Laranna, NO! Come on, friends don't let friends read Jordan.

Sure, it starts off OK, you think you can handle it - then a minor character gets half a book to themselves, there's no plot progression, characters turn into charactatures and then he (Jordan) dies. OK, I know the series is being finished now but don't go there if you can help it. Says the girl with a bookshelf full of Jordan.

Have you tried Discworld? Love those - they keep the pace, humour and real characters still after five books. After 30+ for that matter. The Bookworld series by Jasper Fford (starting with The Eyre Affair) is great for book-lovers who also enjoy humour and parallel-world fantasy.

Twilight is the obvious teeny vampire book: it is very silly but also very readable.