Jim Butcher

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 called “The Word of Kemmler.” Harry has been blackmailed by Mavra, the vampire queen from […]

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2/13/2019 | scootsa1000's CBR11 Review No:9 |

A nice little Dresden Files snack.

Brief Cases (The Dresden Files, #15.1) by Jim Butcher

November 29, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

I really like these story collections because I don’t have the patience to track them all down in their various anthologies. Extremely convenient, thumbs up. And to top it all off, I really enjoyed all the stories here. There were a couple in the last collection I was a little bored with, or that showed their age, etc. But they were all good here, entertaining and fit well into the larger Dresden Files universe. I especially liked that three of them took place after the events of Skin Game, because I need the next book ASAP. Those three were the last […]

11/29/2018 narfna's CBR10 Review No:148 |

Still my fave. I think closely followed by Dead Beat. Anyway, Dresden Re-read complete!

Skin Game (The Dresden Files, #15) by Jim Butcher

September 6, 2018 by narfna 2 Comments

I should have written this review three weeks ago. This will not be long or comprehensive. I’m behind in my reviews, but so close to catching up! (Only two more after this one!) Mostly, whatever I’m about to write will boil down to, “This is still my favorite Dresden Files book and it is so fun.” Warning: free floating spoilers for events in the first fourteen books below. In this book we have: *Harry teaming up with his mortal enemies, the Denariians. *Harry confronting his feelings for Murphy. *Harry confronting his feelings and duties for his daughter. *The Lasciel arc […]

9/6/2018 narfna's CBR10 Review No:108 |

Sadly, Sue the T-Rex Does Not Make an Appearance. But a Very Good Boy Does

Brief Cases by Jim Butcher

August 13, 2018 by LittlePlat 3 Comments

It’s been a while since Skin Game was published, and with no release date for Peace Talks in sight, Harry Dresen fans such as myself have been feeling a little despondent. We all miss our crazy, tall, smart-aleky wizard. Thankfully, Brief Cases has come along, and while most of the stories have been published previously, some have been hard to get, making this a very welcome release for the deprived reader. I think I’d read just over half the stories before, so I was personally covering a lot of old ground. To make re-reading a little more interesting, I […]

8/13/2018 LittlePlat's CBR10 Review No:23 |

Episode 1-24: Two People Can Keep a Secret if One of Them is Dead

The Stranger, Brief Cases, Ghostman by Harlan Coben, Jim Butcher, Roger Hobbs

June 27, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

Episode 1-24: Two People Can Keep a Secret If One of Them is Dead Wherein I review: 91. The Stranger by Harlan Coben 92. Brief Cases by Jim Butcher 93. Ghostman (Jack White #1) by Roger Hobbs What would you do to keep a secret? Harlan Coben suggests you would embark on a decades long coverup that involves the murder of your childhood friends. Roger Hobbs believes in going full ghost on the heisting. And Jim Butcher…returns from the grave!!!!

6/27/2018 prisco's CBR10 Review No:93 |

Wild about Harry?

Brief Cases: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

June 25, 2018 by kittenkong42 Leave a Comment

It feels like a very long time since the last novel was published in the Dresden Files (Skin Game) and with there still being no release date for the next one (Peace Talks) this anthology of short stories forms a much needed chance to at least read something new! I should note that some of these stories have been published in other anthologies so it’s worth checking that before buying but there is one completely new novella included. These stories are set at varying points during the history of the Dresden Files and from various perspectives. Whilst in most Harry […]

6/25/2018 kittenkong42's CBR10 Review No:12 |

Harry’s long dark night of the soul.

Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13) by Jim Butcher

May 30, 2018 by narfna 8 Comments

See, this is why we need half stars. This book right here. This is not a five star book for me, but I liked it better than four stars, also, and feel weird rating it the same as other books I’ve rated four stars and enjoyed less. It is a perfect encapsulation of the 4.5 star book. So round up or down? Up or down? It is a terrible decision. Don’t read on if you haven’t read through book twelve. Spoilers ahoy. A little bit of the luster wore off this on re-read, so I’m feeling like maybe I should […]

5/30/2018 narfna's CBR10 Review No:66 |

Burn it all to the ground, Jim Butcher. Burn it down.

Changes (The Dresden Files, #12) by Jim Butcher

May 8, 2018 by narfna 4 Comments

Short review for this re-read. I wrote a monster one last time. As always with this series, there are little small moments where I have to stop and mentally finger wag at Jim Butcher, mostly to do with Harry’s sometimes sexist-attitudes, but overall this book really is a masterful piece of urban fantasy. It works as a standalone story, but mostly it works as the pivot point in this ongoing twenty-three book series. You don’t really know how literal the title is going in, but you soon find out. This whole book is an epic mess of Jim Butcher burning […]

5/8/2018 narfna's CBR10 Review No:58 |

J on “I wasn’t ashamed of anything because our family secret wasn’t dark and my mother acted neither apologetic nor embarrassed.”Such a good book! The affection comes through on every page.
emmalita on What a Bunch of A-holesYou should definitely listen to those podcast episodes. All your rage will be for the assholes involved.
lowercasesee on “The library is a gathering pool of narratives and of the people who come to find them. “Oh woah! I have this one coming from the library. I've seen so much "IT'S GREAT" but not actually know what it is going to...
badkittyuno on Shockingly raw and well-writtenThat was great! I feel like that show would be improved several times over if they lost the soundtrack...
badkittyuno on “Carnivore in the streets, person-who-has-eaten-a-carrot-masquerading-as-a-hot-dog in the sheets.”Ha I didn't even realize. Thanks!