Thank you for reminding me of Adept series - I read the first volume long time ago, and didn't have access to other volumes (no Internet then in existence, and not translated to my native language). I'll get on them soon
I read 3 first volumes of Wheel of Time, and liked the story, but I soon started having to take notes to remember who all those people were - there is such a multitude of them. Reading half the scene wondering who the person described is, and what it was doing last time it was mentioned is no fun. So I read some reviews that told me the cast of characters only get bigger with time, and story goes slower and slower as the author describes everything they do, and stopped reading. They read nice, but my memory is too short to enjoy them.
"Darkover" is another series I'm thinking about reading - but I haven't yet been able to figure out the order in which they should be read. Every site I visit puts the books in different order, and not always the same books. It seems there is no agreement on what belongs to the series. I've read two random tomes in the past, but forgot what they were about since then - only that they didn't seem to be connected in any way.
I read "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman, and it made the impression of a fairy tale, not much believable. I liked the movie made from it much better than the book. I liked the Sandman comics though. Reading the review of "American Gods" I find that it reminds me very much of Amber's first volume. I hope it's not too idiomatic for me, as I don't know all that much about America.