Almost done with The Lies of Locke Lamora. Its great.  I did notice something weird though.  In several places, between or at the beginning of chapters, there are contemporary quotes.  This seems odd.  Here we have a story that is obviously fantasy and set in a world not our own, and yet there is a quote attributed to a baseball player, among others, embedded right in the middle.   Is it just me or is that just a little incongruous?  Otherwise this book is fantastic.

Finished Rebels Creed.  Not bad.  I look forward to Daniel Greene's next installment.   Started The Lies of Locke Lamora.    This one keeps popping up on must read lists and I was gifted the series for Christmas so I figured I'd give it a go.  I'm hooked right now.  The writing is great and the story is fun.

11 hours ago, Delirium said:

Ohh, how is it?

Its alright.  Read Breach of Peace previously.  This is directly related.  Actually I would say you need to read the other first even though I had been under the impression the other was just supposed to be a novella in the setting.  Rebels Creed is definitely a continuation of the story.   Feels like the two should have been one book.  But the story is good and I am interested in what happens to the characters.  

Reading Rebels Creed by Daniel Greene.

I want a nice WoT coloring book.   Yes I like to color.  None of that mandala crap, just some WoT characters in WoT settings doing WoT things.   I have some decent books for GoT and LotR nd Harry Potter.  One from Star Trek.  

Loved Tyrion from ASoIaF, Ender Wiggin from the Ender's Saga, Lightsong from Warbreaker, Tavi from Codex Alera.   So many great characters out there. 

4 hours ago, Elder_Haman said:

Just started the Dresden Files. I'm on book 2.

Loved those.  I am a bit behind on those now but I think I have read the first 3 or 4 compilations.  Enjoy!

Just completed The Farthest Shore by Urusla K. Leguin.  And completed The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett as well.  Reading Your Move: What Board Games Teach Us about Life, By Jonathan Kay and Joan Moriarty.

Finished The Great Hunt.  Reading Mistborn Secret History until my wife catches up and we can start The Dragon Reborn together.  Probably have time to squeeze in something else too. 

I'd love to see some of the Aiel battle scenes, singing and all.

After rereading EotW to follow along with my wife who is reading for the first time, I have decided to go ahead and continue.  She is coming along for the ride too and has started The Great Hunt.  I'm about to finish it though and then will need to find something to fill the gap while she finishes.  

I can't see it either through my fire cube.  Very disappointing.

8 minutes ago, AdamA said:

Welp, just waiting on my wife to get home from work now.

Same.

2 minutes ago, Agitel said:

You really have to be in Mat's head to get the funny. The best part about him is the dissonance in how he sees himself versus how he acts.

Agreed, but there is no part of the early adventure that we see from inside Mats head.  He has no POV chapters there.  While yes, those of us who have read the series get it and see the humor because we know the character, first time readers, or watchers of the show, won't.  Mostly because its just not there.  The whole, let's release a badger into the green bit is humorous but every other interaction with Mat in the first 30 or so chapters is fraught with stress, fear and uncertainty.  Really the whole first book and maybe The Great Hunt as well, because, well, reasons.    The party is moving along too fast and the story to new to have Mats humor established, especially as he isn't a focus of the narrative.  Our early impression of Mat is that he is a bit of trouble maker and is happy to drag his buddies into the fire with him.  That's weak sauce compared to what he becomes later.

15 hours ago, 2RiversFan said:

 

I didn't find Mat to be funny in EotW.  He annoyed me especially on 1st read and subsequent rereads of EotW also, tbh.  It wasn't until he awoke after the healing in the Tower that I really started to like him.  In FoH, he became my favorite.

I am rereading now and am just past the party's separation after Shadar Logoth, and really there was little humor from Mat himself.  A bit of mischief but not really anything humorous.  I agree he becomes more lighthearted later on.  He is probably my favorite character but not for anything he does in the first couple of books.

Sweet!  Good things.

16 hours ago, WhiteVeils said:

Saw this article re: the recasting today.

https://deadline.com/2021/11/the-wheel-of-time-mat-cauthon-role-donal-finn-rafe-jenkins-plans-amazon-series-1234870995/

Good stuff, though no more detail about the reasons for the change.  The confirmation of who the Dragn is is there which is good.  The hopefulness of 8 seasons is great but they gotta knock it out of the park with these first two seasons.

21 hours ago, Beidomon said:

 

Are we roasting marshmallows here? That's not nearly enough kindling for a proper witch burning.

 

All the other pics look amazing - except that we've got a real shoulder pad problem with the costume design. Not sure which look weirder - Mo's or the Children's.

Agreed on Mo's. The WC's shoulder issue is that its armor.  They are wearing pauldrons which protects the shoulder and upper arm, and to some extent the chest and back on that side.  It looks bulky because it is, but at least it is functional.  Not sure why Moraines are so beefy. 

Wow, can't believe this thread is still on the first page here.  I started it a looooong time ago.   

Guess I can keep it going....

Other than a current reread of Eye of the World, I am about to wrap up the Fitz and the Fool trilogy by Robin Hobb, down to the last 100 pages of Assassins Fate.   Also rereading Ursula K. Leguin's EarthSea series.

Happy Reading! 

There's a strange thought, lol.  Perhaps it was more that it didn't feel right to go into battle without a banner. It was a clear message to those who saw it.  Not sure the same would have been "required" had the other side blown the horn.  Its a good piece of imagery though.  The great heroes riding in under the grand banner.  

These look great!

Got my wife to read for the first time.  Reading along with her.  Been trying for years to get her to do it but the show coming out was enough to get her more interested.  Trying to keep up with her, lol.  This is probably my 10th time through EotW.  Reading some other stuff at the same time and squeezing in her 60-70 pages a day is tight but well worth it.  

Getting a lot all of a sudden.  Definitely ramping up my anticipation.

17 hours ago, DaddyFinn said:

Had some minor concerns over the look of the various elements of the one power and the monochrome look in the teaser.  Seems to be some threads in the lower right of this poster all of different colors.  Subtle but there is color there.  Hopefully that is going to carry over to the show.

Stick with it!  The characters are certainly flawed and all have imperfect information which exacerbates their poor decisions.  Its how they overcome those decisions, the consequences, and the way they keep moving forward in the face of what most believe may very well be the end of everything that makes the story.  There are lulls throughout but there are a lot of things that go on in all the books that lead to decisions and events towards the end.  Worth it to read it all.