[1369] I've come bearing no weapons.

[quinkgirl]

Jun 23, 2014 13:05:48 GMT aranael said:

Is anyone else always reading Parley as Parsley and doing a double-take, or is that just me?

I did that for a few days, then I fixed it.

[rama]

Jun 23, 2014 13:40:57 GMT atteSmythe said:

Jun 21, 2014 0:27:17 GMT OrzBrain said:

And of course spankies to excite. I like the Wheel of Time a lot, but Robert Jordan was a little obsessed there...

"A little obsessed" doesn't begin to describe Jordan's writing style. I never finished the series the first try, because he was taking too long between books, and there were way too many details and names to remember for one book to come out every two years.

I'm reading through it now, and while I'm enjoying it way more than I did the first time through, especially reading the books back to back, his narrative shorthand is fairly driving me up the wall. I'm not sure how much shawl straightening and dress/skirt smoothing I can take. I caught him using that shorthand for nervousness with two different characters for three paragraphs in a row.

Also, the sniffing, snorting, and knuckling. AUGH

And bathing. Don't forget the bathing.

I lost patience somewhere in book 15. The translation split the books for reasons unknown to me (probably to make the experience less torturous) and the finished series is 22 books excluding the original 12th.

I get sad when I think about it, because I really liked the setup and adventures in early installments. Then comes the bathing.

[goldenknots]

Jun 30, 2014 13:25:25 GMT rama said:

And bathing. Don't forget the bathing.

I lost patience somewhere in book 15. The translation split the books for reasons unknown to me (probably to make the experience less torturous) and the finished series is 22 books excluding the original 12th.

I get sad when I think about it, because I really liked the setup and adventures in early installments. Then comes the bathing.

Never read any of them, and feel less tempted all the time. My first glance through one of them made me think "potboiler" and move on to actual novels about stuff, with plots.