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Reading The Wheel of Time
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Ba’alzamon’s Secret Identity -Feb 12, 2019
Building Rand’s Identity through the Heron-Marked Blade -Feb 19, 2019
What it Means to Be Ta’veren -Aug 6, 2019
I Really Love Tam al’Thor -Apr 16, 2020
Why Can’t Anyone See Mat Cauthon Changing? -Apr 23, 2020
Why Doesn’t Randland Have an Actual Name? -Apr 30, 2020
The Psychology of Tel’aran’rhiod in The Wheel of Time -May 14, 2020
The Blacksmith’s Axe, the Aiel’s Spear, and the Tinker’s Sword: When Pacifism is No Longer Enough -Jun 2, 2020
Laras, Keille, and the Judgment of Bodies in The Shadow Rising -Jun 18, 2020
Choosing One’s Fate in the World of The Wheel of Time -Aug 11, 2020
The Wheel of Time and the Storytelling Problem in the Concept of a Binary -Aug 18, 2020
Siuan Sanche and Finding Transgender Experience in The Wheel of Time -Dec 8, 2020
The Wrong Lesson: Nynaeve al’Meara and Bodily Autonomy -Mar 9, 2021
A Darkness in Us: Lan Mandragoran and Depression -Jul 20, 2021
The Mystery of Aes Sedai Agelessness -Oct 19, 2021
Rand al’Thor, The Invisible Battle, And Me -Sep 6, 2022
Free Will and the Power of Ta’veren in The Wheel of Time -Feb 7, 2023
The Ridiculous Nature of the Aes Sedai Hierarchy -Aug 8, 2023
The Eye of the World
A Boy Leaves Home: The Eye of the World (Part 1) -Feb 20, 2018
Separate But Not Equal Magic: The Eye of the World (Part 2) -Feb 27, 2018
Fiery Magic and Icy Distrust: The Eye of the World (Part 3) -Mar 6, 2018
Dreams and Prophecy: The Eye of the World (Part 4) -Mar 13, 2018
Mistrust Fractures the Fellowship: The Eye of the World (Part 5) -Mar 20, 2018
Nynaeve “Comes Out”: The Eye of the World (Part 6) -Mar 27, 2018
Memories of What Was Lost: The Eye of the World (Part 7) -Apr 3, 2018
Moiraine Vs. Elyas: The Eye of the World (Part 8) -Apr 10, 2018
Black Ravens and Whitecloaks in The Eye of the World (Part 9) -Apr 17, 2018
A Proliferation of Darkfriends in The Eye of the World (Part 10) -Apr 24, 2018
In Caemlyn You Can Be a New Man: The Eye of the World (Part 11) -May 1, 2018
Can You Lucid Dream in Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World? (Part 12) -May 8, 2018
The Bonds of Wolves and Warders: The Eye of the World (Part 13) -May 15, 2018
Two Rivers or Aielman? The Eye of the World (Part 14) -May 22, 2018
Almost Everything Finally Gets Explained: The Eye of the World (Part 15) -May 29, 2018
Learning Courage in Crushing Darkness: The Eye of the World (Part 16) -Jun 5, 2018
The Beauty of Simplicity: The Eye of the World (Part 17) -Jun 12, 2018
When Need is Greatest: The Eye of the World (Part 18) -Jun 19, 2018
The Green Man and Creation: The Eye of the World (Part 19) -Jun 26, 2018
For the Love of Egwene: The Eye of the World (Part 20) -Jul 3, 2018
The Great Hunt
Eight Questions I Hope to Have Answered by The Great Hunt -Jul 10, 2018
A Masked Plot: The Great Hunt (Part 1) -Jul 31, 2018
Dragons and Amyrlins in The Great Hunt (Part 2) -Aug 7, 2018
Stones on a Board: The Great Hunt (Part 3) -Aug 14, 2018
Literal Writing on the Wall in The Great Hunt (Part 4) -Aug 21, 2018
Facing Fate on Your Feet: The Great Hunt (Part 5) -Aug 28, 2018
Darkfriends and Dark Purposes: The Great Hunt (Part 6) -Sep 4, 2018
A Weaving of Themes: The Great Hunt (Part 7) -Sep 11, 2018
Many Worlds, One Wheel: The Great Hunt (Part 8) -Sep 18, 2018
