Category: Books

The Dresden Files: Cold Days [Spoiler Alert]

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Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files was a series I found difficult to put down from the moment I laid my hands on its first book, Storm Front. Within less than three months, I devoured all 13 currently available novels, plus the short story collection Side Jobs. The Dresden Files cleverly mixes everything we know about …

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Reading Storm Front, Book One of The Dresden Files

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I finally gave in to persuasion and picked up Storm Front, the first book in Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files. At the risk of the Significant Other telling me “I told you so,” I admit that The Dresden Files is crack and I’m now addicted. Cast of characters Storm Front introduces us to the main …

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There’s Nothing New Under the Sun

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The Significant Other is currently obsessed with The Dresden Files. He told me I should read it. He said he’s positive I’m going to like it because it’s like True Blood, and I liked The Sookie Stackhouse Series, on which the HBO series was based. When he started describing The Dresden Files, I interrupted him …

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Reflections on Writing Inspired by Jeff Goins’ “You Are a Writer”

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Last night, I picked up a copy of Jeff Goins’ newest book, You Are a Writer, on a whim. After reading it a couple of times in one sitting, I came away with a few hard truths that I believe every writer must face, whether they are at the start of their writing journey or …

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Bromance in Robin Hobb’s The Realm of the Elderlings

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When I am not at work, my mind is in the Realm of the Elderlings. At least lately. I’ve been inhaling Robin Hobb’s books for the last two months now. So far, she has 11 books in her Realm of the Elderlings universe, namely: The Farseer Trilogy – Assassin’s Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin’s Quest Liveship Traders …

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