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I got my #JolabokaflodSwap, thank you @TheDaysGoBy! Very excited to find out what's inside and immerse myself in it guilt-free because... I finished the Wheel of Time series, finally, after beginning the first one way back in 2019. Fourteen books and thousands and thousands of pages. I like that the ending wasn't what I expected. It's a decent series but I disagree with the NYT that it could ever compare to or surpass LOTR. @maleficentbookdragon

Trying to do a reading schedule for this - 50 pages daily, to finish this 14-volume series by the end of the year and return the set to my friend who began lending me these books almost six years ago. What a journey it has been. I can appreciate the world building and the work that went into it but it hasn't hit me as hard as some other series or universes that I've explored.

1. There are many people that if I were to describe my feelings for them might fit the description of a personal hero, but I shy away from using such a label. Unfortunately I‘ve come to regret the ones I‘ve labeled as such in the past. In all honesty (as vain as I‘m sure it sounds) the person that is most likely to be my hero is myself.
2. This entire series has numerous heroes in it, so I chose the final book.

#Two4Tuesday

Facebook reminded me that today is the birthday of the last book in #TheWheelOfTime - my favorite series ever. Should I #reread again? 🤔

Finally finished!!! Wow what an exciting ending, that was a pretty action packed, still some annoying things but a very satisfying conclusion.

Bk8 of July & the 14th& final book of The Wheel Of Time is done! According to Sanderson, Jordan wrote the actual ending before his death, what an ending it was. The whole world is being overrun by Trollics, Fades & other shadow spawn, directed by the remaining Forsaken. Elayne is General of the armies, Perrin fights with the wolves, Mat becomes Battle Leader while Nynaeve, Moiraine & Rand head to Shayol Gul. Still wish Jordan wrote it👇

#MakeAMemory #BonJovi

#VolumesAndVocals 🎶🌞🌈🌼

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

"But it was an ending."

Indeed! I thought this book was a very fitting end to The Wheel of Time. Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson did an excellent job tying up all the story lines of the series, some reaching all the way back to Book 1. The book is almost entirely dedicated to The Last Battle, played out on two fronts. The only issue I have is with one group of combatants. You are left asking, "Where did these people come from?"

#WheelofTime

"Bayrd pressed the coin between his thumb and forefinger."

And so begins the finale of The Wheel of Time.

#FirstLineFridays
#WoT

@ShyBookOwl

The Wheel of Time is far from perfect. It‘s full of stereotypes, offputting gender dynamics, and so much padding that Jordan‘s original 3-book vision turned into a 14-book behemoth.

It‘s also packed with stellar characters, intricate worldbuilding, cool magic, and intense action. And it ends SO BLOODY WELL.

I love it differently than I did when I discovered it at 12, but I DO love it. I love it very, very much.

5 stars for the epic conclusion.

I made Nigella‘s cranberry upside down cake to use up some more cranberries and get some more time with A MEMORY OF LIGHT. 42-hour audiobooks take forever when you can‘t go for long-ass walks with them.

This cake always stymies me. It‘s delicious, but the cranberries WILL NOT stay where they‘re put. They always float up into the batter. I guess Canadian cranberries must be more buoyant than British cranberries or something. #audiobaking

I crept a bit further into A MEMORY OF LIGHT while I worked on the cuff for Fox Mitten #2. I‘ve still got over half the book left, but it feels weird to think of how close I am to the end of this reread. It‘s been a journey for sure.

It‘s also been really interesting to listen to the books this time around. Jordan‘s got a lot of names that LOOK different but SOUND really similar, with Domani and damane being the most glaring. #audioknitting

It's tough to review something like WoT without spoilers. All I can say is that 99.9% of this book was - to borrow Thom Merrilin's word - "exquisite". 14 books might be too long for a series (I've made the case myself that WoT could probably stand to have a couple books' worth of padding shaved off), but there's no doubt all that time spent among this world and these characters paid off in the end. There were as many deaths as there were...?

When you're writing an 11,000-page epic, it's only right that The Last Battle gets a 217-page chapter all to itself! I'm torn between wanting to plow ahead and read the whole thing tonight and taking my time to savor these last few hundred pages. I've been totally immersed in this series for the last several months. I think my next book will need to be something about coping with loss 😂

Loves it so much! Got so emotional several times. The Last Battle is going down as o e of my top three favorite chapters in a fantasy series of all time!

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. I don't really do reading goals. I have time set aside each day to read, and that's enough. The last thing I need in life is another deadline to stress over.
2. A Memory of Light. At this point, seeing how The Wheel of Time ends is all I care about.

Tag @IuliaC @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @Ast_Arslan @julesG @AmyG and anyone else who wants to join

What can be said of this final entry in The Wheel of Time? Well, it is perhaps the perfect cap on this series. Full of action, heartbreak, terror, and hope, it gives the reader the closure we deserve, along with the pulse-pounding suspense and action we wanted.

Bittersweet to be flying through this book. I‘ve been reading this series for over a year — since last January. Now, I‘m about 500 pages away from the end. #fantasy

After reading 4.4 million words over 10 months, I finally finished book 14 of Robert Jordan‘s fantasy megaseries “Wheel of Time.” The series is bloated, hugely ambitious, totally inconsistent and outrageously entertaining. If you want to escape into a richly detailed high fantasy series for months or years and your imagination is still functional, go for it. I needed an escape this year, and I‘m glad I gave it a try.

