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Review: Peace Talks, by Jim Butcher
Rating : 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️ First Response: I need to go read Battle Ground NOW. One Sentence Summary: Thomas Raith is accused of murder mere days before a massive peace conference of supernatural powers is set to take place in’s Chicago. Tell Me More: This one only gets 4 stars, and I feel conflicted about it. One the one hand, I know this book is actually only the first part of the book that was supposed to include the content of both Peace Talks and Battle Ground , and it doesn’
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Review: Ghost Story, by Jim Butcher
Rating: 👻👻👻👻.75 First Response: This one might be my favorite so far! One Sentence Summary: When we last left Harry Dresden at the end of Changes , he was dead… until he gets sent back to solve his own murder! Tell Me More: This book has put me in a tough position. On the one hand, it might be the best book of the series so far. We get to see Harry dealing with new challenges in a new world— the world beyond . As a ghost, Harry is limited in his ability to affect the mate
Nov 172 min read


Review: Shakespeare For Squirrels, by Christopher Moore
Rating: 🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️ First Response: Well, I HAVE to read the rest of them now! One Sentence Summary: Pocket of Dog-Snogging (a fool) has washed up on the shores of Athens just in time to get mixed up in the events of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream -- but someone has killed Robin Goodfellow (i.e., Puck) and Pocket has to figure out who did it! Tell Me More: Apparently, this is the THIRD in a series of Christopher Moore novels based on Shakespeare plays. Libby didn
Nov 53 min read


Review: Burden Falls, by Kat Ellis
Rating: 🍎🍎🍎.5 First Response: This book was good, but not for me. It was a little too YA for my taste. One Sentence Summary: Ava Thorne is adjusting to the loss of everything he holds dear… and a town ghost seems to be killing kids. Tell Me More: Ok, lissen: I listened to this book on audiobook, and it made almost no impression on my brain; which is weird because I listen to almost all my books on audiobook now, and most of them leave some sort of residue; but this one jus
Oct 313 min read


Review: Proven Guilty, by Jim Butcher
Thank God we’re escaped the uncanny valley. Rating: 🍿🍿🍿🍿.75 First Response: The tone of this one was different. I’m not sure I liked it. One Sentence Summary: Harry’s given the heads-up that black magic is coming to Chicago— and when monsters start popping up at the local horror movie convention, he jumps on the case. Tell Me More: There’s been a shift in the Dresden-verse. Usually The Dresden Files are fun, even silly mystery/ adventure novels. Harry Dresden is a wisecra
Oct 252 min read


Review: Dead Beat, by Jim Butcher
I still refuse to accept this CGI uncanny valley abomination as my Harry. Rating: 💀💀💀💀💀 Initial Response: POLKA WILL NEVER DIE! One Sentence Summary: Harry is blackmailed into locating the grimoire of a particularly notorious necromancer-- unfortunately, the necromancers disciples are also looking for it. Tell Me More: This is the best one yet! Every book in the Dresden Files has gotten 5 emojis-of-choice, but I wish I could give this one even more. The stakes go up! Th
Oct 212 min read


Review: Blood Rites, by Jim Butcher
What even IS this cover? If that's a real person, I'm sorry, but that's some uncanny valley shit right there. That's not my Harry. I refuse. Rating: 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸 First Response: This book has no spice. I'm shocked, considering it's about porn. One Sentence Summary: Someone is trying to magically sabotage an... <ahem> ... adult film, and the producers what Harry to figure out who. Tell Me More: I'm pretty sure this is the one with Vampires, but it's kinda hard to tell. Consideri
Oct 182 min read


Review: Death Masks, by Jim Butcher
I could not find this cover anywhere for the life of me, so I just screenshotted it from the audiobook I was using. It looks nothing like any of the covers that show up if you Google this book. Rating: 👘👘👘👘👘 (This is the closest emoji I could find to a shroud. Bite me.) First Response: MICHAEL IS BACK AND HE’S A BADASS! Also his kids are adorable and Charity is terrifying😱. One Sentence Summary: Harry Dresden has a lot on his hands— a duel with a vampire, the mutilation
Oct 163 min read


Review: Summer Knight, by Jim Butcher
I think we need to have a conversation about cover art, because these covers are fire, but a little sexist. The new ones all look the same though, cause they're just Harry. Rating: 🧚🏻🧚🏻🧚🏻🧚🏻🧚🏻 First Response: I need Michael and Morgan to duel. One Sentence Summary: Under heat for kicking off a war between the White Council of Wizards and the Red Court of Vampires, Harry is “asked” to investigate a supposedly accidental death that might have major ramifications for th
Oct 153 min read


Review: Grave Peril, by Jim Butcher
They just keep getting better. Rating: 👻👻👻👻👻 First Response: Who you gonna call? HARRY DRESDEN! One Sentence Summary: Chicago's paranormal denizens have been particularly troublesome of late; and Harry Dresden is determined to find out why. Tell Me More: I need to start this review by talking about Stranger Things . When season 1 of Stranger Things came out, I thought it was fantastic. I loved every second of it; and even thought that the ending, with it's unresolved pl
Oct 143 min read


Review: Lucky Day, by Chuck Tingle
Rating: 🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰 First Response: I don’t think I’m a Tingler yet, but I’m open to the possibility. One Sentence Summary: What if Death...
Oct 63 min read


Review: Storm Front (& Fool Moon), by Jim Butcher
Ratings: Storm Front:🌩️🌩️🌩️🌩️🌩️ Fool Moon: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 Initial Reaction: I HAVE FOUND MY NEW OBSESSION! One Sentence Summary: Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is a hardboiled detective -- I mean, wizard-- who investigates crimes that are just a little too... unusual for the normal police force. Tell Me More: When I was but a wee lad, I discovered a book called The Falcon's Malteser by Anthony Horowitz (of Alex Rider fame). It was the first of the Diamond Brothers'
Oct 34 min read


Review: Let's Split Up, by Bill Wood
Rating: 🔍🔍🔍🔍🔍 Initial Reaction: Y'all, this book was adorable. One Sentence Summary: A couple of teenagers get murdered in a...
Oct 13 min read
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