I'm a Wheel of Time reader. I decided a year ago, after finishing the second-to-last book, that I would start rereading the series so I would better appreciate the last book when Sanderson finally finishes it. Initially I kept a decent pace. For the thirteen books I would have to read, I was at least finishing a book every 6 weeks or so -- not enough to finish the entire series in time for release, but at least mostly get there. However, starting with book 4, I fell off the pace considerably, and so, um, I kind of just finished book 5 today. And no, it wasn't because I was reading anything else. I just don't read a ton. (OK, I did read the terrible Goodkind novel that came out, but that was done and over with in like 10 days.)
Now I'm trying to decide what to do. The Wheel of Time is very clearly in three nearly-equal segments. The first third is books full of stuff happening that is interesting. The middle third shifts to being about reading what people are thinking, and saying, and thinking about what others are saying (or worse, not saying.) I don't do the headgames intrigue crap very well, so from #6 Lord of Chaos to #10 Crossroads of Twilight, the series is rather droll. I do enjoy the books in general, and those are the books I'm sure I need to reread more than any others since they aren't as memorable as the early ones or as recent as the later ones, but I'm just not sure I care.
So I could pick up after those books, with either the 11th book where the series starts to get decent again, or to #12 where Sanderson takes over as author. However, that won't fill the gaps in my knowledge that I didn't have. I'm sure I'll appreciate the last book more if I actually complete the whole reread.
My options:
1) Slog through everything. I won't finish the entire series by March when #14 A Memory of Light comes out, but that's not a big deal. I can avoid spoilers for that until I get around to it.
2) Skip ahead by five books. I'll avoid headdesking nearly as often, and finish far sooner, but I'll have largely missed the point of the reread.
3) Forego actual reading, and just peruse readthrough topics others have created, such as here: http://www.tor.com/features/series/wot-reread
4) Say screw it, and don't read the series further at all in lieu of doing...well...anything else, reading other stuff or not reading at all. I certainly have a backlog of things I could read, and my reading tends to be all or nothing. Skyrim is available to me right now, therefore it should tend toward nothing.
I'm not someone who normally relives media like books and movies. This is an exception case here for me.