false 47212 12 <b><i>Harry Dresden &mdash; Wizard</i></b> Lost items found. Paranormal investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, Parties, or Other Entertainment. Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the <i>only</i> at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. For the "everyday" world is actually full of strange and magical things&mdash;and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Takes a wizard to catch a&mdash;well, whatever. There's just one problem. Business, to put it mildly, stinks. So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's black magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's name. And that's when things start to get... interesting. Magic. It can get a guy killed. 1137060 book 1 4 2000 Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) total:7680|5:2166|4:3195|3:1849|2:392|1:78| 7680 30019 10061 1149 1 18 false true Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 10:48:35 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 25 07:25:05 -0800 2009
All I knew about it before I picked it up was the very basic premise—a wizard in modern-day Chicago, who works as a sort of detective—and that it had picked up quite a cult following. I was expecting to real...more...]]> 1 10 false false Sun Jun 17 10:17:42 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 20 12:16:52 -0700 2009
The main character is like some kind of emotionally retarded ubergeek's ideal...more...]]> 1 16 false false Thu Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 15:00:33 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 18:58:48 -0700 2008 The Princess Bride, believed in magic and physics, and did not know anything about women (unfortunately). He would have loved thi...more...]]> 4 9 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 11:52:14 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 11:52:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 7 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 05:14:52 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 07:42:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 6 false false Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 18:59:42 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 15:59:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 21:02:36 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 13:39:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false true Mon Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 05 19:08:30 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 18 10:19:50 -0700 2008
Storm Front Moon is Book one of the Dresden Files.

What can I say about this book? I have read it three times now and I am...more...]]> 2 5 false false Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 23 06:57:58 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 12 12:50:12 -0700 2008
Harry Dresden is a wizard. He has a small office in Chicago and helps people find lost things and investigates ghos...more...]]> 4 4 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 18:18:08 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 18:20:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 11 12:03:04 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 12:17:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 3 false false Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 17:40:27 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 07:20:48 -0700 2008
A fun quick read through a nearly contemporary Chicago where sorcery and demons roil just under the civilized veneer.

I would have given this four stars...more...]]> 2 4 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 21:34:37 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 21:34:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 4 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Oct 31 10:32:36 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 17 18:31:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 20:47:18 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 27 16:13:19 -0700 2009 This was the fantasy selection for the Goodreads SciFi and Fantasy Book Club for the month of September 2008. Visit this link to see all of the discussions, group member reviews, etc.

Update, months later: I discovered that I liked the first book enough to read the second, and have since ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat May 03 13:53:23 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 13:55:24 -0700 2008
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My friend Shannon, trusted arbiter of bookly judgement, hadn't been impressed with it, but I thought I'd give...more...]]> 4 3 false false Tue Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jan 31 06:30:38 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 03 23:09:12 -0700 2009 "Hell's Bells" count: 3

Back in 2006, I made a trip to the States for a wedding. It was good fun, and I figured that while I was there, I'd go and see some other friends and family up and down the East Coast. While in the Albany Area of New York, I was taken to a fantasy/science...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Oct 28 13:11:33 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 14:12:03 -0700 2007 But Jim Butcher actually managed to prove th...more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed May 09 13:44:18 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 13:44:25 -0700 2007 more...]]>