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Finland's song for the ESC.
Trust me, it sucks so bad. I never wanna hear it again.
Sighs, idiots. Or perhaps they voted for it to make a point, hate when that happens.
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The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
The Wheel of Time, book 12
Genre: fantasy
Pages: 784
Published: October 2009
Tarmon Gai’don, the Last Battle, looms. And mankind is not ready.
The final volume of the Wheel of Time, A Memory of Light, was partially written by Robert Jordan before his untimely passing in 2007. Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn books, was chosen by Jordan’s editor---his wife, Harriet McDougal---to complete the final book. The scope and size of the volume was such that it could not be contained in a single book, and so Tor proudly presents The Gathering Storm as the first of three novels that will make up A Memory of Light. This short sequence will complete the struggle against the Shadow, bringing to a close a journey begun almost twenty years ago and marking the conclusion of the Wheel of Time, the preeminent fantasy epic of our era.
In this epic novel, Robert Jordan’s international bestselling series begins its dramatic conclusion. Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle. As he attempts to halt the Seanchan encroachment northward---wishing he could form at least a temporary truce with the invaders---his allies watch in terror the shadow that seems to be growing within the heart of the Dragon Reborn himself.
Egwene al’Vere, the Amyrlin Seat of the rebel Aes Sedai, is a captive of the White Tower and subject to the whims of their tyrannical leader. As days tick toward the Seanchan attack she knows is imminent, Egwene works to hold together the disparate factions of Aes Sedai while providing leadership in the face of increasing uncertainty and despair. Her fight will prove the mettle of the Aes Sedai, and her conflict will decide the future of the White Tower---and possibly the world itself.
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
The final volume of the Wheel of Time, A Memory of Light, was partially written by Robert Jordan before his untimely passing in 2007. Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn books, was chosen by Jordan’s editor---his wife, Harriet McDougal---to complete the final book. The scope and size of the volume was such that it could not be contained in a single book, and so Tor proudly presents The Gathering Storm as the first of three novels that will make up A Memory of Light. This short sequence will complete the struggle against the Shadow, bringing to a close a journey begun almost twenty years ago and marking the conclusion of the Wheel of Time, the preeminent fantasy epic of our era.
In this epic novel, Robert Jordan’s international bestselling series begins its dramatic conclusion. Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle. As he attempts to halt the Seanchan encroachment northward---wishing he could form at least a temporary truce with the invaders---his allies watch in terror the shadow that seems to be growing within the heart of the Dragon Reborn himself.
Egwene al’Vere, the Amyrlin Seat of the rebel Aes Sedai, is a captive of the White Tower and subject to the whims of their tyrannical leader. As days tick toward the Seanchan attack she knows is imminent, Egwene works to hold together the disparate factions of Aes Sedai while providing leadership in the face of increasing uncertainty and despair. Her fight will prove the mettle of the Aes Sedai, and her conflict will decide the future of the White Tower---and possibly the world itself.
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
Magician by Raymond E.Feist may be the best fantasy book ever written, but WOT is the best fantasy series in the world. I know many thought it just keep on going and going, but that only means more for me to love.
When I in 2007 learned that Robert Jordan had passed away I was devastated. Not only cos of selfish reasons (cos that had been my biggest fear even before I heard he was ill), but also because he was a master with what he was doing. And I know he loved his books and his fans. But then I heard that his legacy would go on, because Jordan had until the end kept on working. The chosen person was Brandon Sanderson, who was a big fan of his works (and an accomplished writer). Jordan had left notes, materials, outline, and written sections, and Sanderson filled in the holes. The finished project was huge and later it was realized the book had to be made into 3.
First let me say that I felt like I was reading Robert Jordan own writing, only here and there I noticed Sanderson's voice. Mostly when it came to explanations. Things we knew, but perhaps he wanted to make sure to all that he also knew, then again it had been a while so it was all good. I did not mind. The script is still Jordan's, it just needed a new producer to put it all together. I had been very afraid that I would see too much of Sanderson, but he melted together just fine and put in his own voice. I approved.
Ok spoilers. Not other way to do this!