Two Faces of Temptation: The Great Hunt (Part 9) -Sep 25, 2018
The Choice to Channel: The Great Hunt (Part 10) -Oct 2, 2018
Between Desire and Compulsion: The Great Hunt (Part 11) -Oct 9, 2018
Cracks in the Wall: The Great Hunt (Part 12) -Oct 16, 2018
Nynaeve Confronts Her Fear: The Great Hunt (Part 13) -Oct 23, 2018
Dangerous Hierarchies: The Great Hunt (Part 14) -Oct 30, 2018
A Game of Trollocs: The Great Hunt (Part 15) -Nov 6, 2018
The Theme of Return: The Great Hunt (Part 16) -Nov 13, 2018
A Shepherd is Growing Up: The Great Hunt (Part 17) -Nov 20, 2018
Suspecting Darkfriends: The Great Hunt (Part 18) -Nov 27, 2018
The Game of Gender: The Great Hunt (Part 19) -Dec 4, 2018
Many Worlds, One Fate: The Great Hunt (Part 20) -Dec 11, 2018
The Truth You Hear: The Great Hunt (Part 21) -Dec 18, 2018
A Variety of Villains: The Great Hunt (Part 22) -Jan 1, 2019
What’s in a Name? Egwene the Damane: The Great Hunt (Part 23) -Jan 8, 2019
The Hubris of the Seanchan: The Great Hunt (Part 24) -Jan 15, 2019
Despair and the Shadow: The Great Hunt (Part 25) -Jan 22, 2019
Ba’alzamon’s Lies: The Great Hunt (Part 26) -Jan 29, 2019
The Heron Names Him True: The Great Hunt (Part 27) -Feb 5, 2019
The Dragon Reborn
Arrogance, Knowledge and Fear: The Dragon Reborn (Part 1) -Feb 26, 2019
Perrin Struggles with Acceptance: The Dragon Reborn (Part 2) -Mar 5, 2019
Liking What You Become: The Dragon Reborn (Part 3) -Mar 12, 2019
Whitecloaks, Wolves and the Wheel: The Dragon Reborn (Part 4) -Mar 19, 2019
Secrets Smell Like Fishes: The Dragon Reborn (Part 5) -Mar 26, 2019
Searching for the Black Ajah: The Dragon Reborn (Part 6) -Apr 2, 2019
Everyone Wants to Help and They Can’t Be Trusted: The Dragon Reborn (Part 7) -Apr 9, 2019
Mat Struggles With the Past: The Dragon Reborn (Part 8) -Apr 16, 2019
Choosing Who You Want to Be: The Dragon Reborn (Part 9) -Apr 23, 2019
Egwene Lets Go of Rand and Is Nearly Lost Herself: The Dragon Reborn (Part 10)) -Apr 30, 2019
Farmer’s Weapons and Library Secrets: The Dragon Reborn (Part 11) -May 7, 2019
The Amyrlin’s Plots Backfire: The Dragon Reborn (Part 12) -May 14, 2019
The Power of the Ta’veren: The Dragon Reborn (Part 13) -May 21, 2019
Good, Evil, and the Choices We Make: The Dragon Reborn (Part 14) -May 28, 2019
A Falcon That Doesn’t Fly and a Wolf that Does: The Dragon Reborn (Part 15) -Jun 4, 2019
Lost Queens and Exiled Aiel: The Dragon Reborn (Part 16) -Jun 11, 2019
Is It Luck or Ta’veren Power? The Dragon Reborn (Part 17) -Jun 18, 2019
Darkhounds, the Forsaken, and Fireworks: The Dragon Reborn (Part 18) -Jun 25, 2019
Climbing Adventures with Matrim Cauthon: The Dragon Reborn (Part 19) -Jul 2, 2019
Of Herbs and Luck: The Dragon Reborn (Part 20) -Jul 9, 2019
Hammers, Balefire and Persuasion: The Dragon Reborn (Part 21) -Jul 16, 2019
Mat Discovers a Trap, and So Does Faile: The Dragon Reborn (Part 22) -Jul 23, 2019
The Sword in the Stone Declares the King: The Dragon Reborn (Part 23) -Jul 30, 2019
The Shadow Rising
Death, Love, and Fate: The Shadow Rising (Part 1) -Aug 20, 2019
An Array of Familiar Foes: The Shadow Rising (Part 2) -Aug 27, 2019
The Boys Confront Themselves (Kind of): The Shadow Rising (Part 3) -Sep 10, 2019
The Rise of the Evil Bubbles: The Shadow Rising (Part 4) -Sep 17, 2019
Looking For the Truth: The Shadow Rising (Part 5) -Sep 24, 2019
