Is there any specific way of doing a reread that allows one to soak in more of the story? And Any tips or Memories of Your first reread and you opinion of the story at the time.

I technically am on my first true re-read, so here are my pointers:

 

1. Set a pace, not slow (fast is fine). If you go to slow or stop, you end up forgetting who characters are or whats so important about XYZ etc.

2. Don't skip parts. Any. Read them all.

3. I read the books on my phone: Love getting in 1-2 pages at stoplights, bathrooms, meetings ( )

 

Memories: Foreshadowing! If you JUST finished Towers of Midnight, start reading from book 1 right away, and you will start noticing foreshadowing ALL over the place.

Read with the internet on and with this page open!

I'm terrible with names and found having the Encyclopedia WOT/Characters page ready made a huge difference.

Read the parts you skimmed through the first time. You will find gold in them.

The reference sites are gold, especially Encyclopedia WoT and Leigh's reread on tor.com.

 

This is what I'd recommend for a read/reread without spoilers:

 

1) Have the books ready in e-book/pdf and do a search for a name each time you encounter someone you can't remember or want to refresh. When I come across a familiar name but can't remember where we met him/her, I always do a search and make a note in my mind of appearance until I get to the part I'm at.

 

2) Before reading, go to EncWot or Leigh's reread and read the summary (NOT the commentary/footnotes) of the chapters you read last time.

 

This has helped me being able to keep _almost_ everything fresh in my mind on my reread, and its only the 2nd time I'm reading the series now.

 

 

 

 

During each of my re-reads, I always check on encyclopaedia wot after completing a reading session.

well, I this time my start was new i read the prior story, A New Spring

 

http://www.dragonmount.com/Books/New_Spring

 

 

 

I am hoping this time I can keep track better who is who for some reason their are too many chars with alike names to me.