Saturday Miscellany – 2/7/15
Grawlix! If I didn’t know better, I’d say that The Universe, The Matrix, Loki, Coyote, Murphy’s Law or the Greek ghost Thespis was messing with me and keeping me from getting anything written or posted...
View ArticleShadowed Souls edited by Jim Butcher, Kerrie L. Hughes
Shadowed Souls edited by Jim Butcher, Kerrie L. HughesSeries: The Dresden Files, #14.5; InCryptid, #531; Simon Canderous, #0.5 (I’m guessing) ; and some others that I don’t have a tag for right now...
View ArticleStorm Front (Audiobook) by Jim Butcher, James Marsters
Storm Front by Jim Butcher, James Marsters (Narrator) Series: The Dresden Files, #1Unabridged Audiobook, 8 hrs., 1 min.Buzzy Multimedia Publishing Corp., 2009 Read: May 18 – 19, 2017 Okay, I know...
View ArticleFool Moon (Audiobook) by Jim Butcher, James Marsters
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher, James Marsters (Narrator) Series: The Dresden Files, #2Unabridged Audiobook, 10 hrs., 6 min.Buzzy Multimedia Publishing Corp., 2009 Read: May 30 – 31, 2017 Let’s keep this...
View ArticleGrave Peril (Audiobook) by Jim Butcher, James Marsters
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher, James Marsters (Narrator) Series: The Dresden Files, #3Unabridged Audiobook, 11 hrs and 59 minsBuzzy Multimedia Publishing Corp., 2009 Read: July 6 – 8, 2017 Wow. There’s...
View ArticleSummer Knight (Audiobook) by Jim Butcher, James Marsters
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher, James Marsters (Narrator) Series: The Dresden Files, #4Unabridged Audiobook, 11 hrs and 12 minsBuzzy Multimedia Publishing Corp., 2009 Read: August 23 – 25, 2017 So, we...
View ArticleOpening Lines – Dead Beat
We all know we’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover (yet, publishing companies spend big bucks on cover design/art). But, the opening sentence(s)/paragraph(s) are fair game. So, when I stumble...
View ArticleBrief Cases by Jim Butcher: ‘Scuse me while I unleash my inner fanboy
If you’re a Dresden fan still working their way through the series and haven’t gotten to the end of Skin Game yet, DO NOT READ this post. Go catch up first. — Brief Cases by Jim ButcherSeries: The...
View ArticleA Few Thoughts on Changes (Audiobook) by Jim Butcher, James Marsters
Changes by Jim Butcher, James Marsters (Narrator) Series: The Dresden Files, #12Unabridged Audiobook, 15 hrs., 28 mins.Penguin Audio, 2010 Read: October 4 – October 10, 2018 Spoilers to follow. This...
View ArticleMy Favorite 2018 (Fictional) Dogs
In one of the lightest moments of Robert B. Parker’s Valediction (just before one of the darker), Spenser describes his reservation about the first two Star Wars movies: “No horses . . . I don’t like a...
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Dryad Teas Inspired by the Dresden Files
This is not what I typically post about, but it sort of fits. I’m not a big tea drinker—but I dabble from time to time, and we’re in the middle of another attempt to drink more (health benefits, no...
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Top 5 Saturday: Sibling Relationships
The Top 5 Saturday weekly meme was created by Amanda at Devouring Books. Rules! Share your top 5 books of the current topic—these can be books that you want to read, have read and loved, have read and...
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Mid-Year Freak Out Book Tag
I thought this would be a fun little tool to use to look back over the first part of 2020. I saw this one over on One Book More’s blog, and it seemed to have been created by Moon Creations. What is...
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Peace Talks by Jim Butcher: Family Complicates Everything
Peace Talks by Jim Butcher Series: The Dresden Files, #16 Hardcover, 340 pg. Ace, 2020 Read: July 15-17, 2020 Grab a copy from your local indie bookstore! Ever since the Red Court had taken my...
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Heroic Hearts ed. by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes: Street-wise Herculeses...
Heroic Hearts edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie Huges DETAILS: Publisher: Ace Publication Date: May 3, 2022 Format: Paperback Length: 345 pg. Read Date: May 18-19, 2022 Heroes have fascinated humanity...
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The Law (Audiobook) by Jim Butcher: Harry Gets Back to His Roots in this Novella
The Law by Jim Butcher DETAILS: Series: The Dresden Files Publisher: Podium Audio Publication Date: July 5, 2022 Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hrs., 22 min. Read Date: July 5, 2022 What’s The...
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Clearing the Deck II: Tweet-length thoughts about books I can’t find time to...
I did this back in January 2020, and need to do it again. I frequently mention how looming Mt. TBR is getting for me, but what’s worse is my “To Write About” pile, I know I’m never going to catch up...
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Clearing the Deck III: Tweet-length thoughts about books I can’t find time to...
I did this last month to catch up up to 2023, but the backlog I’d accrued last year was too big for me. So here we go again. This doesn’t get me totally cuaght up, but it’s close enough. Hopefully...
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