#OppositeDay

For today‘s Opposite Day photo prompt of #First I‘m going with the last book in the Wheel of Time series! I‘m halfway through the series and I absolutely love the characters, so I have such mixed emotions about when I read the last book. While I really want to know how it all ends, once I‘ve finished the series, that means there will be no more books left starring these characters. I‘ll be heartbroken to say goodbye to all of them!🥺

Tagged is the finale in my all-time favorite series. Talk about heroics! ❤️😍❤️
1. My paternal grandma. She‘s been in the hospital for about a month now. She‘s finally on the mend, but I miss her terribly and want to hug her.
2. My husband and all of you on Litsy. I know it sounds sappy, but you guys are seriously one of the best parts of every day. ❤️
#ThankfulThursday
@Cosmos_Moon

Its hard to believe the story is over. The last three books are, by far, the best of the series. It might have taken 8 months, but it was worth reading this series.

#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
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Really, Sanderson? A 238pg chapter? 🙄😂

Book 14. The beginning of the end

And it‘s over. What an amazing ride. This was basically my first jump into fantasy. I‘ve always been a sci-fi girl and I never dreamed that one man could create such a rich and fantastic world. I‘ll never forget this journey (but I‘ll totally forget all 10 million named Aes Sedai). Mr. Jordan, you were the best. Thank you.

😭 It begins.

I‘ve pretty much done nothing today except read this book. I think I cooked a couple of times? Maybe? It‘s almost worth calling into work tomorrow for.

The beginning of the end. After almost a year journey, I‘m getting ready to start the last book in this series. I gotta admit, I‘m a little emotional. I‘ll miss this world. The series isn‘t perfect but it has definitely touched me in a special way.

I managed to finish 15 books this month and started playing #CalibreRoulette to get through my ebook backlog.
4 ebook
11 Physical
I'm now at a total of 4140 points for my #BuriedAliveChallenge with an average of 121 points per qualifying book.
The highlight of this month for me was finishing #TheWheelOfTime.
#MarchWrapUp

I was so nervous that the end would flop but I feel like it was totally suitable. I‘ve never been one to really get into battle scenes so that part was a little bit much for me but I feel like the resolution to the overarching plot line was good and that those that fell were not just dead for shock value but had valid story based reasons. I can see why so many love this series as a whole.
#TheWheelOfTime
#BuriedAliveChallenge

It‘s the beginning of the end for me I‘m so excited and anxious. #TheWheelOfTime

#7Days7Covers #covercrush Day 3
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And my #audiobook #reread Of The Wheel Of Time is finished! When this was first released, I was one of the multitudes who was infuriated & disappointed with the ending, but after a few rereads its growing on me. I still wish that Jordan had enough been able to finish it himself of course, but I no longer have an urge to throw it across the room, so that‘s progress! I still HIGHLY recommend this series to every lover of epic fantasy.11⭐️

Loved it.

This series was with me through almost all of 2018. I started in February, now I‘m finished. The Wheel of Time has gotten me through a tough year, (major breakup, moving out, severe sickness, death of a loved one) and for that I am so grateful. I am sad to have finished it, but also filled with joy that a series like this exists. Thank you Robert Jordan (and Brandon Sanderson!) for characters that will stay with me forever. ❤️
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I cannot believe that this is the last book 😭😭 What am I going to do with myself when this is over?

It's really hard to say goodbye!
I cries as much as I laughed, and it was such a good ending, but I still want more!

I almost can‘t believe it is over. I started this series years ago and,having made it to the last battle, I am so glad I decided I had to finish it.

#SisforSeptember Day 6: #sizeable
A little over 1000 pages (small print!) and it‘s just 1/14th of the whole story😳🤩
I keep waiting for the right moment to read it...maybe I‘ll even do a complete reread of the series...

Hmmm... personal challenge for 2019 1 WoT book per month, with an extra one over the summer and during Christmas break🧐 might just have to do that!

All the pages are gone!! 😱😱😱😱 This series was so fantastic and I'm definitely not ready for it to be over!! 😵😵 #LitsyAtoZ #LetterM @BookishMarginalia #MountTBRChallenge #theyearofthechunkster

Agh I'm not ready for the series to end yet 😱😱 #finalbook #imnotreadytofinishtheseries #pleasedontend #butimustknowwhathappens #bookdilemma #booknerdproblems #bookproblems

Nothing like a good map to start off a book - checking it out is like prepping for the journey!

Day 15 #riotgrams #maps #fantasy

A big "And More" for today's Duologies, Trilogies, And More riotgram ?

Day 6 #riotgrams #wheeloftime #fantasy @bookriot

After 5 years reading this series of chunksters—I finished the final volume! Jordan has his writing tics that annoy me, but he is a fantastic world-builder. I‘m impressed with the depth of character growth he achieved with some of his characters. I wish a few threads had been tied up more completely, but overall: wow. As this quote says: words like epic & momentous are nearly worn out—but entirely appropriate. A fitting end to a truly epic series.

Such a busy day! We left the house at 9:15am and got home at 7:45pm... just in time to host book club. I did get some reading in over lunch with my husband (he kept reading across the table so he could see my reactions and where I was in the story—so much fun!). Now I‘m settling in to finally finish this! So much of the Last Battle chapter tore my heart out... 😭... let‘s see how I fare with the last 50 pages. Starting my #13inthree timer back up!

212 more pages read today in Memory of Light. I‘m in the middle of the almost-200-page-long Last Battle chapter, but it‘s past time for bed! Total #13inthree time pictured above—about six hours of reading today, between Memory of Light and some short stories. With only 140 pages to go, I should finish this final Wheel of Time volume tomorrow. 🙌🏼

Tea is brewing and I‘m about to start in again for #13inthree! Gonna make a dent in Memory of Light today. My husband is so impatient for me to finish the series... every time he finds me reading something else, he whispers “Memory of Liiiiiiiiighhhhht” at me as if a “subliminal” message will put me back on track. 😂

I do love a good #BookishMap, and while the Wheel of Time books have a good one, I usually find Tolkien maps to be my favorites. #ReadingResolutions