Rand is still going crazy, oh how I love him! Not to mention Lews Therin. It is getting darker and people around him is staring to loose faith. Egwene is still a prisoner and trying to undermine Elaida's control. I never really liked Egwene really but for some reason I like her now. Elayne was no where to be soon, no Lan either, and no Logain. I really hoped he didn't die and I forgot. Aviendha came by briefly (here I did notice the new writer). Some Mat and Perrin, but not much. Getting a bit annoyed by Mat, I am afraid he will stand with those stupid Seanchan. Oh I despise them, they can't believe in the Forsaken, they treat people who can channel like crap, and if they win in the end I will go insane.
Moraine is really still alive!? Asmodean? I am pretty sure Rand will die :( Oh and Gawyn is an idiot, and don't even get me started on the Children of the Light. Where is Morgause? Get home and talk to Gawyn, please! This world is going to hell even if they win the Last battle. Well at least I still love the Aiel.
That was some of my thoughts while reading, yes I hate a lot of people there, grrr, and I love a great deal too. There is always someone to like and hate. People to root for, and people to hope the Shadow take (*coughs Children of the Light, mostly Galad and The Seanchan*)
This book picked up the pace, and the whole book is one big "The storm is coming, let's make haste and ride up north". I was really enjoying it, things played out, armies moved, people died. Sure they are not at the last battle yet, The Forsaken is still free, there is still wars going on, and the Shadow is causing big ripples in the thread. But they are close, so if the last book is all about the war. Then the second will finally bring everyone together. It has been some time since that.
By the way, Elayne, the babies, shouldn't she be due soon, and oh that will go to hell too. Cos of that idiot everyone thinks is the father. Hopefully Rand will stop by Caemelyn...and perhaps get blinded by Galad or Gawyn? Oh yes I can see that.
This was mostly a post of all the characters, cos how else can I talk about a series I have been reading for 13 years?
This is great fantasy, I love it to pieces, even if I might never read book 15 two times depending on the outcome. Yes Rand is a fictional crazy boyfriend. I love to re-read this series, and this is to me great fantasy, epic fantasy that is so richly created it takes your breath away.
Thank you Brandon Sanderson for doing a great job with this epic legacy.
Robert Jordan -James Oliver Rigney, Jr.- (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007)
Blodeuedd's Cover Corner: Not liking it at all. If you look closely you can see how rich her make-up is, and to say this nicely, well she looks like a lady of the night, perhaps Rand destroyed a brothel.
Reason for Reading. My own copy, have been waiting for 3 years to read it.
Final thoughts: LOVE IT. WOT is fantasy at its best.
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 | Charles Bingley is renting a house in Hertfordshire! |
 | Mrs. Bennet became a fan of Charles Bingley. |
| Kitty Bennet can't stop coughing!!! |
 | Charles Bingley is now friends with Mr. Bennet and Sir William Lucas. |
 | 11 of your friends are attending Assembly at Meryton. |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy is dreading this evening. |
| Charles Bingley and Jane Bennet are now friends. |
| Elizabeth Bennet is not handsome enough to tempt a certain gentleman. Ha! |
| Mrs. Bennet had a most delightful evening! |
| Mr. Bennet wishes that Mr. Bingley had sprained his ankle in the first dance. |
| Elizabeth Bennet promises never to dance with Mr. Darcy. |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy became a fan of Fine Eyes. |
| Caroline Bingley is all astonishment. |
| Lydia Bennet became a fan of Officers. |
| Kitty Bennet became a fan of Officers. |
 | Caroline Bingley tagged Jane Bennet in her note Visit us at Netherfield. |
| Jane Bennet finds herself very unwell. :( |
| Elizabeth Bennet is going to stay at Netherfield with Jane. |
| Louisa Hurst saw Elizabeth Bennet's petticoat and is absolutely certain it was six inches deep in mud. |
| Elizabeth Bennet is improving her mind by extensive reading. |
| Charles Bingley created an event: Ball at Netherfield. |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy is writing to Georgiana. |
| Caroline Bingley has suggestions for Mr. Darcy's domestic felicity. |
| Elizabeth Bennet and Caroline Bingley are attending the event Take a Turn about the Room. |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy feels the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention. |
| Elizabeth Bennet is back at home. Thank goodness! |
| William Collins tagged 7 of your friends in his note I Propose Myself the Satisfaction of Waiting on You and Your Family. |
| Lydia Bennet does NOT feel like listening to Fordyce's Sermons. |
| William Collins is paying his attentions to Jane Bennet. |
