BTW guys...I *seriously* disagree with the notion that Goodkind borrows from Jordan. I don't find the two series' to have the first thing to do with one another. But...that's just my opinion.
Jordan's Wheel of Time series is also one of my top reads, but I just don't think that it and the Sword of Truth are anything alike...
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Now where did I leave that doughnut?!