Category Archives: Jim Butcher
Review 151: Ghost Story
Ghost Story by Jim Butcher Hell’s Bells count: 27 In the acknowledgment section of the book, where Butcher very kindly thanks all the people who helped it come into existence, he clarifies something very important: the end of the last … Continue reading
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Review 76: Changes
Changes by Jim Butcher “Hell’s Bells” count: 20 Well, the title promises changes, and that is certainly what you get in this book. And the first of these comes right on page one: Harry Dresden has a daughter. Surprised? Yeah, … Continue reading
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Review 72: Turn Coat
Turn Coat by Jim Butcher “Hell’s Bells” count: 25 One of the problems involved in writing an ongoing series (or so I imagine) is the problem of escalation. The new stories have to be better than the old ones, or … Continue reading
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Review 68: Small Favor
Small Favor by Jim Butcher “Hell’s Bells” count: 21 This is the tenth book in the series, and if Butcher’s own plan can be trusted, it marks about the halfway point for the series as a whole. Having made it … Continue reading
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Review 63: White Night
White Night by Jim Butcher “Hell’s Bells” count: 12 We’re coming up to the theoretical midpoint of the series, since Butcher has suggested that he might take it to twenty books or so. Given that number, I’d say it’s time … Continue reading
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Review 59: Proven Guilty
Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher “Hell’s Bells” count – 14 It’s one year later…. Many things have changed for Harry Dresden, some of it good and much of it not so much. He has family now, in the form of … Continue reading
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Review 55: Dead Beat
Dead Beat by Jim Butcher “Hell’s Bells” count – 13 While I was on my long commute to work (not so bad, as it affords me more reading time), I wondered what the Harry Dresden from Storm Front would have … Continue reading
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Review 51: Blood Rites
Blood Rites by Jim Butcher “Hell’s Bells” count: 19 [1] As far as I know, The Dresden Files is an open-ended series that Butcher will continue to write until he decides to end it, which is fine with me. He’s … Continue reading
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Review 46: Death Masks
Death Masks by Jim Butcher “Hell’s Bells” count: 16 (plus two editing errors – “break” for “brake” on page 24 and “shield” spelled “shielf” on page 319) It’s the “Hell’s bells” that started it. I don’t usually make notes on … Continue reading
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