| William Collins is paying his attentions to Elizabeth Bennet. |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy is not pleased to see Wickham in town. |
| Elizabeth Bennet and George Wickham are now friends. |
| George Wickham told Elizabeth Bennet about Mr. Darcy's evil deeds. ;-) |
| 15 of your friends are attending Ball at Netherfield. |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy is dancing with Elizabeth Bennet. |
| Elizabeth Bennet is trying to make out Mr. Darcy's character and does not get on at all. |
| William Collins has been "rejected" by an elegant female. |
| Mrs. Bennet is all in an uproar. |
| Caroline Bingley tagged Jane Bennet in her note We're Leaving. |
| Jane Bennet is in London. |
| Mrs. Gardiner is visiting Hertfordshire with her husband. |
 | Charlotte Lucas and William Collins are now married. |
| Elizabeth Bennet is at Hunsford visiting Mr. & Mrs. Collins. |
| Elizabeth Bennet thought that the pigs were got into the garden, but it was only Lady Catherine and her daughter. |
| Lady Catherine de Bourgh thinks that Miss Elizabeth Bennet gives her opinion very decidedly for so young a person. |
| Elizabeth Bennet and Colonel Fitzwilliam are now friends. |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy is not afraid of Elizabeth Bennet. Well, maybe a little. |
| Elizabeth Bennet does not perform to strangers. |
| Charlotte Collins thinks she knows why Mr. Darcy visits so often. |
| Colonel Fitzwilliam wishes he weren't a younger son. |
| Elizabeth Bennet is furious at Mr. Darcy for separating Bingley and her sister. |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy is proposing to Elizabeth Bennet. It is not going well. :-/ |
| Elizabeth Bennet is ??!! |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy tagged Elizabeth Bennet in his note My Character Requires This to be Written and Read. |
| Elizabeth Bennet realizes that she never knew herself until this moment. |
| Elizabeth Bennet has much to conceal when she goes home. |
| Lydia Bennet is glad that Wickham isn't going to marry Mary King, that nasty freckled thing. |
 | Lydia Bennet and Kitty Bennet joined the group 1,000,000 Strong Against the Officers Leaving Meryton! {join!} |
| Lydia Bennet is going to Brighton with Colonel & Mrs. Forster!!!!1! |
| Elizabeth Bennet, Edward Gardiner, and Mrs. Gardiner are attending Trip to Derbyshire. |
| Elizabeth Bennet became a fan of Pemberley. |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy is surprised and hopeful. |
| Elizabeth Bennet and Georgiana Darcy are now friends. |
| Lydia Bennet and George Wickham are in a relationship. |
| Jane Bennet tagged Elizabeth Bennet in her note Bad News About Lydia. |
| Elizabeth Bennet is rushing home. |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy is determined to find Wickham. |
| Mrs. Bennet joined the group Widows of Men Killed in Duels. |
| Mary Bennet is consoling herself with moral extractions from the evil before her. |
| Mr. Bennet is back home and feeling guilty... but it will pass away soon enough. |
| Mrs. Bennet left the group Widows of Men Killed in Duels. |
| Edward Gardiner tagged Mr. Bennet in his note They're not Married, but They Will Be. |
| Mrs. Bennet is in raptures! |
| Lydia Bennet and George Wickham are now married. |
| Mrs. Gardiner tagged Elizabeth Bennet in her note Yes, Mr. Darcy Arranged Everything (and I think he likes you). |
| Charles Bingley is back in Hertfordshire with Darcy. |
| Jane Bennet and Charles Bingley are now engaged. |
| Lady Catherine de Bourgh is in Hertfordshire. |
| Elizabeth Bennet has been insulted in every possible method. |
| Lady Catherine de Bourgh is most seriously displeased. |
| William Collins tagged Mr. Bennet in his note Lady Catherine is Most Seriously Displeased. |
| Elizabeth Bennet is excessively diverted. |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy never thought to be made happy by a talk with his aunt! |
| Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy are now engaged. |
| Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy are now married. |
| Jane Bennet and Charles Bingley are now married. |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy rather enjoys being the object of open pleasantry. |
| Mrs. Bennet KNEW that single men with good fortunes would want wives. |
Sadly I do not know who created this masterpiece
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I will marry Colin Firth. | ||
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After a wild honeymoon, We will settle down in Kuwait in our fabulous House. | ||
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We will have 3 kid(s) together. | ||
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Our family will zoom around in a yellow limo. | ||
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I will spend my days as a ganster, and live happily ever after. | ||
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I am having author Sharon Lathan over at my blog today and I am (well the publisher is )giving away all her 3 books to one lucky person
Rules:
Open to US and Canada only.
