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<![CDATA[JC added 'Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66791319
to: Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice (Paperback)byThich Nhat Hanh
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<![CDATA[JC added 'Turn Coat']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56444445
to: Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, #11)byJim Butcher
This book was not fun... not the way the last few books were "fun", where clever Harry got the better of the evil-doer, despite more than a few mishaps. This one was hard for me to call a victory for Harry. He lost a lot and is put in a worse situation because of the events of the story. And now he's bonded to an island, which is kind of cool, but that seems to also carry a heavy burden...
The next book (due out soon) is called simply "Changes", which, when you've read all of Harry's adventures could be the scariest thing to happen to him. As has been pointed out in the last two books, Harry doesn't do "Change" very well. Needless to say, I'm looking forward to it.
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<![CDATA[JC added 'White Night']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52064934
to: White Night (The Dresden Files, #9)byJim Butcher
Harry is once again in rare form, and the books just keep getting better and better. In what was once a very black and white world, where Harry was the good guy and the supernaturals were the bad guys, Butcher has slowly turned Harry's world on its ear and now Harry isn't sure who is really good or evil, himself included. There's a really nice bit about free will and being able to make a choice against your own nature that was very well delivered. And a nice bit about Harry revealing how now being a teacher has improved his own skills, something I know a lot about.
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<![CDATA[JC added 'NOT A BOOK']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42024242
to: NOT A BOOK (CD-ROM)byNOT A BOOK
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<![CDATA[JC added 'Proven Guilty']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52064925
to: Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files, #8)byJim Butcher
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
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<![CDATA[JC added 'The Sunrise Lands']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29518301
The Sunrise Lands (Hardcover)
byS.M. Stirling bookshelves: currently-reading
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<![CDATA[JC added 'The Complete Terry And The Pirates Volume 2: 1937-1938']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57332334
to: The Complete Terry And The Pirates Volume 2: 1937-1938 (Hardcover)byMilton Caniff
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<![CDATA[JC added 'Welcome to the Jungle']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52064991
to: Welcome to the Jungle (The Dresden Files, Prequel)byJim Butcher
Butcher states in the author's note that as much as the Sci-Fi series has put the Dresden Files into the spotlight, he always felt more like Harry was meant for comic books. Indeed, he is. Harry is an iconic hero, often depicted as the one man who can hold back the forces of darkness and risks his life to do so.
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<![CDATA[JC added 'Blood Rites']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52064917
to: Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, #6)byJim Butcher
I'm really starting to get into this character and even appreciate his idiosyncrasies...
For me, the best part about this particular adventure for Harry Dresden was all the personal development he went through. Harry showed real growth in this book and developed as a character in multiple ways.
And the scene of them going down into the basement where a Black Court Vampire was waiting for them... that had me worried... and I started with the 10th book!
And we get to meet Mouse for the first time. That was fun.
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