around it goes

so after more than 20 years since robert jordan first published the eye of the world, the final novel in the wheel of time series has been published.  i've been reading (and re-reading) this massively epic fantasy series since maybe the sixth or seventh grade, which means that as of now, these books have been a part of my library for more than half my life.  scary.

i've known for awhile that a memory of light would be out this january, but i never got around to pre-ordering.  considering how i tend to wander into bookstores on a fairly regular basis, i figured i wouldn't forget to pick up a copy.  because i'm just good like that.  so this past friday, i bought book 14 and began to read it.

maybe i should have stretched things out a bit...savored the experience a little longer.  but let's face it: the storytelling was pretty darn compelling, and i really didn't want to set the book down.  before i cracked the front cover, i made a guess that it would take less than a week to finish.  however, after less than 36 hours, i was done with more than 900 pages.  thus endeth the last book in a very long series.

give me another few years, and i'll probably start reading the whole thing yet again.