Oh I actually forgot to respond to the second half of your comment. It might be hard to get back into Wot after a long break but I do intend to look up plot summaries of the books before doing so, probably Daniel Greene's. I think I need it anyway. As for Blade Itself, it's not that I didn't enjoy it, I was interested, I just found it harder to sit down and actually read. I don't know if that's because I was trying to read it on Kindle, since I usually read physically, or if it's just the writing style, but I was having a harder time wanting to read even though I was enjoying it.