Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan

I do have book 13 in the Wheel of time series. I got it as a Christmas gift years ago. don`t really know why they bought book 13 and not book 1.

Well they got a poster for the show now. That logo does kind of seem reminiscent of Game of Thrones.  

I read Book 1 and even though I knew it was a continuous story I sort of expected that it would come to some sort of stopping place and pick up somewhere else in Book 2.  But no, there might as well not have been any Book 1 or Book 2 with a different title. It was going to go on straight through forever and never end. About halfway through #2, I bailed.


At least The Lord Of The Rings was never intended to be three volumes but even then the story was divided by the publishers in such a way that he first two titles ended at a stopping point.

Years ago, my sister bought me a book that turned out to be the second in a then-ongoing series. I read it, despite having not read the first book, and fell in love with the characters so I hunted up the first and third books, and have now read the entire series as well as the offshoots and sequel series. But honestly, I think when you like books of a different genre than your loved one, they tend to see a book cover that makes them think of books off your shelf, so they give it a brief once-over for the plot, and then throw it into the cart.  You can discover a real gem that way though, so I'll never complain (I once got a doll that was permanently scowling and crying, as a gift. After that, I'll never complain about someone getting me a book)

May have to look up these Wheel of Time books. I know I've seen them around, just never got into them. I admit, while I love ensemble casts for shows and movies, in books I tend to prefer them to have 2-3 leading antagonists and one or two villains. More than that, and I always feel like I'm jumping around too much and don't get to spend enough time with any one of them to get invested.