The Blog of Time

Now that the Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire) last season is out and it doesn’t look like the next book is going to be published until the Sun rises in the West, I want to put out there why I love Wheel of Time more than Game of Thrones. Don’t get me wrong, Game of Thrones is an incredible series and I cannot wait for the rest of the books to come out. The show is probably the best I’ve ever watched. I think GRRM has an unique way of writing very different characters and I love how he can make people who shouldn't be heroes into just that. I just happen to like The Wheel of Time more for the following reasons. Some of my downsides for Game of Thrones may be other people’s strong points but here’s what I think: “Game of Houses vs Game of Thrones” To me the point of reading fantasy is to find a world that you can see yourself in, and want to be in. People read Lord of the Rings because it would be awesome to be an elf or a wizard. People read Harry Potter because they i...

Helllooo I hope everyone found water and shade since the last blog post on The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan. This week will be about the top ten scenes I would like to see in the upcoming show from book three of The Wheel of Time, The Dragon Reborn! This book may very well be my favorite. It is a tight race between the first book and this one for me. This is where Mat and Perrin start to bloom and really become my favorite characters of all time. It sets up how these three main characters get their own storylines and how this isn’t just a tale about one man to save us all. Rand is almost entirely not in the book (even though it is titled after him). I love Rand but I’m always ready for some Perrin and Mat scenes in these early books. Egwene, Nynaeve and Elayne’s story really picks up too and sets them up on their own dynamic paths. Not gunna lie I used to get alarmed reading the few scenes from Rand’s point of view because of how mad and crazy he seems all ready. After reading The Drag...

Blood and Ashes! It’s been a week since my last post on the ten scenes I would like to see from the Eye of the World (the first book in the Wheel of Time) and now it’s time for book 2 The Great Hunt. I have heard that the first season of the show might combine the first two books so this may pertain to the first season as well. For whatever reason I have reread the second Wheel of Time book the least out of the first six books. Although I did read it in one 24 hour period once, which my eyes have yet to recover from, I have not read it as much as the third and fourth book. I’m not exactly sure why. I think it annoys me when Rand purposely tries to distance himself from Mat and Perrin. Although his reasons make sense, I don’t like the way he goes about it. The second book always struck me as more of an adventure book than the later ones. Although a lot is set up in this book for the future, it feels like it could stand as its own adventure while later books seem to be setting up for th...