Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance (Paolini - Inheritance series)

1. Ask your uncle [why the butcher] isn't friendly with him
2. Katrina got Horst
3. Traders looked jaded
4. Galbatorix the evil rider who lost his Dragon
5. Thirteen forsworn 
6. But I don't believe that s magician with though power to transport the Stone wouldn't be able to find it again
7. Elf called Eragon found a Dragon egg..
8. The companionship between eragon and Saphira is pretty cool
9. Can't help but imagine the Dalish Elves encampment theme from Dragon age as I read this
10. "First, let no one rule your mind or body. Take special care that your thoughts remain unfettered. One may be a free man and yet be bound tighter than a slave. Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don’t follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not. Consider none your superior, whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge. Be careful with your money. Hold fast to your beliefs and others will listen.” He continued at a slower pace, “Of the affairs of love . . . my only advice is to be honest. That’s your most powerful tool to unlock a heart or gain forgiveness. That is all I have to say." - Garrow
11. The Strangers mentally locked upon Eragon when they crouched down.. why did they flee from Brom?
12. He must be a rider?
13. Brom looked at Eragorn's mark.. and started humming merrily
14. Would you ignore that debt?
15. Mental battles and conversations are interesting
16. Katrina diffidently left after putting an arm around him
17. Nothing mattered anymore except the act itself. The doing is the thing. 
18. Because of the slaughter at Doru Areaba
19. Yes. So you reached an agreement?
20. So...it starts again. But how and where will it end? My sight is veiled; 
21. How did Brom magically appear
22. It's a mistake I deeply regret, and one that has cost you dearly 
23. At this point you don't need to hear my history, nor have you yet earned that right
24. There isn't any reason for me to trouble you with such things until you have the time and power to deal with them. 
25. Peace. All will be told in time. 
26. Objects had a unique sense of mass
27. Are you hurt? Where are the ones who did this? I will tear them apart
28. Don't feel bad. We all made mistakes today. Mine was not staying close enough to you
29. It is the name for fire
30. The language describes the true nature of things
31. Mental exercises for training 
32. Eragorn discovered it himself
33. No rider at his age has killed urgals with that kind of Magic
34. Everyone has a hidden name 
35. Gets a bit boring..saphira conversation becomes a bit teenage angsty..
36. People have an annoying habit of remembering things they shouldn't
37. If anything happens I'm going to pin you to my back and never let you off. I love you too.
38. Houses by the outer wall, in the front are lower to allow archers to shoot invaders without hitting comrades
39. Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is living and suffering for what you believe. - eragon should pretend to serve Galbatorix?
40. Chicaneries
41. Your fate will be to leave this land forever
42. An epic romance strong enough to outlast empires 
43. Look under the roots of the Menoa tree to find a weapon
44. If your power is insufficient to go rock of the Kuthian
45. ..of all the people in Alagaesia, he believed you were the best suited to inherit the Riders legacy 
46. Brom died, and Murtagh got introduced, a bit too suddenly..I didn't like the suddenness... although I get that it's designed so that Eragon's training wheel come off
47. Don't insult me. The only reason I'm free is because of you. I'm not going to abandon you to the Empire....
48. Your words hearten me
49. Eragon a bit naive about leaving enemies alive
50. Sleep or no sleep I'm seeing you to the Varden
51. Interesting concept of ferrying the egg between Elves and Varden/dwarves until it hatched 
52. Complicated politics between Elves, dwarves and varden
53. Bit too sudden and pacing isn't great - information dump at Tronjheim 
54. I preferred the beginning better
55. Air tactics
56. Interesting idea if mana - can't cast magic without it risking killing you
57. Saphira's flights over the combatants gave Eragon a unique understanding of how the battle was progressing. Urgals disadvantaged by dispersal of forces
58. Urgals' apparent lack of a leader- what if it's the twins??
59. 4.15/5? Good start and end I guess but some middle bits could have been better. Pacing issues and Eragon always seems to black out. Feels about the same as mid Ranger's Apprentice standard 