Romance and Choices: The Shadow Rising (Part 6) -Oct 15, 2019
Egwene Questions the Fish and the Bird: The Shadow Rising (Part 7) -Oct 22, 2019
Lews Therin’s Loves: The Shadow Rising (Part 8) -Oct 29, 2019
Rand Makes a Plan and Egwene Finds a Collar: The Shadow Rising (Part 9) -Nov 5, 2019
Rumors and Fate: The Shadow Rising (Part 10) -Nov 12, 2019
Other Worlds and Couple Fights: The Shadow Rising (Part 11) -Nov 19, 2019
Thom Is Sent Away and Min Is Still Trapped: The Shadow Rising (Part 12) -Nov 26, 2019
Men and Women Quarrel Until the Stone Shakes: The Shadow Rising (Part 13) -Dec 3, 2019
Elayne Discovers One Secret and Misses Another: The Shadow Rising (Part 14) -Dec 10, 2019
The True Weapons of the Dark One: The Shadow Rising (Part 15) -Dec 17, 2019
Rand Calls the Shots and Moiraine Hates It: The Shadow Rising (Part 16) -Dec 31, 2019
Dreams and Responsibilities: The Shadow Rising (Part 17) -Jan 28, 2020
A Death Upon the Tree of Life: The Shadow Rising (Part 18) -Feb 4, 2020
Why Don’t the Aiel Use Swords, and Other Mysteries: The Shadow Rising (Part 19) -Feb 11, 2020
A Question of Sins: The Shadow Rising (Part 20) -Feb 18, 2020
Women are the Sun: The Shadow Rising (Part 21) -Feb 25, 2020
Women’s Circle Business as Perrin Grieves a Loss: The Shadow Rising (Part 22) -Mar 17, 2020
Perrin Does What Needs Doing: The Shadow Rising (Part 23) -Mar 24, 2020
For Our Next Trick, We Hunt Trollocs: The Shadow Rising (Part 24) -Mar 31, 2020
Rand and Egwene Plot Their Own Paths: The Shadow Rising (Part 25) -Apr 7, 2020
Rand is a King, Even Without A Nation: The Shadow Rising (Part 26) -Apr 14, 2020
Never Trust a Peddler: The Shadow Rising (Part 27) -Apr 21, 2020
Tanchico is Chockfull of Bad Guys: The Shadow Rising (Part 28) -Apr 28, 2020
Elayne and Perrin Both Make Mistakes: The Shadow Rising (Part 29) -May 5, 2020
Perrin Meets Old Friends And Learns From His Mistakes: The Shadow Rising (Part 30) -May 12, 2020
Perrin Has To Be the Adult in the Room: The Shadow Rising (Part 31) -May 26, 2020
Ladies Seek Answers and So Does a Seeker: The Shadow Rising (Part 32) -Jun 9, 2020
A Coup, a Rescue, and Some Thoughts About Pants: The Shadow Rising (Part 33) -Jun 16, 2020
There Are No Customs To Cover the Dragon Reborn: The Shadow Rising (Part 34) -Jun 23, 2020
Nynaeve Tries To Be Cautious: The Shadow Rising (Part 35) -Jul 8, 2020
Perrin Hunts Slayer and Faces Death: The Shadow Rising (Part 36) -Jul 14, 2020
The Daughter-Heir’s Justice and the Wisdom’s Power: The Shadow Rising (Part 37) -Jul 21, 2020
Rand Gains a Following and a Teacher: Robert Jordan’s The Shadow Rising (Part 38) -Jul 28, 2020
The Fires of Heaven
Everyone Needs a Scapegoat: The Fires of Heaven (Part 1) -Sep 1, 2020
Life Changes Direction: The Fires of Heaven (Part 2) -Sep 8, 2020
Saidin, Saidar, and a Drinking Game: The Fires of Heaven (Part 3) -Sep 15, 2020
Ji’e’toh and What Must Be Done: The Fires of Heaven (Part 4) -Sep 22, 2020
Death Cannot Be Healed: The Fires of Heaven (Part 5) -Sep 29, 2020
Long Journeys and Painful Emotions: The Fires of Heaven (Part 6) -Oct 6, 2020
The Tower Must Be Whole, and Other Mysteries: The Fires of Heaven (Part 7) -Oct 20, 2020
Sallie Daera Shows Her Legs: The Fires of Heaven (Part 8) -Oct 27, 2020
A lady, a Lady’s Maid, and an Archer: The Fires of Heaven (Part 9) -Nov 3, 2020
How to Control Saidar: The Fires of Heaven (Part 10) -Nov 10, 2020
