May Likes TorontoMan, the wheel of time is such a slog. Just finished book 10 and that was 600 pages of setting up for action.
I'm deeply invested at this point and I can't convince myself to walk away with only 5 books remaining.
Klara in the hidden land@mayintoronto Fwiw, book 10 is absolutely the worst of the series. It picks up after that.
Still impressed that you're choosing to get into this series at later stage of life than "bored preteen living in the middle of nowhere", though.