Eldest

1. Ajihad dies too suddenly 
2. Politics of electing the next varden leader is interesting 
3. Jormundur wants the position but he can't openly declare unless people back him
4. The Elder council want a puppet in Nasuada
5. The council want to appear powerful as they do all the appointing
6. You just altered the balance of power. No one will underestimate you again because if it. Beware the rotten stone. You have earned and powerful enemies today
7. Trianna flirts with Eragon and Saphira protects him from being sucked in and seduced - she can read Trianna's ill intentions 
8. Orik and Arya dwarf and elf accompanying Eragon.. standard trope
9. A helm from the dwarves and full rights
10. Of all the races Elves change the least
11. All three races have a hold on you
12. Milk wool and meat clan sacrifice themselves in open air to give dwarves sustenance at great risk to their lives exposed to the enemy 
13. Arya touched his cheek with soft fingers 
14. Short of killing yourself, however, you can do little to change your destiny since you don't know what choices will lead you to the particular point of time that you day saw
15. Surge of pure emotion
16. No one had affected him in that manner before. 
17. Far better to be thought of as rude and capable than rude and incapable. What you see or hear if an elf one day may only be a slight move in a strategy that reaches back millennia, and may have no bearing on how that elf will behave tomorrow.
18. Together they clung to each other as people crowded against them offering condolences, advice, congratulations and disapproval 
19. The hard glint in the women's eyes
20. A woman without her inheritance 
21. If you love Katrina swallow your pride and do what's right for her
22. Sloan is an idiot
23. The Roran chapters are more tense and desperate 
24. Yet who watched the Watchers?
25. You would do well to guard your heart
26. Now is not the time to lose it
27. Guard your tongue. They mean well
28. A rousing speech
29. Was I good enough? Good enough! You could have convinced an Urgal to become a farmer tonight
30. Interesting concept of what drives the villagers to leave and concept of revenge 
31. The chapters where the villagers leave and pack up - or stay-are interesting
32. Bring honor to your clan 
33. I wish that we had had a chance to talk about all of this at least once
34. You cannot miss what you have never had
35. Was Arya testing Eragon with her story of the Menoa tree and the younger man who cheated on the older woman
36. Eragorn screwed up the life of someone else
37. Meditation as a mind scan of everyone's intentions
38. Magic as legalistic word choice.. the words must be precise
39. Nasuada chapter and training in ellesmera is a bit boring
40. Just remember that at a certain point, your enemies may have to become your allies
41. Do you think so little of my judgment Eragon? Saphira picked him
42. That was a fool thing to do, making up something as ridiculous as that
43. Must the price of my indiscretion be our friendship?
44. I cannot help how I feel toward you but I would rather suffer another wound from Durza than allow my foolishness to destroy the companionship that existed between us. I value it too highly. 
45. Our friendship shall endure..we shall have to wait and see what the future brings
46. I have ..betrayed what it means to be a Dragon, and tarnished the honor of he Riders.
47. This cannot nor ever shall be
48. Pretty cool how Roran meets Jeod again
49. What's done is done
50. Weeding out who is secretly for the Black Hand
51. End part is more exciting
52. Galbatorix made an illusion that he wasn't leaving the capital
53. The debate became far more acrimonious
54. Eragon learns to draw energy from the environment 
55. bivouac
56. Allies with urgals
57. Roran kills the twins...inconceivable.. battle scenes are good. Murtagh a rider? What the. Should have guessed but I got the twins right.  Murtagh the "Eldest"
58. You have made mistakes but they are no greater than by own
59. Good twist.. thought it would be Roran who betrayed him
60. Eldest - title set us up well. Good use of it
61. Better than Eragon only because of the twist. Maybe 4.25/5

Brisingr

1. the hardest part is trying to anticipate every possible spell. I spend most of my time asking how I can protect myself if I'm attacked like this and would another magician expect me to do that
2. A week: that is his long I shall wait. Then I shall return to for you Eragon even if I must fight my way pay Thorn, Shruikan, and a thousand magicians
3. You have proved yourself to be Brom's heir. You seem compelled to find the deepest patch of quicksand and then dive into it
4. A person's true name often changes as they age
5. Nighthawk- selected from each mortal race
6. Bear witness now
7. Elva - interesting concept of a blessing turned wrong because of some mispronunciation 
8. I wish I had what they had
9. eragon mouths I'm sorry and he knows Saphira bore him no ill will
10. I am glad you were by my side today Eragon. And you by mine
11. I am ashamed to be instructed in morality by one so less experience
12. Welcome and may the wind rise from under your wings - used the same affection with Arya as Eragon
13. And may the stars guard your forward path
14. Interesting concept of filling items with magic and storing them
15. Eragon does not trust Islanzadi and he thinks Nasuada only reports truths that best supported her position.. what if Galbatorix isnt the only bad guy or is actually protecting himself from the others who are also evil
16. May the wind rise under your wings, may the sun always be at your backs, and may you catch your prey napping
17. Let it escape.  I only concern myself with things that exist - verbal trickery 
18. You have earned no favour with me today.  Count me not as friend or foe. The way Elva says this sounds like she's a foe.
19. Most people haggle downward..I have chosen to haggle upward. 
20. Helen had the detached look of a person performing an unpleasant task
21. It seems to me that Brom must have discovered something in Gil'ead when he was fighting Morzan and his Dragon, something so momentous it moved Brom to abandon everything that was his life up until then
22. Reading the record of the past has often provided me with courage and insight to choose the correct path
23. Eragon paid his debts to Helen and Gedric. Cool part. Who can blame you if you were protecting your own necks at the same time? And for your sacrifice, I will always be grateful. 
24. I cannot imagine a higher honour
25. Helen rushed at him and embraced him
26. Eragon's heart was so full of love and Saphira did some reckless flying and Eragon reckons she can rest tomorrow but I bet something crazy happens in he next chapter that will make them regret exerting so much energy recklessly 
27. Galbatorix must have placed spells on those men...of this I am certain: the soldiers are more than they appear
28. Elves and Arya joining their minds with Eragon
29. Battlefield and political strategy
30. I bet those purple veiled dwarves are going to give Eragon a hard time
31. The prowess of Dragon and rider is measured by how well they work together and how well they can function when apart 
32. Move swiftly then, so I may soon join you in Farthen Dur
33. Bottling the energy of animals being slaughtered 
34. Very well,  Nar Garzhvog, let us run together, you and I, as has not happened in the whole of recorded history 
35. I like this more because there are more tactics and unexpected events
36. May your enemies cower before you
37. There must be a flaw in your cousin's wards - a misplaced word or a poorly reasoned statement
38. I kill for my love.. for my love of Katrina, Eragon, everyone from Carvahall, the Varden, this land of ours
39. Whatever you have seen or done, you will always have me
40. Her smiles never reached her eyes
41. I have never met anyone like you before 
42. Because I have thought of something you have not.. banish them
43. Edric is an idiot leader..Roran saved a useless commander..classic example of defying authority / chain of command to do the right thing
44. Nasuada is an idiot for letting Edric be higher up than Roran
45. When the chronicles of this age are written, shall they say we fought alongside the humans and the Elves, as the heroes of old...
46. The trick is finding a spell your enemy has overlooked and using it against him. No one is omniscient.. he cannot anticipate every possibility.
47. Then refrain from pestering me with such questions 
48. 4.25/5?

