SA Book & Challenge Lovers discussion

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.


The final book of the Wheel of Time series (A Memory of Light) is slated for a November 2012 release date.

The aim of the Wheel of Time challenge is to read the 13 books in the Wheel of Time series by the end of October 2012 in order to be prepared for the appearance of the final book.

How it works:
For the next 13 months we'll read one book in the WoT series per month.

You are welcome to join in at any time. If you've already read a specific book or want to read ahead of schedule that's fine, but please don't post any spoilers.

This is not a race. You can read at your own pace although I would suggest sticking to one book a month. Some of these are hefty tomes indeed and if you fall too far behind you might not be able to catch up.

Books to read:
Oct 2011 - The Eye of the World - 814p
Nov 2011 - The Great Hunt - 734p
Dec 2011 - The Dragon Reborn - 624p
Jan 2012 - The Shadow Rising - 1006p
Feb 2012 - The Fires of Heaven - 989p
Mar 2012 - Lord of Chaos - 1011p


THE REBOOT

Since the challenge fizzled out in the end with all of the participants succumbing to fatigue it's time to blow some new life into it.

Since the MMPB will be released in October it fits nicely with where the previous challenge was set to end. Only a year later.

Apr 2013 - A Crown of Swords - 896p
May 2013 - The Path of Daggers - 685p
Jun 2013 - Winter's Heart - 780p
Jul 2012 - Crossroads of Twilight - 846p
Aug 2013 - Knife of Dreams - 837p
Sept 2013 - The Gathering Storm - 1071p
Oct 2013 - Towers of Midnight - 1218p

[Approximately 11,511 pages based on MMPB]

Let the journey begin...

I still have to read 4 GRR Martin, 4 Terry Goodkind and 10 Steven Erikson books in the coming year. Why not add 13 more tomes? :D

Now that's my kind of thinking!

Let the wheel turn...

Im in. Been wanting to read this series for ages.

Great! The first book is The Eye of the World.

I'm planning on starting with it tomorrow. We could even work in a mini book discussion for each one (or not).

Having a mini book discussion sounds good. I have a feeling you both going to finish this in less then 13 months though so bare with my slow reading :P

Nope. With all the other challenges, book reviews etc. I have on my plate I'll be happy with sticking to a WoT book a month.

It's not like this is going to be a race (unless Barbara joins :] ).

I have way too many books I want to read to finish these early! And also my past inability to finish any series ways heavily against me. :P

I was really excited to join this challenge but then I read message 7 by Crusader and now I don't know if I would be Welcome :)

Nah Kidding all in good fun. LOL!

But I would like to joinm this challenge but not just right now. I have always wanted to read this series and have looked at the books several times but I do not own any of them. So I will first have to buy them and that will have to wait since I have bought way to many books as it is and I first want to finish some other challenges. So I might jump in in a couple of months and catch up. So for now, Crusader, you can sleep easily :)

Barbara wrote: "I was really excited to join this challenge but then I read message 7 by Crusader and now I don't know if I would be Welcome :)"

I was only kidding Barbara. You are more than welcome to join in whenever you want to.

The aim of the challenge is just to get caught up to the series by the time the last book gets published. You'll then have the option of buying the new one or waiting for the PB.

It's not a race to see who gets done first, there's no ranks or prizes, just some moral support for getting through some heavy tomes!

I know. The first thing I did after reading your comment was call my mum because I thought it was so funny! I just had to share the fun with someone :)

I think it is a really good idea to read the series and I would love to join but I want to finish the A-Z challenges and the Diabolical first and get a start on the other challenges that start in a couple of weeks. And then I first have to buy the books. That means that I will be jumping in probably somewhere beginning of next year I think, but I look forward to it and look forward to discussing the books.

Ok, since there seems to be quite some interest in this I've created a folder of its own for the challenge (hopefully Lu doesn't hit me!).

Look. A shiny new banner. Not up to Lu's standards, but it's something.

Thats a really awesome banner :)

That is a great banner!
And it is great to have a folder just for this challenge since I expect every book to have its own discussion.

Love the banner and the dramatic intro! But this is one challenge I'm just going have to just say no to. It's a great idea though. Now that we know we can make folders without Lu killing us (although you have the advantage of her not knowing where you live and I don't) we can look into doing something similar with some other long running series.

Lol Lauren

I'm up for long running series discussions :)
If you guys want to do other books then go for it :)

Kahlan wrote: "I have way too many books I want to read to finish these early! And also my past inability to finish any series ways heavily against me. :P"

Lies :P

Haha! I had to read the third book early because I couldn't wait to know what happens next.

