, it takes place in the 19th century.

Got the costume down to the gun belt and holster and everything. 

[BanzaiCat]

Just started David Drake's The Tank Lords.

[Gusington]

Did you get assless chaps as well?

[BanzaiCat]

Did you get assless chaps as well?

I could have, as there are places to purchase such things.

ERRR OR SO I HAVE HEARD.

But, alas, I cannot, as this is a family-friendly show.

[Gusington]

I don't believe you.

[BanzaiCat]

Well, there IS the 'after midnight' show...

[Martok]

"The Hump".  "The Slog".  "The Heavy Middle". 


Whatever you want to call it, it's finally behind me.  I finished Crossroads of Twilight, book 10 in The Wheel of Time, last night, which means the toughest part of the series (at least to read) is now done with.  I started the prequel New Spring this morning (since it was released in between books 10 and 11), after which I will resume with the main storyline. 

[JasonPratt]

I'll be curious what you think of TNS. I started it at some point (can't recall when, after TFoH maybe), got through a few chapters, and then gave up and went back to WoT.

[Martok]

I'll be curious what you think of TNS. I started it at some point (can't recall when, after TFoH maybe), got through a few chapters, and then gave up and went back to WoT.

Well I'd already read New Spring before, along with the first time I read Knife of Dreams back in 2007.  I liked it well enough, although I don't remember exactly how much at this point (given how long it's been). 

What was it about NS you couldn't get into?  Anything in particular? 

[JasonPratt]

When Siuan and Moiraine started to meander around in search of the plot, I suddenly realized with stunning clarity I didn't actually care.

I knew they weren't going to find the Dragon Reborn, and I didn't especially care about learning more how she found Lan (if she even did, since I knew RJ had originally planned this as the beginning of a 3-part prequel and I couldn't remember from what I had heard whether he had even gotten that far), and with The Slog coming up and several more books to cover before even reaching CoT which I only knew by reputation yet -- but by very accurate reputation from fellow WoT fans -- I had to ask myself why I would waste my time before even quite starting the Slog on a story that hadn't started off at anything like a gripping pace in what felt like the first 10 chapters (I don't recall exactly how many -- they had been going through the registrations of the women already after collecting themmmmzzzzzz for at least one chapterish portion) and which I knew for an absolute fact wasn't going to advance the plot any further?

I had put off reading it this long until my ultimate (and maybe final) readthrough, in honor of MemLight's release (and good reviews since KoD), and... well, I gave it a starting chance and just could not find the wherewithal to care.  I had real WoT books to read, including three I already knew I kind-of-liked, and one I hated (which killed the series for me), and one I was probably going to hate, before getting back to the good books. If I finished the story and found I had regained caring I'd go back. But I didn't. I honestly can't imagine even starting with it some day years from now in another fond readthrough.

I realize I might be missing out on some reasonably awesome things happening later in the book than the first quarter or third that I got through. But even other fans I've read who liked the book never seemed particularly enthused about it. So, eh. I might enjoy reading whassername's humorous chapter-by-chapter summary/commentary on it perhaps.