Inheritance

1. A bit sudden and weird with the cats
2. Interesting how the prisoners of war and a huge burden given they swore oaths to Galbatorix 
3. Not even our most skilled enchanter could improve on your gramarye
4. Zhu ge liang's empty village stratagem 
5. I see you
6. You ought to know my name, tongueless one. If you had, you never would have dared oppose us - Angela. Who is she?!
7. Elva crying
8. I'm sorry she whispered 
9. Your apologies can't bring back Wyrden. Do better in the future and perhaps you can atone for your mistake. 
10. And so the Wheel turns
11. All of us have risked an enormous amount in this venture, and none of us would appreciate being dictated to. 
12. Careful, he'll leave the pack if you can't convince him otherwise
13. Galbatorix wants us to go to Urubaen
14. A message passed down to members of the same race
15. The spell would have to erase the memories of everyone who knew about the rock in the first place..
16. A spell strong enough to make everyone forget when a name was mentioned 
17. Arya was shocked
18. Glaedr v Solembum
19. Were cats all enchanted
20. Contacting Galbatorix is stupid..if you try ill kill whomever you send 
21. I won't let you endanger the rest of us just to satisfy your royal pride
22. Galbatorix has no idea what's coming with the aid Eragon has just received from the hidden dragons!
23. It may take some time to stagger our departures correctly 
24. Arya kissed him on the forehead 
25. Gets better from page 550 and onwards. Middle part a bit boring
26. Fear is good in small amounts but when it is a constant pounding companion it cuts away at who you are and makes it hard to do what you know is right
27. How did murtagh know the name of names? Also it's a bit of a cop out that he came to the rescue vs Galbatorix 
28. Arya, what is to become of us?
29. I don't know
30. My feelings won't change
31. If they don't, then perhaps in time
32. You cannot ask more of me now. I do not want to make a mistake with you
33. But we don't have time
34. Dragon's mating a bit random
35. A film of tears appeared on her eyes. Then we will part ways. 
36. Her hand touched his
37. The bitter-sweet romance of this novel saves it somewhat 
38. Quite a long time is spent on the epilogue.. not sure if I like that
39. Sloan's fate is interesting 
40. The last few chapters is kind of like what you would do if you had all the time in the world to say goodbye to your loved ones if you knew you were permanently leaving or dying..it's a sad ending and not one I really like
41. For they knew their time together was drawing to an end, and none wished to mar it with a thoughtless phrase. 
42. Star crossed lovers
43. A bit too easy- 4/5??

The Prophecy Loophole: Fans have long pointed out that Angela’s prophecy says Eragon will leave Alagaësia and never return. But it never says Arya can't leave Du Weldenvarden to visit him. As immortal beings who will live for thousands of years, the few centuries Arya spends rebuilding the elven kingdom is just a drop in the bucket. Once the land is stable, there is absolutely nothing stopping her from flying her green dragon across the sea to be with him.

​Think of this ending not as a final closed door, but as a long, mandatory intermission. They had to save the world first; now they have to rebuild it separately before they can ever explore what they could be together.

Socceroos-Turkey

 Completely unexpected. Wow. 

I had thought 1-1

The Great Hunt (Wheel of Time #2, Robert Jordan)

