Reading List Update: #91-96
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jedibuttercupWhee! Six books since I last updated, December 6. All rereads.
91. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher. Paperback, 371pp. 4th of the Dresden Files. Reread; see #43. These books all seem deeper on the second readthrough, for some reason. This one featured faeries, yes, but also the old ends vs. means debate: evil done in the name of good, etc. Some awesome moments with Murphy in her boots, and we're still waiting for those last two favors to come due. A bit more information on the workings of the White Court; Ebenezar's the most important introduction here, but the Gatekeeper the most interesting one. He's like the old Knight in the 3rd Indiana Jones movie: all Choose wisely, Harry. Fortunately, Harry does.
92. Death Masks by Jim Butcher. Paperback, 374pp. 5th of the Dresden Files. Reread; see #46. More Michael. More Marcone. A Thomas cameo. The first major appearance of Molly. Bondage sex and a goodbye with Susan. A ramping up of the War. And mixed in with it all: the Shroud of Turin. In this one, Harry learns more about the value of Faith-- and wades deeper into shades of grey. A very busy book, and a major pivot point, with a sting in the tail that creates deeper and deeper waves all the way through Book 9.
93. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher. Paperback, 372pp. 6th of the Dresden Files. Reread; see #47. If Book 4 was about the wavery line between Good and Evil, and Book 5 took up the issue of Faith, Book 6 features Love. In all shapes and sizes. From White Court politics, to revolutionaries in the porn industry, to the nature of true love and the meaning of family. Harry takes a few steps further into the dark, learns more about his mother, discovers the truth about Thomas, meets Murphy's family, sustains a severe injury, acquires a dog, and experiences disillusionment with the one paternal figure still in his life. Our hero is growing up.
94. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher. Paperback, 424pp. 7th of the Dresden Files. Reread; see #48. To continue the theme: this one's primarily about Fear, with a subthread of the borderlands between Life and Death. More growing up for Harry, as another former antagonist converts into the (very) reluctant ally category, and he revisits the concept of using evil to do good, this time from the other side of the fence. Bob and the White Council get more development, the War takes a bad turn, and Harry acquires a new title. Plus: Sue the Tyrannosaur steed, how awesome is that? No Michael, but Butters and Ramirez make up for his absence.
95. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher. Paperback, 479pp. 8th of the Dresden Files. Reread; see #49. This one? Mostly about Temptation-- indulging or resisting it, consequences, forgiveness, and free will vs. responsibility. Lots of Molly, Charity, and the rest of the Carpenters, including Michael; some very key moments in the friendship of Michael and Harry. The Council has weighty cameos with implications for the future; so do the Queens of Faerie; a recurrent subplot takes up the question of Thomas' darker nature again; Murphy's Law finally catches up with Murphy herself; and Harry's life undergoes yet another sea-change.
96. White Night by Jim Butcher. Hardcover, 404pp. 9th of the Dresden Files. Reread; see #57. Power, Control, and the exercise and limitations thereof. Several different plot threads from the last three or four books are resolved, and Harry's settling into being a person of authority in his world, rather than one of the persecuted. He's come a long way from the Harry of Book 1. The Molly, Thomas, and Marcone subthreads were especially interesting; no Michael again, but you can't have everything. I can't wait to see what comes next.
Whew; that's all the required rereading done. And bonus: just four more in the next two weeks, and I'll have made 100 for the year. Neat.
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91. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher. Paperback, 371pp. 4th of the Dresden Files. Reread; see #43. These books all seem deeper on the second readthrough, for some reason. This one featured faeries, yes, but also the old ends vs. means debate: evil done in the name of good, etc. Some awesome moments with Murphy in her boots, and we're still waiting for those last two favors to come due. A bit more information on the workings of the White Court; Ebenezar's the most important introduction here, but the Gatekeeper the most interesting one. He's like the old Knight in the 3rd Indiana Jones movie: all Choose wisely, Harry. Fortunately, Harry does.
92. Death Masks by Jim Butcher. Paperback, 374pp. 5th of the Dresden Files. Reread; see #46. More Michael. More Marcone. A Thomas cameo. The first major appearance of Molly. Bondage sex and a goodbye with Susan. A ramping up of the War. And mixed in with it all: the Shroud of Turin. In this one, Harry learns more about the value of Faith-- and wades deeper into shades of grey. A very busy book, and a major pivot point, with a sting in the tail that creates deeper and deeper waves all the way through Book 9.
93. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher. Paperback, 372pp. 6th of the Dresden Files. Reread; see #47. If Book 4 was about the wavery line between Good and Evil, and Book 5 took up the issue of Faith, Book 6 features Love. In all shapes and sizes. From White Court politics, to revolutionaries in the porn industry, to the nature of true love and the meaning of family. Harry takes a few steps further into the dark, learns more about his mother, discovers the truth about Thomas, meets Murphy's family, sustains a severe injury, acquires a dog, and experiences disillusionment with the one paternal figure still in his life. Our hero is growing up.
94. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher. Paperback, 424pp. 7th of the Dresden Files. Reread; see #48. To continue the theme: this one's primarily about Fear, with a subthread of the borderlands between Life and Death. More growing up for Harry, as another former antagonist converts into the (very) reluctant ally category, and he revisits the concept of using evil to do good, this time from the other side of the fence. Bob and the White Council get more development, the War takes a bad turn, and Harry acquires a new title. Plus: Sue the Tyrannosaur steed, how awesome is that? No Michael, but Butters and Ramirez make up for his absence.
95. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher. Paperback, 479pp. 8th of the Dresden Files. Reread; see #49. This one? Mostly about Temptation-- indulging or resisting it, consequences, forgiveness, and free will vs. responsibility. Lots of Molly, Charity, and the rest of the Carpenters, including Michael; some very key moments in the friendship of Michael and Harry. The Council has weighty cameos with implications for the future; so do the Queens of Faerie; a recurrent subplot takes up the question of Thomas' darker nature again; Murphy's Law finally catches up with Murphy herself; and Harry's life undergoes yet another sea-change.
96. White Night by Jim Butcher. Hardcover, 404pp. 9th of the Dresden Files. Reread; see #57. Power, Control, and the exercise and limitations thereof. Several different plot threads from the last three or four books are resolved, and Harry's settling into being a person of authority in his world, rather than one of the persecuted. He's come a long way from the Harry of Book 1. The Molly, Thomas, and Marcone subthreads were especially interesting; no Michael again, but you can't have everything. I can't wait to see what comes next.
Whew; that's all the required rereading done. And bonus: just four more in the next two weeks, and I'll have made 100 for the year. Neat.
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Date: 2007-12-17 09:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-17 09:22 am (UTC)If you end up having trouble with that one, though, the rest aren't much different, so I won't press you to read them all. =)
What's giving you trouble?
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Date: 2007-12-17 09:30 am (UTC)I don't know. I'm just finding it hard to keep up my interest in what's happening.