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Re: Gathering Storm Release Date Moved Up
« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2009, 04:09:15 AM »
If you've read the books before it goes somewhat faster, though if you're re-reading for extra details the re-reads will be slower than the first. Four hundred pages a day wouldn't be so unreasonable for someone with a high reading speed.
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Re: Gathering Storm Release Date Moved Up
« Reply #16 on: August 15, 2009, 05:07:24 AM »
400 pages a day is quite reasonable for me. I can do about 80-100 pages in an hour, depending on font size. So 4-5 hours, which isn't too much. Especially when you consider that I don't have a job right now.
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Re: Gathering Storm Release Date Moved Up
« Reply #17 on: August 15, 2009, 01:00:13 PM »
haha yeh same but i'll manage ... got 3 weeks off work to rad and enjoy the gold coast sunshine while doing it

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Re: Gathering Storm Release Date Moved Up
« Reply #18 on: August 15, 2009, 10:11:43 PM »
Hmm . . . I've never tried reading for that long a period but I doubt my reading speed is that fast.  :-\
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Re: Gathering Storm Release Date Moved Up
« Reply #19 on: August 15, 2009, 10:32:46 PM »
I'm one of the ones who will not read the entire series again .... it would just take too long. But I think will will go through the last two in preparation for the new one. That should bring me back up to speed fairly well!

Looking forward to see Brandon's take on the characters, and just how well he can blend his style with RJ's ... hopefully this will work out very nicely!

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Re: Gathering Storm Release Date Moved Up
« Reply #20 on: August 16, 2009, 04:37:01 AM »
I read Winter's Heart (I think) in one day.  Got it as a Christmas present, unwrapped it at about 10 am, finished it somewhere around midnight.  Two weeks for the entire series is definitely possible, but you'd have to do very little else but eat and sleep to pull it off.

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Re: Gathering Storm Release Date Moved Up
« Reply #21 on: August 16, 2009, 06:24:03 AM »
The first time I went through the series, I read every book except for the Shadow Rising, Path of Daggers, and Crossroads of Twilight in one day. Shadow Rising because it was really really long and Path of Daggers and Crossroads of twilight because they seemed really really long. Crossroads of twilight was the low point in the series for me, although I think it's one of my favorite titles.

Shaggy,  I sometimes read for 8 - 9 hours without even taking a break, particularly when its a good book, so with my current abundance of time, I could probably get a goodly amount of reading done were I to go find new books. I'm sick of re-reading, and my current state of joblessness makes it rather difficult to afford new books. And I don't believe in libraries. Not really sure why, I've just always hated reading library books.
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Re: Gathering Storm Release Date Moved Up
« Reply #22 on: August 19, 2009, 06:09:01 AM »
:o

I'm only at the beginning of book 5...

I thought I had time!


Must... Read... Faster...

That's the problem I'm running into.  Now I have one less week to work with.  I think I might have to resort to other measures...

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Re: Gathering Storm Release Date Moved Up
« Reply #23 on: August 20, 2009, 02:53:08 PM »
Just wrapped up book PoD last night, then preordered it :-)

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Re: Gathering Storm Release Date Moved Up
« Reply #24 on: August 24, 2009, 08:15:09 PM »
:o

I'm only at the beginning of book 5...

I thought I had time!


Must... Read... Faster...

That's the problem I'm running into.  Now I have one less week to work with.  I think I might have to resort to other measures...

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well, i think i might make it, now.

five and six went very quickly (six is my favorite, and four.... and nine), and i just finished eight yesterday, picked up nine this morning.

that gives me two months to finish three books, which is the rate i was reading before.  (yea, spent an entire weekend doing nothing but reading five and six)
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Re: Gathering Storm Release Date Moved Up
« Reply #25 on: August 25, 2009, 02:57:19 PM »
I'm at the exact same spot as you AGrey so I'm hoping you're right about making it!

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Re: Gathering Storm Release Date Moved Up
« Reply #26 on: August 25, 2009, 05:52:02 PM »
I'm doing my re-re-re-re-re-re-re-read. Too much? :P I usually make it a goal to read through the series at least once a year. Except I started reading them when I was about 15 soooo.... I guess I've averaged reading through it 2 times a year :D
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Re: Gathering Storm Release Date Moved Up
« Reply #27 on: August 26, 2009, 02:03:08 AM »
I first read the series in eight grade, didn't read it in 9th, and have read it every year since.
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Re: Gathering Storm Release Date Moved Up
« Reply #28 on: August 29, 2009, 11:44:07 PM »
I'm at the exact same spot as you AGrey so I'm hoping you're right about making it!

well, i just finished 11 yesterday night.

so now i don't know what to do for the next two months...


perhaps i could try a sprint through the series, one book every four days should do it...  ;D
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Re: Gathering Storm Release Date Moved Up
« Reply #29 on: August 31, 2009, 05:56:32 AM »
Not sure if this has been linked elsewhere or not.  Apologies if it has.  Wheel of Time Re-Read Index on tor.com.

http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=13372