1.  Quite an exciting and mysterious prologue - it's a gathering of seemingly high level Darkfriends I guess and the Dark Lord is issuing separate orders to each Darkfriend about Rand and his friends regarding their capture for turning to the Dark side
2. Every time he thought he detected a weakness in those he now served.. the supposed weakness was cut out with ruthless precision 
3. If his current masters, his masters for the moment, has no weakness
4. Who are these darkfriends? Could be anyone including a tinker who searches for the song 
5. An Illianer and Arad Doman,  aes sedai with great Serpent ring
6. Bors appears to want to be superior over the halfman / Myrddraal 
7. That bors says no he serves a different master and refers to light and the creator suggests he was once allied to the good guys
8. Forsaken and Dark One were sealed in shayol ghul by the Dragon and hundred companions but they became corrupted
9. Soon the great Serpent will die and wheel of time broken 
10. So each of us hears his own instructions, and none hears another's
11. Toman head, domani
12. Golden flaring sun and red shepherd's crook and white cloak .. children of Light
13. Border of shienar
14. Things heat up v quickly as Amyrlin seat suddenly arrives interrupts sparring session/ convo between Lan and Rand
15. Fal Dara never taken never betrayed
16. The wind pushed Rand into Lan's practice sword - was that the Dark One trying to kill him?
17. If a man has the raising of a child, that child is his, and none can say different 
18. Rands heron marked sword from Tam is implied to be from a different generation and unbreakable..
19. Aes sedai swore never to make another one..Age of Legends
20. As it is you will not stab yourself in the foot 
21. Wishing Egwene would give up being an Aes Sedai and go with him
22. She's never come to the Borderlands in my memory
23. A serpent with four legs and a lion's golden mane scaled in crimson and gold
24. Rand is paranoid about moiraine and aes sedai when the amyrlin seat arrives
25. The Ogier's face split into a smile. The Shienaran Welcome 
26. They just say "Glory to the Builders" and will not bet against me. I don't think that's fair, do you?
27. The lamplighters are charged with keeping the streets lit at night so there isn't a shadow for a Myrddraal to hide in
28. The truth an aes sedai tells is never the truth you think it is
29. Stick caught in his "threat"
30. At the sight of her sadness and loss rolled over him,  worse than when he chased Mat and Perrin away.  He had grown up thinking he would marry Egwene one day; they both had
31. Padan Fain's cell! He brought the trollocs to Emond's Field
32. Moraine Sedai has never told me I could not visit master Fain
33. Eastern marshes Rand
34. Changu nidao
35. Mordeth knows more than all of you
36. Why do you ward against your sisters? There was no need to make a distinction until now
37. Anaiya in blue, Liandrin in red
38. Logain and the one in saldea could channel
39. Egwene will sit on the amyrlin seat one day..
40. Aes sedai as Queen is not something to reveal
41. Coramoor the chosen one of the sea folk
42. Brown ajah knowledge
43. Green final battle love males
44. White logician
45. Yellow healer
46. Red gentling Man Hunter
47. Blue politics mission spy
48. Moiraine knows the amyrlin seat
49. Not enough talent for aes sedai
50. Arthur hawkwing unite the world under 1 ruler
51. Green and blue were long allies since Hawkwing 
52. Fifth blue Amyrlin seat in a row..red and green frustrated
53. If they discover what Moiraine and Amyrlin Seat have planned, they will be stilled
54. We had a plan! ..locate the boy and bring him to Tar Valon..I have had only two messages from you! Two!
55. What happens if the Dragon Reborn is gentle before the Last Battle even begins? Even prophecy can fail if the one prophesied is slain or gentled
56. And when Rand needs me in Illian, I will be there, and I will see that it is he who presents the Horn to the Council of Nine and the Assemblage. I will see to everything in Illian... the Illianers sounds follow the Dragon, or Ba'alzamon himself, if he can't bearing the Horn of Valere.. the true Dragon Reborn will not to gather a following before nations move against him. He will begin with a nation around him and an army at his back. 
57. I will have the means to see him named Dragon whether he wills it or not
58. Pedron Niall, Lord Captain Commander, could be a contender for Bors because he's orchestrating a legion of Bornhold to go to Tarabon.. but so could Einor Saren,  Questioners
59. Alcruna to Tanchico, Tarabon
60. Strangers on Toman Head
61. Stones on a board. But who is moving us and why?
62. Liandrin, red ajah, can partially control people
63. Liandrin must be a darkfriend if she's hunting the three two Rivers boys out of nowhere
64. Questioners to catch darkfriends 4a
65. We will meet again on Toman Head. It is never over, Al'Thor.
66. Rand is stupid - names Shai'tan. Naming the Dark One
67. Chapter 6 is interesting 
68. An inside job - there are darkfriends inside Fal Dara
69. What earlier order? The keep was not closed until Agelmar heard of this. Someone told you wrong
70. Mat needs to retrieve the dagger or he's dead
71. Why is this Darkfriend important enough for them to risk what they did
72. Dark prophecies - Lan's kin in a prophecy?? 105-106
73. Shadar Logoth Dagger spreading infection
74. Lurks - Myrddraals
75. Lanfear has awakened and was Lews Therin's lover - daughter of the night - took a name for herself as a Forsaken 
76. The Watchers wait on Toman's Head - artur hawkwing's followers waiting his and his army of the night's return from the west
77. Verin, Brown ajah, wants to record the progression in a man who wields the power and threatens Amyrlin and Moiraine with being stilled because they kept Rand a secret. 
78. I cannot believe you would do this unless he was the Dragon reborn
79. Verin helped Moiraine with sweetcakes
