So Roxy had another seizure last night, just after midnight. I’m sure she planned it that way so John could enjoy it on his birthday. She’s fine this morning.
Are you ready to make fun of me? Here you go.
I have been reading Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series since sometime in 1991, shortly before the third book came out (I think). I used to reread the entire series whenever a new one came out, but around book 8 or so, I started rereading only the last few. Now that book 12 is coming out (in ONE week), I’m only rereading the most recent book (which I’ve only read twice anyway). Robert Jordan died a couple of years ago, leaving a ton of notes for the last book and some completed sections, and another author I like (Brandon Sanderson) is completing the series. Of course, the last book has turned into the last three books, but there’s a plan to get them out in a reasonable amount of time. I have faith in Sanderson (who is a fan who waited for years in between installments with the rest of us) to stick to his plan.
Anyway, I finished Thornyhold yesterday (liked it very much), but it was really just filler until I permitted myself to reread Knife of Dreams (book 11 of WoT). The new book, The Gathering Storm, comes out next Tuesday, and I’m afraid I’ll just have to find some excuse to visit a bookstore that day before I get home from work… I’m very excited. 🙂
inoidiot
Perhaps.
Sounds like you have literary OCD.
Zannah
And you don’t even know how I organize my bookshelves! Very astute diagnosis.
ibcrandy
Ugh. I gave up on the series around book 9 or 10 and said I’m not going to read any more of them until they’re DONE. I had to re-read all of them as well just because there are so many characters in that series, it’s easy to forget who a lot of them are in the 2-3 years between books. And I’m still going to continue to wait. Maybe they’ll be done before I’m 40. That’d be nice.
Zannah
Well, the plan is to have the last one published in the fall of 2011. So, well before you’re 40.
Have you read anything by Brandon Sanderson? The Mistborn trilogy is good, and I liked Elantris. I’ll probably be reading Warbreaker soon, too. Actually, I’ll probably wait until that’s out in paperback. If you’re at all interested in what he has to say about being picked to finish the WOT series, he’s talked about on his blog (http://www.brandonsanderson.com/).
Have you been watching the 6-part Monty Python special on IFC this week?
ibcrandy
The name sounds familiar, but none of those books/series ring a bell. It might just sound familiar from him being the person finishing WOT. Not sure.
And no, I haven’t watched the Monty Python special. We actually got rid of cable a few months back (not internet of course) and now just stream everything we watch through Hulu and Netflix. There is a program you can buy (30-40 bucks, depending on if they’re having a special) called PlayOn. It lets you stream Hulu, Netflix, YouTube, and a few other things to your TV through an Xbox 360 or PS3. It’s a little buggy, but works for the most part and has allowed us to axe cable altogether. The down side is you don’t know when things like, say, a Monty Python special is coming on since you’re not looking at a general program list very often. Still, we like it, and it also keeps us from just turning on the TV for lack of anything better to do since we really can’t. We have our shows that we’ve added to our queue to watch for the week, and then once those are done we don’t have anything to watch unless we specifically go onto Hulu or Netflix and look for something to add.