Galad sees in Black and White: The Fires of Heaven (Part 11) -Nov 17, 2020
Darkfriends Clash: The Fires of Heaven (Part 12) -Nov 24, 2020
Morgase Breaks Free: The Fires of Heaven (Part 13) -Dec 1, 2020
Warnings, Wards, and Power-Wrought Blades: The Fires of Heaven (Part 14) -Jan 5, 2021
Aviendha’s Duty and Sammael’s Bees: The Fires of Heaven (Part 15) -Jan 12, 2021
Spying and Secrets of Tel’aran’rhiod: The Fires of Heaven (Part 16) -Jan 19, 2021
Siuan Sanche Enacts Secret Plans: The Fires of Heaven (Part 17) -Jan 26, 2021
Men Are Trapped and Women Are Too: The Fires of Heaven (Part 18) -Feb 9, 2021
Snow, Sex, and the Seanchan: The Fires of Heaven (Part 19) -Feb 16, 2021
Nynaeve and Liandrin Both Pay a Price: The Fires of Heaven (Part 20) -Feb 23, 2021
Birgitte Is in the Limelight: The Fires of Heaven (Part 21) -Mar 2, 2021
Nynaeve Meets the Prophet: The Fires of Heaven (Part 22) -Mar 16, 2021
Nynaeve Faces Galad, Salidar, and Maerion’s Arrows: The Fires of Heaven (Part 23) -Mar 23, 2021
Mat is a Rambling Man: The Fires of Heaven (Part 24) -Apr 6, 2021
War Is a Waste: The Fires of Heaven (Part 25) -Apr 20, 2021
One Battle Ends and Another Begins: The Fires of Heaven (Part 26) -Apr 27, 2021
The Dragon Finds His Clothes and Enters Cairhien: The Fires of Heaven (Part 27) -May 4, 2021
Nynaeve’s Schemes Bring Her a Ship and a Riot: The Fires of Heaven (Part 28) -May 18, 2021
Out of Samara and Back Into Tel’aran’rhiod: The Fires of Heaven (Part 29) -May 25, 2021
Old Friends, New Allies, and a Broken Seal: The Fires of Heaven (Part 30) -Jun 1, 2021
Rand Puts a Chip On His Shoulder: The Fires of Heaven (Part 31) -Jun 8, 2021
Women Make Their Own Choices: The Fires of Heaven (Part 32) -Jun 16, 2021
A Series of Ambushes: The Fires of Heaven (Part 33) -Jun 22, 2021
Sometimes You Have to Use (Bale)Fire: The Fires of Heaven (Part 34) -Jun 29, 2021
Rand Issues an Amnesty: The Fires of Heaven (Part 35) -Jul 13, 2021
New Spring
A Hook and a Wish: New Spring (Part One) -Jul 27, 2021
Pranks and Practice: New Spring (Part Two) -Aug 3, 2021
Meeting Babies and Taking Names: New Spring (Part Three) -Aug 10, 2021
Games Are Different From Puzzles: New Spring (Part 4) -Aug 17, 2021
Moiraine Endures and Dances: New Spring (Part 5) -Aug 24, 2021
Moiraine and Siuan Come Home: New Spring (Part 6) -Aug 31, 2021
Seamstresses and Bankers: New Spring (Part 7) -Sep 14, 2021
Moiraine Makes a Run for It: New Spring (Part 8) -Sep 21, 2021
Custom as Strong as Law: New Spring (Part 9) -Sep 28, 2021
The Black Ajah Revealed: New Spring (Part 10) -Oct 5, 2021
An Oath and a Grudge: New Spring (Part 11) -Oct 12, 2021
Bandits, Assassins, and Carneira: New Spring (Part 12) -Oct 26, 2021
Disguises and Revelations: New Spring (Part 13) -Nov 2, 2021
Death and Duty: New Spring (Part 14) -Nov 9, 2021
Lord of Chaos
A Trip to Shayol Ghul and Salidar: Lord of Chaos (Part 1)
Morgase Seeks Aid and Rumors Abound: Lord of Chaos (Part 2)
Evil Smiles Abound: Lord of Chaos (Part 3)
Taim, a Seal, and a Farm: Lord of Chaos (Part 4)
Rand Plans, and the Band Dances: Lord of Chaos (Part 5)
Graendal and Semirhage Treat Their Patients: Lord of Chaos (Part 6)
The Many Dangers of Dreaming: Lord of Chaos (Part 7)
The Breaking and Creation of Bonds: Lord of Chaos (Part 8)
A Question of Risks: Lord of Chaos (Part 9)
A Question of Surrender: Lord of Chaos (Part 10)