80. Now you are almost a pretty enough boy to make me wish I was a Green. Almost. - Leane.
81. Leane hesitated. He is sleeping is how he is. And in a few hours, he will get out of that bed,  and you'll think there was never anything wrong with him. Perrin suspects half truth
82. Perrin looked hurt. Liandrin wanted me..
83. I am on your side sheepherder, a little
84. That will make them think. The Warder was smiling 
85. Dark prophecy chapter 6. Blood calls blood ch 7. The Dragon Reborn ch 8 - all interesting 
86. Tai'shar Manetheren
87. Cat Crosses the Courtyard
88. Greens like to bond them young
89. A bird cannot teach a fish to fly,  nor a fish teach a bird to swim
90. There are birds that dive and swim
91. You should be gentling me
92. Formed a single flame in his mind then grew the flame..
93. Did Lan teach him this? No he had it from Tal al'Thor.
94. Nearly twenty years ago the Aiel crossed the spine of the world
95. They killed King Laman of Cairhien 
96. Even the reds were healing
97. Dragon Reborn on slopes of dragonmount where he died during the Breaking of the World
98. He will be of the ancient blood, and raised by the old blood. 
99. 3 boys whose name days were within weeks of the dragonmount battle
100. Did you think the Trollocs came after you just because you are ta'veren? You are the Dragon Reborn.
101. You may go as you will,  without fear that we will set the Red sisters on you. 
102. It was necessary.. did it work, daughters?
103. We will have to gentle him after all before.. but we cannot can we?
104. The prophecies. Afterwards we will do as we must.  P132 THEY WILL DO SOMETHING TO RAND AFTER HE'S FULFILLED THE PROPHECIES
105. If there was a storm that was not a storm,  he would be the centre of it. 
106. Moiraine has everything Nyn wants! The Light burn her
107. We said all we need to say long ago, you and I. I shamed myself. 
108. Show it to a Warder and he will give aid. Send it to me.. and I will come to you without delay and without fail. This I swear. A crane flew above a lance and crown
109. Mashiara
110. Moiraine tells Nyn a half truth re seeing Rand
111. If your own power is not schooled, you will never be able to use it against me
112. I like how Nynaeve could be Rand's guardian.. yes Moiraine and others may be using him in the context of prophecy but she's watching out for his back after prophecy happens
113. She did not think it would be wise to put it to Nyn in quite that way
114. So why can't he have sense enough to speak up?
115. Rand had been all but promised to her since they were children. At first it had caused stabs of jealousy and anger (finding a suitable wife for Rand)
116. Do not be too hard on him.  He only wished to see his young woman, and does not know our ways
117. He is too big to spank
118. And promise me you won't choose the Red Ajah
119. I'll find a way to help you
120. Sheathing the Sword in your own body.. that's crazy
121. Those summoned by the Horn work for the Horn and not the Light
122. The arrow wasn't aimed at her and she knows it
123. Ingtar of House Shinowa swears to find the Horn of Valere
124. Hurin can smell violence
125. Is it old come again or new 
126. 1000 gold marks for Captain Bayle Domon to take a mystery passenger on his boat from Mayene to Illian
127. Many rayed rising sun of Cairhien- Tar Valon 
128. Tar valon coins are hated - they deliberately gave Domon them so he had to flee Illian
129. Crew of the Spray hunted to tell something
130. Domon made good profits and shared them per the Illianer way
131. Black and white yin yang sign was aes sedai? Before breaking of the world
132. Go to Aryth Ocean. Plenty of trade between Tarabon and Arad Doman. Falme's the largest and not big. Small towns on Toman Head are free states 
133. Listen to his advice, don't mind his tongue, and you will do alright with Uno.
134. Masema fought against the Aiel in the Eastern Marshes.. can't get Rand's look of Aiel out of his head
135. No he has the look. 
136. If you have a sword and the Aielman has his bare hands, it is an even fight. If you're good. Aiel divide the world in two. Aiel, and enemies. Except for Cairhien, Ogier, travelling people
137. And Hurin's something worse
138. Funny smell of violence
139. Woman in white
140. This is how we left home at Taren Ferry. It will be worse this time...I can smell it
141. The Light shine on you, and the Creator shelter you  The last embrace of the mother welcome you home
142. Changu and Nidao- it had to be they who were responsible for all of it
143. There is hardly a nation that truly controls the land it claims on a map, and there is hardly a land that claims today on a map what it did even a hundred years ago. 
144. Harad Dakar
145. A smiling, bald headed man in rough clothes..the hunt begins 
146. I'll not claim I would have chosen you myself, but I think you have it in you to do what is needed 
147. Peace favour your sword, Rand al'Thor
148. Rand is Ingtar's second, rather than Uno
149. Take care of the banner of Lews Therin.. your life may depend on it
150. Perrin said quietly, Rand can you channel
151. Shut up, Mat, Perrin said calmly
152. Look I know you came along to help me and I'm grateful. I really am. But you just are not the same anymore
153. I just do not know
154. Come to me Rand..we'll dance on Toman Head, and I'll be free if you. 
155. Sometimes the boy has suddenly vanished from his senses (Moiraine's doing?)
156. Padan Fain killed the Myrddraal 
157. Mordeth hates the Darkness and the Light?
158. You both have considerable potential, especially you Nynaeve 
159. Moiraine and Egwene are fearless and just went for it
160. Wilders like Nynaeve build up walls to b channelling
161. Sheriam master of novices
162. Moiraine, Lan, Liandrin, Verin just left like that
163. A woman had been standing over him,  looking down
164. Seven steps rising from blue to red, one for each Ajah
