Title: Knife of Dreams
Author: Robert Jordan
Series: The Wheel of Time #11
Narrator: Michael Kramer and Kate Reading
Genre: Fantasy
Length: 32 hours 19 minutes
Published: 2005, MacMillan Audio (originally published 2005)
My Grade: 3 out of 5
Review Summary: A long-awaited turning point that finally breaks the “slog” with major character payoffs and a real sense that the Last Battle is finally within reach.
Mom’s last day down under
Eight weeks flew past and I can’t believe that what we had counted down so many months for, was gone before we knew it. She was here for a long time though and got to experience our new lives here with us.
Review of “Wind and Truth” by Brandon Sanderson
Title: Wind and Truth
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Series: The Stormlight Archive #5
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 1344
Published: 2024, Tor Books
My Grade: 5 out of 5
Review Summary: I have never laughed out loud so much that I cried while reading before. I have never wanted to reach the destination while still wanting to keep the journey going this much.
Q1
On mom’s second to last day down under, we took the elevator up to the observation deck in Australia’s tallest building, Q1, to watch the sunset.
Tangalooma
Tangalooma has been on our list for so long. We missed out on the QLD Beach Volleyball Tour Stop in February, and we didn’t end up going for my birthday due to bad weather. But mom’s last weekend here we booked it in. Only for the day. But what a day it was! We had the water package and didn’t sit still for one moment. Except for lunch. By which time we were all so exhausted.
Lunar Eclipse and GC Regional Botanical Gardens
In September, there was an astronomical event I haven’t witnessed too many times in my life; a full lunar eclipse. And it was visible in the southern hemisphere. The main problem was that it took place at 3-4am.
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Coombabah
I have many favorite places in Gold Coast. And I will probably have as many more in the coming years as I’ve still only seen a fraction of this incredible place. But one of those places will always be Coombabah Lakelands Conservation Area.
This day’s accumulations are as follows:
- 5 koalas
- 2 tawny frogmouths
- Very few kangaroos
- and a water dragon
Review of “Rhythm of War” by Brandon Sanderson
Title: Rhythm of War
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Series: The Stormlight Archive #4
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 1232
Published: 2020, Tor Books
My Grade: 5 out of 5
Review Summary: A new focus and pace in RoW keeps the story interesting, the reader hungry for more, while taking new cosmic directions.