1 winner: 1 set of Sharon’s trio of books so far, Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Loving Mr. Darcy and My Dearest Mr. Darcy.
GO HERE
So movies, well I saw some good ones but honestly nothing that stood out. But 2010 has the best effects I have ever seen!
New obsession, my bookblog. Yes I abandoned this blog in search of greener pastures, and it has been fun. So many good books read.
Life, was unemployed, worked at the library, enrolled to become a teacher, and reading to become a librarian on the side.
Tv, cried at Grey's, Dr Who. Laughed and will miss Reaper. But again nothing that stood out.
This was really the year of books.
Lived in the same place and so hate my neighbors. Now there has been 2 fires nearby and even a murder!
Grandma passed away :(
That was my year
and now a test
Your result for The Myers-Briggs Physiognomy, or Personality-by-Facial-Features Test ...
INTP
42% Extroverted, 44% Sensing, 61% Thinking, 68% Perceiving
http://www.okcupid.com/results/the-myers-b
cos of how my face looks..hm
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cold
This was truly the best book year ever, I found so many new authors, great books and and it has been fun.
So why don't we have a little look at the great books of 2009.
I am inventing some categories of my own so all the good books have room.
Best book of the year: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best book about war: The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Best laughs: Mucho Caliente! by Fransesca Prescott
Best fictional book about a real person: Dancer by Colum Mcann
Best book I passed by and found out was great: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best YA book: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Best language and quotes: Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Best fantasy: A Darkness Forged in Fire by Chris Evans
Best historical: Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
Best follow-up book: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Best genre mix: Soulless by Gail Carriger
Best urban "rural" fantasy: On The Edge by Ilona Andrews
Best urban fantasy: Moon Called by Patrica Briggs
Best going on the keeper shelf book: Poison Study by Maria V Snyder
Best "kept me on my seat" book: Stray by Rachel Vincent
Best cover from the books I have read: Wild heart by Lori Brighton
What can I say, Urban fantasy and YA rules this book. Perhaps that is what I will go for next year then.
Worst book, well trust me, I started SO many books this year and you will never hear about them.
But as one example:
The book that made me angry and upset: The Kingmaking by Helen Hollick
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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accomplished
Historical romance (and a bit of magic): Some highland magic, and loving
Paradise Rules by Beth Kery
E romance. Scorching hot love in Hawaii
Wicked Game by Jeri Smith Ready
Urban Fantasy: First book in the WVMP radio series, nice take on vamps
The Magical Christmas Cat - stories by Lori Leigh, Nalini Singh, Linda Winstead Jones and Erin McCarthy
Paranormal romance: I really enjoyed Singhs changeling-psy story
Not quite a husband by Sherry Thomas
Historical romance: A man and a woman find each other again. But the sex was totally WTF
The Chosen by Ricardo Pinto
First book of the fantasy series Stone dance of the chameleon: I could not connect and it left me wanting.
Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
The first book in her new fantasy series The Rain Wilds.
Not as good as the Farseer books but totally worth the read.
115 books read this year, plus some short stories. Must make a best of list tomorrow.
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Happy Holidays everyone! :D
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excited
Good historical about Thomas Cromwell
Magic Study, Fire Study Maria V Snyder
Not as good as the first and the 3rd was really disappointing
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Ok YA, nothing to cheer about. Mean girls + vampires + High Schol
Stray by Rachel Vincent
Great urban fantasy!
Kissing Games of the World by Sandi Khan Shelton
Sweet story about family, love
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Great book that had me loosing sleep
A Duke to die for by Amelia Grey
Cute historical romance
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Disappointed again, ok YA fantasy
City of Thieves by David Benioff
Great book about the siege of Leningrad
Golden Opportunity by Donna Marie Rogers
Sweet short story
108 Books read so far this year + short stories
- Mood: cold
It is Finland's Independence Day today. 92 years old. It is a very silent and reflective day. We light candles and think about those who gave their lives for our independence, and those who fought to keep us free in the Winter and Continuing War. The tradition here is to perhaps watch Soldier Unknown, that plays every year and then in the evening the president holds a ball.Profile
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