- Hilarious. Weve all seen these things happen: http://bit.ly/3iK89k #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-27
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-20
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WoT Review: The Shadow Rising
On July - 16 - 2009
I’ve really been procrastinating when it came to writing this post about the fourth WoT novel, The Shadow Rising. In fact, at the time I write this post I’ve already read more than half of the fifth book. But I noticed how long it’s been since my WoT review (the The Great Hunt) and I owe it to you, my blog, and myself to write this down…
But what can I say? Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoyed this book, but there was very little that really moved the story forward. And by story I mean Rand. He’s in it for a chapter or two in the beginning and a chapter or two at the end and that’s it. (ok, maybe a little more than that, but come on)
The real page hog was Perrin’s story line. It was good, but I don’t see how it relates back to Rand. In fact, when I think back to the other read-throughs I’ve done, I don’t recall when his storyline ever makes a real difference for any of the other major characters we started with in tEotW. The entire middle of the book was dedicated to Perrin, and it was really nice to see so much of one plotline in one place instead of jumping back and forth after only a couple of chapters. There was only one major break where Jordan took us to visit Elayne and Nynavae, but overall it was good to sit down and read Perrin’s part straight through.
This is probably the fourth time I’ve read this book over the past ten years, and for some reason each time I get to Tanchico where Thom, Julian, Elayne and Nynavae are, I seemed to skip over a few pages. Can’t tell you why, it just happened. Either that or I’ve drawn a blank. But this time I slowed down and deliberately focused on comprehension. (Remember, the 12th book comes out this fall, so I want to be completley refreshed on all points of the story by then.) As it turns out, I didn’t miss much. Ha ha! Eagenin, the Seanchan, made an appearance. I always liked her because she’s one of the only Seanchan that has any sense at all.
Egwene also has a good amount of time in this book. Although she’s with Rand’s group in the Aiel Waste, her storyline is quite different. It’s here where she really begins to grow in power and knowledge and I am looking forward to following her story throughout the rest of the books. Egwene’s growth from a simple farmgirl to the XXXXXXX (no spoiler, sorry) seemed like one of the most natural progressions of any character in the book. She moves around the world map and interacts with many of the other plot lines quite often. And in the later books (unlike Perrin) her actions have the potential to greatly affect Rand and the other characters.
Overall, the overall theme of The Shadow Rising is advance-the-side-plots-while-barely-touching-on-the-main-plot. But that’s ok – you’ll enjoy the read. If nothing else, it makes you anticipate the coming story even more.
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-13
On July - 13 - 2009
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-06
On July - 6 - 2009
- Government run anything doesnt make money #
- But if healthcare gets socialized, the docs wont make you wait so they make more money #
- Chris on facebook said it only looks bad now. Wait til its socialized #
- 10 appt – I showed up at 9:56 with paperwork filled out. Its now 11:02 and I havent seen the doc yet #
- They do this so that the patients cant join forces in the main waiting room. Its divide and conquer by the docs #
- Now I am waiting for the doctor in the individual room #
- Nope, they stack the patients deep and run us through like a herd of cattle #
- Do they really get backed up by 10 people since 9 this morning??? #
- Why do doctors offices say 10:00 appt, but make me wait for so long? #
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