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Ha! I made it past my last stopping point. I have a good feeling about this :)

It was then, as Safi fastened the ten million wooden buttons... and then again As Merik’s fingers undid the ten million buttons on his dress These kind of things annoy me. There's not literally 10 miliion buttons on all of their clothing....

It's off to a pretty good start, though I'm still not 100% certain what a Heart-Thread is...

No one made that journey who did not know they would never return. But it was their land. It had been their fathers’, and it would be their children’s, and they went to pay the price of it.

I'm slowly, SLOWLY making my way through this. Coming up to where I left off the last time. I just need to make it past 20% mark.

Aes Sedai and wars and false Dragons: those were the stuff of stories told late at night in front of the fireplace, with one candle making strange shapes on the wall and the wind howling against the shutters.

Trying this one again. I know I'll love it once I get started again!

I guess January will be a month of "third times the charm" as I'm going to attempt this one for a third time as well. Here goes nothing :)

It was as if a force beyond the human had sprung into being, sending us hurtling toward what might be triumph or catastrophe. It sent my mind back over old tales of wonder and enchantment, and the price that could be exacted if a man or woman meddled unwisely with nature’s mysteries.

Oh no she didn't... Don't let the past blind you Blackthorn!

I've managed to make it 2/3s of the way through it. Yay! Guess this one won't end up on the DNF shelf after all, which is fantastic because I really am a fan of her writing :)

I've tried to read this on two other occasions but I've only made it about 1/3 of the way through. Hopefully the third time is the charm! If not then I think it's time to call it and throw in the towel.

Finished with the first book, Shard's of Honor. Reviewed it separately.

"We're both looking for the same thing. We call it by different names, and look in different places. I believe he calls it honor. I guess I'd call it the grace of God. We both come up empty, mostly."

This is not going at all the way I thought it would. That's a good thing I think..

"It isn't exactly like waking from the nightmare, to see your face." He touched it gently, fingertips on the curve of her jaw, thumb laid a moment across her lips, lighter than a kiss. "More like, knowing, while dreaming still, that beyond the dream there is a waking world. I mean to join you in that waking world, someday. You'll see. You'll see."

This book. This book. Gah! Not only can I not figure out what in the heck these people are I am now starting to doubt this "plot" as well. It seems she's trying to create a conflict where there is none. Both courses of action accomplish the same exact thing! Rrrr.

I know some readers hate "info dumping" but sometimes you just need more information. It's really bugging me that I have no clear picture as to who/what we're dealing with. There's been weird tidbits but nothing substantial. The book itself is not bad necessarily, but the jury is still out on this one...

“You fainted.” She laughed outright. “Guess you didn’t find Glyn’s joke amusing.” “He cut that male’s finger off.” Mine curled into my hands. “Then he ate it.” Isolde punched my shoulder with mirth. “I reckon he was hungry then.” Seriously. Who (or what) are these people?!

Only 4% in and we've already been introduced to 3 different groups of people (races? species? clans? I'm seriously not sure) one of which has spinerettes on their hands, another has a venomous bite, but they have breasts with nipples so they are mammalian in nature? Agh! I'm so confused lol.

Uh, hello. That came out of nowhere! I'm still not sure how I feel about this one. It definitely feels a little dated at times (to me anyway) especially in the interactions between the men and women. Like, it is extraordinary that she is a female commander who is not just imitating a man. Hmmm...

Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long they stand around chatting before they shoot you.

His curtness she could meet and match with her own flippancy, guarding herself as with a fencer's foil. His kindness was like fencing with the sea, her strokes going soft and losing all volition. She flinched from the smile, and his face fell, then became closed and grave again.

Gah! I hate Regal soooo much.

Reminding myself that these “servants” might be better born than myself, I treated them all with great courtesy and later wondered if that might not be the secret of the harmonious household, that all servants or royalty, be treated with the same courtesy.

This has taken a very sad turn. Boy, Fitz, Thomas, Bastard. He doesn't even have a proper name much less get treated like a proper person. I just want to hug him and tell him everything will be okay.

Days of his belittling should have made me numb to his mockery. Instead, I came to believe much of what he said, and tried futilely to change. This is one of the powers a bully wields.

Rrrr..Galen is such an ass!! I'd like to take his little crop and do a few things myself. At least we're finally learning what the Skill is.