Aha... suuure. Just have the decency to wait till next month to read The Shadow Rising.

If my Kindle was working I would've been reading it right now. :(

Is it too late to join? I have been thinking I must read the series again for a while especially with the new one coming up. I also want to introduce my daughter to the series. I will try and catch up over the holidays.
I have to admit though I am a serial rereader of this series, read book 1 - 5 then stopped. Then a couple of years later I read up to book 10, then last year I read the whole series. So it will be my fourth time, is that sad?

Hi, Tracy. You are more than welcome to join in whenever you like.

Rereading the series is definitely not sad. I know I've read up to some point (5?) and then completely forgot about it, so I'm trying to get back into the swing of things again.

@Kahlan. What happened to your Kindle? On the up side that gives me enough time to play catch-up :)

@Tracy Welcome, no its not sad. I think all of us have reread some series or the other more than 4 times. *Looks at Lu*

My Kindle is just dead. It's not switching on or picking up on the pc when plugged in. I contacted Amazon and they said I should send it in to them. So now the wait to see what the problem is. *twiddles thumbs*

Lol @ the comment about Lu. :)

Poor Kindle... RIP
Hope they sort it out for you. They should borrow you a new Kindle Fire in the mean time.

@Kahlan hope your baby gets better soon!

@Naz lol you won't believe it but I started to listen to the HP audio books again this morning...

Lol you tempt me to go find the HP audio's now. No no... I have too much else to read, Potter will have to sit in a corner. Besides I need to find the other audio's for the Discworld first.

I listen to them while driving :)

Ooh Harry Potter audio. :D
Next up on my listening list is The Order of The Phoenix .

Would really love to participate in this challenge as I have been wanting to read these books for awhile now, just dont know if I can catch up. Anyway I will try.

If anyone wants the series in mobi format for their kindle, just let me know.:-)

You are more than welcome to join in Emma. Catching up might be tough though. I'm one book behind and I just can't seem to get back on track.

Thanks Crusader, I will join the challenge and see how it goes, tough going with a 2 month old though ;-)I can always add them to the series challenge anyway.

I can imagine. Good luck!

Tor just announced that the official release date of A Memory of Light, the last book in the series, is 8 January 2013. That gives us a bit more time to work with for those who started late or those who are behind (like I am).

So now the question is. Should we stick to the original schedule or extend the challenge to the end of December?

Im not sure how many are participating in this challenge. I know I would appreciate a bit more time to complete the books, but for me its more of reading the correct book for that month, as I am still behind, its not necessarily finishing it before October.If the majority want to keep it as it is, then thats fine with me. Whatever suits the majority Id say.

I'd still like to keep it a book a month otherwise i tend to get distracted and will land up far far behind. Maybe leave it as it is and give anyone who falls behind a chance to catch up before the last book gets published?

I was thinking of perhaps splitting March and October's books over two months. Those are the longest in length and that should give people chance to catch up.

Thoughts?

Naz wrote: "I'd still like to keep it a book a month otherwise i tend to get distracted and will land up far far behind. Maybe leave it as it is and give anyone who falls behind a chance to catch up before the..."

That's actually a great idea. I think we should go for that.

Hey fellow WoT fans. I've got my incomplete series that I would like to sell. 1-8 let my know on malvin2124@gmail.com

I'm starting this up again. If any of you are brave enough to join in, feel free.

I don't believe I started reading this series so long ago and still haven't gotten very far. I'm attempting picking it up again if anyone's interested in joining.

Good luck Naz, I finished it. While I enjoyed the series and Sanderson's conclusion some of the books were drawn out way too long and bogged down the story. Which book are you on?

Need to start at 7. I didn't really enjoy 6 but I was told it gets better and thought I'd give it another try. I really enjoy Sanderson but I'm not going to torture myself through this just to read his conclusion to the series.

The middle is the real slump. I think from book 11 onward things pick up again.

WoT is one of my favorite series!
I'm not sure how I missed this challenge :( - and I will eventually get round to re-reading the series...

I've heard quite a few people (really)complain about the middle couple of books being too slow.
If it helps - think of the series as one really LONG book, and those books as slow chapters. :)

There are also a number of die-hard Jordan Fans that didn't like Sanderson's input. I on the hand was just happy to finally get the rest of the story! And I think Sanderson did a pretty good job too.