My absolute favorite author is David Eddings (yes yes , I gess that no one would come to that idea ne ? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> ) . I love the way he makes his characters to live and also the fact that his stories are finished afther at leasr 5 books . *gg* Altough I don't think that the WOT series are bad , I hate it that the story isn't finished yet . I am not that patience and the fact that I know that I can't buy a book in wich I'll now how the story ends whenever I want to makes me loose a lot of interest in the WOT series (And also the fact that I really really detest Rhand :S Don't ask me why I just don't like his superieur behavious) but they are still good writtend and the Aes Sedai and the (Attention Spoiler ...) Lan-Nynaeve thing are making a lot good again .
Another serie I like to metion is the "Sword of Truth" series by Terry Goodkind altough it also takes more then 5 books and it still isn't finished but the stories hasn't a Rhand as Head Char , wich is of course a good thing <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Right now I am reading (Well I finished it an hour ago) Harry Potter (The third book) , next month I'll start with numero 4 . The only thing I can say is that I first saw the 2 movies (that is why I started with nr 3) and in those I really Liked prof Snape but afther reading the book he really isn't that nice anymore <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" /> .