The Sibling Sidequest

The fires of heaven purge the earth...and one seriously scary woman tries to murder everyone over some guy. Rand's life has basically become the "This is Fine" meme. The Dark One's henchmen are plotting his destruction. Someone's doing war crimes in his name. A group of overprotective women won't stop bringing him soup.  We're discussing Rand's hostile takeo...

The Shadow Rising is the fourth book in The Wheel of Time, and we're here to report that it's also the best one so far. Lee has opinions about this. Strong ones. Loudly. In this episode, Rand al'Thor runs out of excuses and into the Aiel Waste. Perrin goes home, which ends up being significantly more complicated than going home usually is. Mat gets hanged from a tree, receives the m...

And it was written that no hand but his should wield the sword held in the stone... and Lee should discover that the titular Dragon Reborn is present for like four scenes of his own book. In Episode Three of The Sibling Sidequest, we dig into The Dragon Reborn, Book Three of The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. Rand was super mature about his destiny and immediately fled into the wilderness alone,...

And it shall come to pass that what men made shall be shattered... and Lee shall spend three and a half weeks reading a 700-page book that Lance considers a footnote. In Episode Two of The Sibling Sidequest, we dig into The Great Hunt , Book Two of The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. The Horn of Valere has been stolen, the Seanchan have arrived and they brought collars, Rand is still deeply oppose...

The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, and it's willed us straight into The Eye of the World . In Episode One of The Sibling Sidequest, our fantasy book podcast, we dive headfirst into book one of The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. One of us has quit the series three times. One of us has read it all more times than is probably healthy. Together, we break down this massive fantasy epic, from un...

Every great adventure story needs a prologue, so here’s ours. Episode 0 of The Sibling Sidequest is an introduction to our fantasy book podcast: who we are, how we read, and why The Wheel of Time is our first big quest. One of us is a first-time reader, one is a longtime rereader, and both of us have opinions. From our different reading tastes to our shared nostalgia, we’re laying the groundwork f...