Patrick Rothfuss AND Jim Butcher

So, you may know I like Jim Butcher.  And I may have mentioned liking Patrick Rothfuss, too.  So the highlight of last week was Patrick Rothfuss interviewing Jim Butcher!  (And Jim Butcher interviewing Patrick Rothfuss.)

And because I love you, I share them both with you.  : D

Jim Butcher is evil (in a good way)

1. In the words of Kel from Tamora Pierce's Protector of the Small series (specifically Squire, I think), Jim Butcher is "a very bad man."  So, so bad. 
2. Changes, the latest book in the Dresden files, is incredible.
3. Dresden Files = best urban fantasy I've ever read (caveat: I haven't read much in this subgenre)
4. The next book better come out soon.  If he starts a new series and writes a couple of books in that series before returning to this one (I am glaring at you, Mr. Horowitz), I shall be vexed.
5. Extremely vexed.
6. Seriously.
7. Poor Harry.
8. This book is really brutal.
9. "The last couple of pages could easily have been the first of the next book without leaving readers annoyed."  - a reviewer on Amazon
10. Don't read this one first.  Don't read it if you haven't read the last five, either.  :)  Don't read spoilers for it.
11. Read it if you like dark, modern-day fantasy.
12. Poor Harry.

 

Books I'm going to love this April: Jim Butcher's Changes

Oh, Jim Butcher, it was worth it to wait a bit longer for this one.  I know this without reading it.

At first, I was miffed that you didn't continue your trend of publishing a new Dresden Files book every Octoberish because I am an addict, and I didn't think I could wait that long for my next fix, but, because I love you, I was patient.  Plus, you finished another series, and I'm willing to cut you some slack for that accomplishment alone.  The whole publishing two books a year for several years all while writing them yourself and not as a corporation also earns you some deep forgiveness, should you need to utilize it in the future.

When I eventually get my pre-ordered copy and can carve myself out a whole day to just binge on it, I will love this book.  So much.  So, so much.  This is why I cannot save this one as a book to hold off on until I get a better job.  I have no willpower.

April 6, you're finally here!

Fighting temptation (First Lord's Fury)

I am trying to prevent myself from going on a book binge on Thanksgiving.  I blame peer pressure.

Jim Butcher's new book is not a Dresden Files book (to my sadness), but it will still be great, and all my book friends will read it.  If I don't read it now, while I have the chance, I'll have to put it off until after I find a new job, which could be years from now.  (If I don't get fired, but that's another story.)

Anyway, I hate having things spoiled for me by people, and the more people I know who will be reading a book, the higher the chance of spoilerific actions.  My solution is to try to read it first.  Unfortunately, I have all manner of plans for my waking hours tomorrow, such as cleaning, job applications, writing submissions, a really nice dinner, and a whole lot of peace and quiet, with no crying. 

If I read this book, I'm sure there will be crying, and I'm sure that at the end of it, the story won't actually be over, and I'll be left hanging like at the end of the last one, and it will make me crazy.

Clearly, for the sake of my sanity, I should read the book.  But I can't afford the time.  Self-control, wherefore art thou?  Stay tuned.


Has this ever happened to you?  Did you stay strong or give into temptation?  What was the book?