Doing What One Must: Lord of Chaos (Part 11)
Killing the Messenger: Lord of Chaos (Part 12)
Philosophy and Misunderstandings: Lord of Chaos (Part 13)
A Maiden’s Toh and an Ogier’s Longing: Lord of Chaos (Part 14)
Pure Mat Cauthon and Unusual Sammael: Lord of Chaos (Part 15)
An Embassy and a Youngling Arrive: Lord of Chaos (Part 16)
Death, Heritage, and Aes Sedai Gold: Lord of Chaos (Part 17)
Rand Struggles to Understand: Lord of Chaos (Part 18)
Nynaeve Makes a Discovery: Lord of Chaos (Part 19)
The Whitecloaks Scheme: Lord of Chaos (Part 20)
Rand Plans and Egwene Meets Her Toh: Lord of Chaos (Part 21)
The Amyrlin Seat is Aes Sedai Lord of Chaos (Part 22)
The Amyrlin Plans: Lord of Chaos (Part 23)
Conversations About Intent: Lord of Chaos (Part 24)
Reading Lord of Chaos (Part 25)
Reading Lord of Chaos (Part 26)
Lots of Animal Metaphors: Lord of Chaos (Part 27)
Leaning on the Knife: Lord of Chaos (Part 28)
Thirteen is an Unlucky Number: Lord of Chaos (Part 29)
Reading Lord of Chaos (Part 30)
No One Goes it Alone: Lord of Chaos (Part 31)
The Biggest Battle Yet: Lord of Chaos (Part 32)
Answers and Questions: Robert Jordan’s Lord of Chaos (Part 33)
A Crown of Swords
Reading A Crown of Swords (Part One)
Gawyn Muses and Niall Miscalculates: A Crown of Swords (Part 2)
Perrin Faces Uneasy Alliances: A Crown of Swords (Part 3)
What Was Done Is Undone: A Crown of Swords (Part 4)
A Wolf Husband, a Falcon Wife, and a Regent of Andor: A Crown of Swords (Part 5)
A Figurehead and a Pair of Silverpike: A Crown of Swords (Part 6)
The Amyrlin Gains Allies: A Crown of Swords (Part 7)
Egwene’s Army and Nynaeve’s Warder: A Crown of Swords (Part 8)
Sea Folk, Whitecloaks, and a Darkfriend: A Crown of Swords (Part 9)
Everyone Wants a Piece of Mat: A Crown of Swords (Part 10)
Unexpected Attacks: A Crown of Swords (Part 11)
New Old Faces: A Crown of Swords (Part 12)
Recognition and Apologies: A Crown of Swords (Part 13)
A Guild, or Not a Guild: A Crown of Swords (Part 14)
Subjugation and Surrender: A Crown of Swords (Part 15)
Just Being Ta’veren: A Crown of Swords (Part 16)
Elayne and Nynaeve Prove They Are Aes Sedai: A Crown of Swords (Part 17)
New Black Ajah Hunters are Born and Rand Takes a Bath: A Crown of Swords (Part 18)
Rand Manipulates the Pattern: A Crown of Swords (Part 19)
Rand Is Struck By Two Blades: A Crown of Swords (Part 20)
Mat Is (Sort of) Appreciated: A Crown of Swords (Part 21)
Sea Folk, Seanchan, and Shaido: A Crown of Swords (Part 22)
Sammael and Shadar Logoth: Robert Jordan’s A Crown of Swords (Part 23)
The Path of Daggers
It’s Too Late to Turn Back: The Path of Daggers (Part 1)
The Unexpected Skill of the Current Age: The Path of Daggers (Part 2)
Elayne Deals with Cliques and Politics: The Path of Daggers (Part 3)
New Weapons and New Weaves: The Path of Daggers (Part 4)
A New Lord Meets a Former Queen: The Path of Daggers (Part 5)
Reading The Path of Daggers (Part 6)
Oaths are Given and Alliances are Formed: The Path of Daggers (Part 7)
Laughter and Tears: The Path of Daggers (Part 8)
Amyrlins and Oaths: The Path of Daggers (Part 9)
A Tale of Two Pavilions: The Path of Daggers (Part 10)
Winter Storms and the Pitfalls of Pride: The Path of Daggers (Part 11)
Rand Gets More Than He Bargained For, and Less: The Path of Daggers (Part 12)
The Dragon and the Amyrlin, Hubris Abounds: The Path of Daggers (Part 13)