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The Dragon Reborn (Chapters 38-43)

nospam@example.com (Ancient of Days) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:03:43 -0600

Some cool stuff about Aiel, plus glimpses of what's going on with the Mat/Thom thread, and the Perrin/Faile/Moiraine/Lan/Loial. It's usually at this point in this book where I start to think "You know, for a book titled 'The Dragon Reborn', we sure don't spend much time around...you know, the actual Dragon Reborn."
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The Dragon Reborn (Chapters 32-37)

nospam@example.com (The Mad Giggler) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:52:00 -0600

We get some excellent chapters here. Mat's excellent adventure with Thom continues and we get some great scenes with Perrin.

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The Dragon Reborn (Chapters 26-31)

nospam@example.com (Ancient of Days) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:57:19 -0600

Sorry this is so late, everyone. It's been a really rough week. The early chapters were rough going - I don't know about you lot, but I'm pretty much done with the Hounds of Tar Valon for a while - but some good Mat stuff later on, and Thom comes back!
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The Dragon Reborn (Chapters 20-25)

nospam@example.com (Radar) — Tue, 28 May 2013 22:24:37 -0600

Great chapters to read, even though they take place within the White Tower and deal with all the women's issues I hate so much. Thankfully most of that seems to be curtailed. And we get to hear about The Amerlan's Uncle Juan. Continued in-attempts to make sure spelling is correct. Chapters and summary below the fold.
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The Dragon Reborn (Chapters 14-19)

nospam@example.com (Johnny Elbows) — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:09:00 -0600

There were a few interesting things that happened in these chapters, but for the most part, they were just setup/exposition chapters. So far, I have concluded that Robert Jordan meant to make the Wheel of Time series so that each book was a stand-alone story. Because of this, he explains and re-explains the same things over and over again. While this might be useful if someone tried to read a single book of the series, it turns many of the chapters into exposition instead of action, lengthening the books and breaking their flow.
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Wolves and the World of Dreams, pt. 1

nospam@example.com (Ancient of Days) — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:07:14 -0600

Great chapters - thanks to MG for trading me, and additionally for setting himself up so perfectly

About half of this post had to be cut because I realized it was full of spoilers. I'll save it for later.

Chapter 13 was previously accidentally left out of my post; it has now been appended.
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The Dragon Reborn (Prologue - Chapter 7)

nospam@example.com (The Mad Giggler) — Mon, 06 May 2013 23:51:00 -0600

After dragging his feet a bit with the first two novels, Robert Jordan really seems to have a grasp on where he wants to go as we start the third book in the saga. Chapter summaries...you know the drill.
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The Great Hunt (Chapters 48-50)

nospam@example.com (Radar) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:36:00 -0600

These chapters took so long to read. That is why it is so late in getting published. At least this book ends clearer than the first book. Continued in-attempts to make sure spelling is correct. Chapters and summary below the fold.
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The Great Hunt (Chapters 42-47): The Heron Wading in the Rushes

nospam@example.com (Ancient of Days) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:44:55 -0600

Sorry this is late, been trying to run a campaign for office in the UCRP. Chapters summarized below the fold, but general tone: Jordan was still thinking he'd wrap this up in three books. In some ways, I'm glad he failed.
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The Great Hunt (Chapters 36-41)

nospam@example.com (Radar) — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:55:20 -0600

I think I enjoy this book a little more. Maybe because I didn't bother to read all the stuff about Selene. Plus things seem to make a bit more sense, this time around. But I still don't like this book that much. Continued in-attempts to make sure spelling is correct. Chapters and summary below the fold.
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The Great Hunt (30 -35

nospam@example.com (Johnny Elbows) — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:05:55 -0600

A lot of things happen in these next chapters, but the events seem to be beginnings, not endings, and the number of beginnings without endings is growing rapidly. It would be really nice to see some threads wrapped up instead of started up.

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The Great Hunt (Chapters 24-29)

nospam@example.com (The Mad Giggler) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:55:00 -0600

To be honest, I had to read these chapters a week in advance, but I didn’t get a chance to write up my thoughts fresh from completing them. Summaries and commentary below the fold.
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The Great Hunt: Chapters 18-23

nospam@example.com (Ancient of Days) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:40:38 -0600

I really enjoy these chapters because they start to humanize the Aes Sedai a little bit - we can start to understand the environmental factors that lead to them behaving the way they do. Chapter specific thoughts below the fold.
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The Great Hunt (Chapters 12-17)

nospam@example.com (The Mad Giggler) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:59:00 -0600

Overall, I felt that this was a solid assignment. We get to learn a bit more about several characters besides Rand, along with doing a little more world building. Summaries and further thoughts below the fold.
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The Great Hunt (Chapters 6-11)

nospam@example.com (Radar) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:04:19 -0600

I must begin by saying that I did not enjoy this book on first read through. So I am hoping that a second go round will improve matters. I am almost late in posting this so please forgive the hastiness of some of my writing. Continued in-attempts to make sure spelling is correct. I typed too much. Chapters and summary below the fold.
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