Monthly Archives: June 2020

Rereading The Great Hunt, chapters 1-8

In which Darkfriends have an ice cream social, the Amyrlin Seat arrives in Fal Dara, the Whitecloaks take a full legion onto Almoth Plain, Trollocs get inside the keep at Fal Dara and take the Horn and the Dagger, Fain … Continue reading

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Belatedly Announcing The Wheel of Time Reread – Index

The last time I read The Wheel of Time was in anticipation of A Memory of Light.  The culmination of the series was a big deal for me.  I discovered The Wheel of Time shortly after The Shadow Rising (book … Continue reading

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Rereading The Eye of the World, chapters 49-53

In which the Blight grows bold, a Wormpack appears but sadly doesn’t appear, the Fellowship finds the Green Man and the Eye, Aginor and Balthamel find them, the Green Man takes down our first Forsaken, Aginor confronts Rand, Rand takes … Continue reading

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Rereading The Eye of the World, chapters 47-48

In which Agelmar blabs about Lan, Moiraine tells what she learned from Padan Fain, our heroes enter the Blight, Nynaeve decides to go to Tar Valon, and Rand overhears an intimate conversation between Nynaeve and Lan. These two chapters are … Continue reading

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Rereading The Eye of the World, chapters 43-46

In which Loial scares everybody about the Ways, they travel them anyway (making a gruesome discovery), the, err, Fellowship arrives in Shienar, Lan’s arrival makes an impression, Agelmar receives the party, Lan quotes poetry, and Fain reappears somewhat the worse … Continue reading

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May 2020 Month-in-Review

Lockdown isn’t novel anymore, but we remain stuck at home nonetheless.  All that time at home and I didn’t manage to get much reading or blogging done.  An extraordinarily frustrating course ate up way too much of my time.

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