165. From Stone to Stone run the lines of "if", between the worlds that might be. If a woman go left or right,  does Time's flow divide? Does the Wheel then weave two Patterns? A thousand, for each of her turnings? As many as the stars? Is one real,  the others merely shadows and reflections?
166. Aes sedai used them in the Age of Legebds when there were male Aes Sedai
167. The void surrounded him with an uneasy glow 
168. Hurin - if you can't take her my body, you'll let her know, so she has that, at least
169. I will do my best Hurin. By my House and honor. A shepherd's House and a shepherd's honor, but I'll make them do as well as a Lord's
170. He thinks you'll see him home now..because Shienaran lords always keep their word 
171. As long as Rand was doing something, anything, Hurin would have confidence that it would all come right in the end. 
172. If this is a world that could be, maybe the monument to Artur Hawkwing is still standing 
173. Perrin being a wolf is older than humans using the one power, from the birth of time.  He gave the other wolves the smell of the three 
174. Elyas Machera was a Warder!
175. Masema went so far as to spit
176. A side sniffer! You? You are as crazy as Rand
177. Wolves would only track trollocs so Perrin doesn't want the wolves to kill them
178. It's Rand she's after.
179. Wherever you've gotten to, Rand, stay there. It's safer than here. 
180. This land was glad for a weapon to be made
181. Something off about this place. Many trails of violence
182. Swords do no good against me, Lews Therin. You should know that. 
183. Oh I know the name you use now... your life back to the First moment 
184. The girl who tries to watch over you
185. This time the cycle do not begin anew with your death
186. Hawkwing's monument..no this one has a raven not a hawk. In this world, I think, the Trollocs won
187. Few men would stand to face the charge of a grolm my Lord
188. Tam taught Rand to seek the void when shooting an arrow 
189. A man who will not die to save a woman v is no man - a Shienaran saying
190. Selene - suspiciously calm. Asks Rand to let her touch the Horn
191. Not from this world
192. Some men choose to seek greatness, while others are forced to it. It is always better to be choose than to be forced. A man who's forced is never completely his own master. He must dance on the strings of those who forced him
193. If you find the Horn of Valere, there will be no avoiding greatness. But will it be forced on you, or will you take it?
194. They cower in what they think is safety when they could do so much - Selene on Aes Sedai
195. The Pattern has infinite variation, she says, and every variation that can be, will be. 
196. Cairhienin - slept and came to this world
197. The Oneness - wear this void of yours all the time
198. Egwene wouldn't have called him wise ,- would have called him woolhead
199. I'll never sleek again without first I see what kind of stone is nearby
200. What would I do? Something useful you can be sure. 
201. You cannot pick yourself up with Air
202. Nyn jumped into accepted
203. Egwene one of 40 novices and only 8 or 9 will be Accepted 
204. The next time she sees me, she'll probably try to gentle me
205. Alantin brother to the trees
206. Courtier Taps His Fan
207. Lizard in the Thornbush
208. Loial outran a horse?
209. Lan said the time to sound most sure was when you were least certain
210. Hurin smells violence on Selene
211. A gigantic stone hand holding a crystal sphere that Selene is worried about in Tremonsien 
212. Smile and say it was your fault, whether it was or not
213. Innkeeper shocked that all 3 in one room
214. Daes Dae'mar, the Great game. The game of houses. Caldevwin 
215. You will be in my thoughts always, as I know that I am in yours.
216. Lan, from the Borderlands.. fighting a useless war in Blight.. but Moiraine forcing him to bond with someone else if she dies..new spring must explore how they bonded
217. Lan Gaidin
218. It for in a way with what I planned for him but you and I never spoke of teaching him any of that. Why Lan?
219. If the wolf sees him as a puppy, the wolf will surely kill him
220. You know what he is Lan. What he must become. 
221. All men dream.  This is reality. 
222. Nynaeve put cracks in Lan's wall 
223. Moiraine wondered when he would ask her to release him from his bond. 
224. Above the Watchers he will proclaim himself (above Toman Head, Arad Doman or Saldaea)
225. With such power as he will wield, we must overwhelm him before he has a chance to use it against us, before he can go mad and destroy the world. 
226. Tarmon Gai'don
227. Warded creature of Shadow. Black Ajah
228. Listen and speak when you know what to say.  Once you begin you must continue to the end. 
229. Some women have entered and never come out
230. Put your name in novice book 
231. I must make Moiraine pay for what she has done to us
232. Ter'angreal 
233. The way back will come but once
234. Avoid channelling to survive??
235. Marin making the children sick
236. The second time is for what is
237. The first time is for what was
238. The third time is for what will be
239. I have no other and will have no other
240. You are the very best of husbands 
241. Stay with me always
242. Elayne thinks of Rand at the oddest of times
243. Egwene felt a sudden stab of jealousy
244. Else Grinwell wanted to become an Aes Sedai because of Rand
245. Min - she saw that she, and several other women, would all "belong" to him in some way.
246. She likes him Elayne explained
247. A white flame and a severed hand in Min's vision
248. We three are tied together and we cannot let any man get in the way of that. Not even him
249. They all laughed
250. Cairhien farmers too scared to go back to spine of the world where Aiel are
251. Illuminators from Tanchico 
252. Stedding Tsofu
253. Rand is terrible at diplomacy and the great game
254. Thom would pay himself to tell a different story apart from the Great hunt of the horn
255. Is Thom ..or Dena  trustworthy
256. Thom's nephew Owyn was gentled
