Tar Valon Or Bust

Preeti and Jenn get excited about some tweets and dive into chapters 19-26 of The Great Hunt, with extra attention paid to suspense-building writing tricks, Nynaeve's character redemption, and lots of "UGH SELENE."Links:Shout out from WOT on Prime!! Scoop: Amer Chadha-Patel’s Role Revealed!

Preeti and Jenn dive into Chapters 11-18 of The Great Hunt, discuss the recent concept art reveal from WOTonPrime, and talk about the new POV rules, Nynaeve's character assassination, and exactly how bad-ass Egwene is.This concept art tho!

This week Preeti and Jenn dig into the Prologue through Chapter 10 of The Great Hunt -- like, REALLY dig in -- and talk about how much they hate Liandrin, new POV rules, some annoying narrative choices, and more. Also, Jenn does know about the White Walkers in Game of Thrones, whoops, but feels like her point still stands, JUST SAYING.QUIZ: Wheel of Time Sword Form or Kama Sutra Sex Act?For next time, we'll be reading Chapters 11-18, because wow so much to talk about!

A very special bonus episode! Jenn and musician Bryan Dunn nerd out over folk music, Rand as flute prodigy, Thom's guitar, and dive deep into the musical representation in The Eye of the World.Thom’s mustachiod guitar! https://mobile.twitter.com/WOTonPrime/status/1341805779678982149 Cambodian Rock Band by Lauren Yee // Dengue FeverBryanDunnMusic.netPatreon.com/TarValonOrBust

In this double-length episode (sorry not sorry), Preeti and Jenn basically freak out about the last chapters of The Eye of the World, in which SO MUCH HAPPENS.Patreon.com/TarValonOrBust

This week Jenn and Preeti dig into chapters 31-40 of The Eye of the World (their favorite excerpt so far!) discussing world building, tension, and of course, ogiers versus ents. Patreon.com/TarValonOrBust

Preeti and Jenn nerd out about swords, dig into context, and get stressed out about so many things in Chapters 21 - 30 of Eye of the World. Crafting the Blade - WOTonPrimeAll About Swords: S.L. Huang, V.E. Schwab, Yoon Ha Lee, Suzanne Walker, and Setsu Uzumé Talk Weaponry [Tor.com]The Wheel of Time Companion, shout-out to Loyalty BookstorePatreon.com/TarValonOrBust

Preeti and Jenn dive into Chapters 11-20 of The Eye of the World and talk about POV, their respective takes on Nynaeve, Preeti's garbage child Mat Cauthon, and more.Links:An update on that audio teaser from last episode: https://winteriscoming.net/2020/10/28/amazon-drops-teaser-the-wheel-of-time-show-nynaeve/ Patreon

Preeti and Jenn dive into Chapters 1-10 of The Eye of the World and discuss the Two Rivers folk, what they forgot, teenage angst, and some pleasant surprises. Links: Wheel of Time hardcover jackets from Juniper Books (via Ola) The Tor.com Read with Sylas K. Barrett (and this piece on binaries in particular) The Tor.com WoT Reread with Leigh Butler A First Listen from WoT On Prime Kushiel's Legacy series by Jacqueline Carey Jenn actually found it! The Salon.com piece that convinced her to read Jacqueline Carey The Song of the Lioness by Tamora Pierce Patreon