onefinemess | April 13, 2010
Changes by: Jim Butcher No, Dresden does not own a cowboy hat – or any hat. Yet he’s always got one on the cover. And the “runes” on the staff apparently spell “Matrix” in katakana. Two more bits I just remembered from Butcher’s Q&A session. Tangent: What is up with all the photo/photorealistic pictures on [...]
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onefinemess | April 9, 2010
Last night I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Jim Butcher signing a the Cedar Hills Powells. The crowd was surprisingly large, bigger than the Brandon Sanderson crowd I think… which was really surprising and a little confusing, here’s about half the crowd: I sat next to his biggest fan, apparently. I [...]
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onefinemess | January 27, 2010
It should be obvious by now that I’m reading these two series in tandem. The enjoyment I’m drawing from one helps me plod through brief sojourns with the other in the interim. Almost like it’s WORK! Small Favor (Dresden Files 10) by: Jim Butcher This series just keeps getting better. The entanglement levels of the [...]
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onefinemess | January 14, 2010
Dead Beat (Dresden Files #7) by: Jim Butcher I wish I’d written this review closer to the time when I finished, as I had some rather strong opinions about it at that point ….aaannnnnd I pretty much can’t remember them right now. Still, it’s time to move this downstairs, so the spice… err review must [...]
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onefinemess | December 12, 2009
Because someimes I read fast. Or the books are short. Or both. Storm Front (Dresden files 1) by: Jim Butcher and Fool Moon (Dresden files 2) by: Jim Butcher I’m just gonna review these two together since they seem to have the same strengths and weaknesses. As predicted and hoped for, they delivered pretty much [...]
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Tags: Dresden Files, Elric of Melnibone, Fool Moon, Jim Butcher, Michael Moorcock, Storm Front
onefinemess | December 6, 2009
3: Elric of Melnibone (1st Elric book, been meaning to start this series for a literal decade) The Forge in the Forest, Winter of the World bk 2 (cheap used paperback to hold me over until I can find the HC at a good price) Storm Front – which thankfully has nothing to do with [...]
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Tags: back cover blurbs should not be like Greg Land, Books, Dresden Files, Elric, Winter of the World, writing