257. WhFite  dress typo on page 396
258. Selene would let Rand die if he didn't ask greatness 
259. And think of me for you are always mine. An old woman gave this message to Rand. I bet she's using an illusion charm that wears off after some time and needs to be replenished 
260. Urien of the Two Spires of Reyn Aiel - a Red Shield - looks like Rand
261. When the Trollocs come out of the Blight we will leave the three fold land (Aiel Waste) and take back our places of old
262. Urien calls Verin wise one.. you have the look of those who have made the journey to Rhuidean (Jenn Aiel, thirteenth clan). Only women go there to become wise ones 
263. Aiel committed a great sin ages ago but Wise Ones and clan chiefs won't say
264. You are not a Maiden of the spear. Won't strike a women not wedded to spear
265. He Who Comes With The Dawn
266. It is said we will know them when we hear of them as we will know him when we see him,  for he will be marked. He will come from the west, beyond the Spine.. but be of our blood
267. He will go to Rhuidean and lead us out of the three fold land
268. Ancient symbol of aes sedai will be used to conquer
269. Bornhald hates the "Questioners" (the Whitecloak secret police). He realizes that he is being used as "Bait" or a "Blunt Instrument" for a plan he doesn't fully understand.
270. Seanchan- those who come before, those who come home. Artur hawkwing?
271. Seanchan made people swear oaths they had forgotten without telling them when they had Forsaken them and what they meant
272. Correne, the return
273. Damane female..slaves of the Seanchan..Egeanine. the Leashed Ones. Aes Sedai.. for nobles of the blood
274. To obey To Await to serve. Your ancestors should have remembered 
275. They watched for the wrong thing and forgot when they should have remembered 
276. Obey the Forerunners 
277. Turak lord of seanchan
278. Cairhienins second guessing intentions and double meanings. "These people are crazy"
279. Shadow killer
280. Kept burning the invitations 
281. You can do it Rand..mat realises he can play a Lord
282. Tremalking saangreal from the Age of Legends
283. Used as weapons and only a few people can handle it
284. The two women smiled at each other while their eyes the daggers. Double meaning and speak 
285. I had to get away from those women. All they wanted to two about was their husbands being away but they were already hinting at other things
286. Half the talk here tonight is of the Andoran lord appearing with no warning, and an Aes Sedai at his side. 
287. Barthanes is a darkfriend??
288. Hurls it at the black wind in the ways . Machin Shin
289. You see, I like you. I would like you even if you weren't ta'veren. Maybe i like you despite it
290. There is nothing between me and any Aes Sedai
291. Hailene
292. Await Hawkwing's blood to destroy the White Tower
293. Mustn't let him know how much you want it. After so long, more patience will not hurt
294. Listeners and seekers of seanchan 
295. Erith accidentally lets slip that the travellers passed through Stedding Tsofu but left when something happens
296. Loial and his 3 friends
297. Dalar spent three years with the sea folk and The Longing didn't affect her
298. Oh I like you Loial just don't go on about..
299. Stay and get married or travel the ways..life is very unsettling with ta'veren for friends
300. Egwene was promised to Rand and all arranged by Mistress Al'vere??
301. Do you remember doing anything your mother really didn't want him to? Mat opened his mouth with a grin, then frowned thoughtfully then closed it again. 
302. Rhian the Aiel woman who forgot the Pact momentarily 
303. Did Fain order the Black Wind
304. Tarmon Gai'don reset
305. You two come from their village. In some way I do not entirely understand you are connected to them
306. Is Liandrin a Black Ajah, she keeps talking about it and claiming they exist.
307. Liandrin is a traitor
308. Should have guessed that Egwene would be a slave
309. Egwene is linked to Rand
310. Planning how to free Egwene
311. I always stumble when it comes to the a'dam, the leash and collar.
312. A man's ring of heavy gold above Nynaeve's head and red hot iron and an axe above Elayne's
313. Should have guessed Domon is the captain Min has arranged to escape with
314. Ryma help me.  Of the yellow Ajah. Six damane to tame one
315. Nynaeve a great bargainer. With some people you have to be certain. If you show them one glimmer of doubt they'll sweep you off in some direction you don't want to go. 
316. Rand would kill someone who did a thing like that
317. Renna and Seta are shocked that they have the leash on them and Egwene has worked out that they can channel
318. Ingtar confesses to being a darkfriend who seems touched by Rand giving up the Horn to save Egwene. Were there any clues?
319. You don't think I would leave her there do you
320. Rogosh Eagle-Eye
321. Gaidal Cain
322. Birgitte
323. Artur Hawkwing 
324. You always choose women who cause you trouble, Lews Therin. It had a fond sound, as between old friends.  Hawkwing chuckled and Birgitte laughed
325. Sometimes the Wheel adds to our number friend. Perhaps you will find yourself among us, one day. 
326. Ba'alzamon doesn't realise that Rand didn't sound the Horn, it was Mat. Yet Ba'alzamon says it was Rand
327. Battle with Ba'alzamon reflects the battle with seanchan
328. Speak for yourself. You tossed him aside for the White Tower. what should you care if I pick him up?
329. Ishamael thinks he controls events but I do
330. Lews Therin was and is mine girl. Tend him well for me until I come to him
331. Lanfear Selene
332. Mordeth tried to consume Fains soul but it was already contaminated by the Dark One
333. Black Ajah revealed itself for the first time in 2000 years
334. Doing nothing was a ploy that exploded Cairhien 
335. Uno - it is said that when the Dragon is Reborn he will break all oaths. 
336. You battled the Dark One. I am your man to the death.
337. Easily a 4.95/5

Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)

1.  There's a weightlessness that permeates everything because no damning choices have been made, no paths committed to, and the road forking out ahead is pure, unlimited potential.
2. Experimenting with travelling the multiverse
3. Stealing someone else's life when you made the wrong choices
4. And maybe I can let go of the sting and resentment if the path not taken, because the path not taken isn't just the inverse of who I am.  It's an infinitely branching system that represents all the permutations of my life between the extremes of me and Jason2
5. Jason 7 and Jason 5
6. He looked back at the choice he made fifteen years ago with regret 
7. I love you too. But so do the others right? Just as much as you do. 
8. Life doesn't work that way. You live with your choices and learn. You don't cheat the system.
9. Crazy all the Jasons going for the lottery but this Jason came up with a crazy idea to get arrested
10. Very unique book,  but I haven't delved in the multiverse so perhaps it's still novel to me
11. The worlds were relatively unique
12. First impressions: 4.9/5?

The Four Legendary Kingdoms, The Three Secret Cities, The Two Lost Mountains, The One Impossible Labyrinth (Matthew Reilly)

The Four Legendary Kingdoms

1. Premise immediately looks interesting
2. Like contest but more advanced
3. Hades! I know! About the Labours!!
4. 4.4/5

The Three Secret Cities

1. I'm a friend of Scarecrow's. My name is Captain Aloysius Knight
2. She's your mother
3. Pooh and Stretch are loyal
4. Probably better than the previous book by a tiny margin 4.5/5

The Two Lost Mountains

1. CFA and CPA is a hard qualification
2. Jack treats everyone with respect and courtesy
3. Easton is Jack's friend
4. Also good but maybe slightly weaker than 4 legendary kingdoms

The One Impossible Labrinth

1. A very familiar pattern emerges - Jack appears to be coming last in a race and he's catching up
2. Probably on par with three secret cities
3. Diagrams are also cool
4. It's the type of book that conspiracy theorists will love - a secret group of elite in the know and running the show
5. 4 subteams with 4 missions
6. Rufus and Sky Monster, fish out of water, launching a rescue mission without their heroes
7. Really good, but weird ending
8. I think it's the equal best book 4.5/5

The Jack West series as a whole is interesting in the sense that Reilly tries to explain away real world legends, wonders, places, phenomena by way of conspiracy theory. In the first 3 books, and particularly the first book, it's a bit ridiculous to think ancient humans could have designed all those advanced booby traps or hid away all these ancient caverns without being detected. But once you hit 4 legendary kingdoms, it gets really interesting because you then see the hidden world / kingdoms Reilly has created to explain all the conspiracies, and he delves a tiny bit into aliens and science fiction. Great read but I wouldn't be in a hurry to re-read this. Much of the action can be skipped and just glanced over, which isn't exactly my favourite thing to do. But it does make for exciting reading. 

Ice Station, Area 7, Scarecrow, Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves

1.  The cooling system actually warms the air up in here
2. Make that 5 hostiles - snake
3. Interesting battle with the deceptive French
4. What is their objective? How are they going to get it? What are you going to do to stop it?
5. Suits in eyes
6. Riley or Book got Schofield out, and Schofield later became commander
7. I'm part of the team that got him out - Book
8. They planted men in my unit!
9. Resistance Avalon
10. Men infiltrating my unit
11. Forgot about Renshaw 
12. Scarecrow cares for his troops - Mother
13. "I should have anticipated it."
14. Ice cold water acting like defibrillator 
15. Kevlar neck plate
16. Who is the bad guy - done well
17. Death it seemed had just saved him from death
18. Interesting hovercraft battle
19. I like how there are new enemies all around and traitors. Very well written
20. Barnaby stared at him coldly - it's what I would have done
21. Too coincidental re sub and research station
22. Find it hard to believe that a commander the calibre of Scarecrow would neglect to make the task of sending a squad down.. the very first thing he did once he got here
23. Bit too good to be true
24. Didn't like the whale scenes 
25. 4?/5

Area 7

1. president looks at braniac weirdly 
2. Everyone underestimates Scarecrow 
3. Like the idea of 5 teams attacking scarecrow
4. The second half of the book was boring and not as good as the first book. The villain doesn't seem that good
5. 3/5

Scarecrow 

1. Bounty hunters idea a much better idea
2. Fairfax's loyalty is alluring
3. Majestic 12
4. Rufus and the Black Knight are cool
5. Gant :(
6. 4.25/5?

Scarecrow and the army of thieves

1. Scarecrow will never sacrifice one of the team. 
2. Interesting premise and twist about the villain
3. 4.2/5?

I feel like all of his West and Scarecrow books can be glossed over and I speed skip over all the details

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