Ditto. The GOT series is pretty much the best books I've ever read. I tried getting into Malazan Book of the Fallen and I couldn't. I'd have to try again once I am done wiht WOT in 5 years...
How do you find Sword of Truth? I stopped after book 4-5 cause...I was just getting annoyed with Richard and Kaylan. I found that some elements are realllllly similar to those of WOT.
Ok, so I'm going to put myself out on a limb here and admit that I am a very harsh judge of characters in books, particularly females. A lot of them annoy the ever-loving crap out of me. Maybe it's because I always got along better with men irl? I just can't stand some of the mind-game crap they play and the waffling that goes on in their heads. Kahlan is one of them...annoys me! But I do like Richard. I'm only on book 3 so I really don't have an opinion of the series overall.
Female characters I like:
Nynaeve - WoT
Arya - ASOIAF
Brienne - ASOIAF
Morgana - Mists of Avalon
Katniss Everdeen - Hunger Games - this is debatable since she does some "waffling" over mens
Lessa - Dragonriders of Pern
And yes I can see how SoT is very similar to WoT