I am curently reading the Wheel of Time Series. I am in the 10th book, and have the new prequal waiting to be read. I have decided there are way too many characters to keep track of. A friend of mine like to map out books as he reads em, making a flow chart of the different characters and the orgins and stuff, then he can return to it when a character is mentioned and remember what role they played in a past book... i don't have the patience for that, Although I do belive the current maps for the books leave a lot unshown, so man cities and places are described and you can't quite get a bearing on them. Any thoughts?