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Harry Dresden and the Dark Hallow: Yes, there are wizards, but this ain’t Hogwarts

Dead Beat by Jim Butcher

February 13, 2019 by scootsa1000 1 Comment

I’m still slowly making my way through these Harry Dresden books, all read to me by the fantastic James Marsters. And, as many cannonballers before me have stated, I’m enjoying each book slightly more than the one that came before it. I’m now fully invested into Harry’s world, and I can’t wait to start the next one. In this one, Harry and Butters (the polka enthusiast-medical examiner), are on the run from a group of necromancers who have descended upon Chicago, all looking for something […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr11, dead beat, harry dresden, James Marsters, Jim Butcher, Scootsa1000

scootsa1000's CBR11 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr11, dead beat, harry dresden, James Marsters, Jim Butcher, Scootsa1000 ·
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Polka will never die.

August 29, 2017 by narfna 5 Comments

So I never actually wrote a real review of this book the first time I read it. It was the end of the year, and I just half-assed something over on Goodreads, and didn’t even post anything at all on the CBR blog (it was my first Cannonball, I believe, CBR4). I just wanted to read it and enjoy it and then be done with it. But seeing as how this is the first truly wonderful book in the series (and don’t even argue with me about […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: a wizard did it, dead beat, fantasy, Jim Butcher, narfna, paranormal, the Dresden Files, Urban Fantasy

narfna's CBR9 Review No:61 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: a wizard did it, dead beat, fantasy, Jim Butcher, narfna, paranormal, the Dresden Files, Urban Fantasy ·
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