I think Min would convince Rand to wear a nice costume, Mat would go all in, Egwene would refuse, and Perrin would win because any costume he wears would shock the rest of them. Faile would insist they wear a matching couple's costume,

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Welcome! Nice to "meet" you. And yes, the queer representation in WoT is, for the most part...not great. HOWEVER...I think what often gets overlooked is his Ace representation. While more than likely unintentional, and there are arguments to be made about what he is saying about women giving up sex/children for power, I think it is worth bringing up the Ace rep in the conversation about Queer rep in the WoT.

Thanks! I should have clarified that I am looking forward to KoD, but I'm not because it's the last one of Jordan's and I'm going to have all kinds of sad feels about that.

But see, I don't consider the switch to Sanderson as something hopeful to look forward to... Anyway, finally finished Crossroads. Fairly certain this is the last book I read, but I thought I remembered Perrin actually rescuing Faile? Obviously I'm misremembering. Will see if what I remember plays out when I tackle KoD, but I swear I never read that far the first time. I don't have the excitement to read the next books, though. Which makes me sad.

In the middle of Crossroads of Twilight... I am struggling with Perrin's POV. I'll try to read, but then a few paragraphs or a page later, I put it down. I've heard good things about Knife of Dreams, but I am not looking forward to Brandon Sanderson, and I'm feeling very discouraged.

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Finished WH and DEFINITELY an improvement over TPoD. I di think my strategy of alternating books is helping me not get burned out, so as much as I want to jump in, I am going to sneak a memoir, a book of poetry, and another vampire book in. There are still sections of no conflict, though, which is annoying. I'm also surprised at how little I remember from this one (Alivia? Elayne's fake assasination attempt? Far Madding?), but I know I am approaching the end of what little I do remember, so I must have only read through Crossroads, my first attempt twentyish years ago. Anyway, the ceremony to make Elayne and Aviendha first sisters, Mat realizing who Tuon is and calling her his wife, and the battle to cleanse Saidin all still hit just as hard. I guess that's why I remembered it lol

Started Winter's Heart. Even though the prologue is exceedingly long, things are flowing better so far. Everything seems to be picking up almost exactly where we left those plot points, which is nice for many reasons. So far, the only part where the pace seems to hit a wall is in Perrin's POV.

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Just finished The Path of Daggers. Okay, so my younger self did remember correctly: there's a lot of random POVs, and it's confusing. They slow down the pace, too, and sometimes it feels...unnecessary. Like, there was one battle that had four different perspectives, three of which I did not care about. It's killing the mystery of everything to me, and it's also hard to keep reading because I just don't care about these people. And the vast majority of these side characters never pop up again, so why should I invest in them? I know this because of the previous books and their side characters who just go poof. The sheer number of exclamation marks is killing me, too.

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Thoughts on ACoS... Enjoyed lots of this, but getting pretty tired of Rand being like "I'm the Dragon Reborn, so do what I say". Love Lan being all "Are you talking about my WIFE?" with intimidation level 1000 to Mat, who does the sensible thing and immediately backtracks and cowers. And, of course, the best ending in the series by far. What surprises me is how long I took to get through this one. Yes, I've been busy, yes, I enjoyed it, but also...yes, the pace has slowed, and now I am about to start books 8-11. I have feels, just not sure what all of them are.

Book club and poetry fun time! My fav poets are Larry Levis and Jewelle Gomez (fav writer ever).

Thanks lol I am taking a quick poetry and book club break but hopefully at the end of next week I can start A Crown of Swords.