Book review - Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher

If you like detective fiction with a twist, then this is a good book. Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is a private detective in Chicago. He's tall, messy and has a habit of making electronic devices go haywire. Harry is also a wizard. The book is sort of Sherlock Holmes meets Harry Potter.

If you've seen the SciFi channel series "The Dresden Files", then you have a bit of the idea behind the books that the show was based on....but just a very little bit. Storm Fro...moreIf you like detective fiction with a twist, then this is a good book. Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is a private detective in Chicago. He's tall, messy and has a habit of making electronic devices go haywire. Harry is also a wizard. The book is sort of Sherlock Holmes meets Harry Potter.

If you've seen the SciFi channel series "The Dresden Files", then you have a bit of the idea behind the books that the show was based on....but just a very little bit. Storm Front is darker, grittier and more angsty by far than the TV series. I would have preferred more back story so I knew, beyond his one youthful indiscretion related to a violation in the laws of magic use.

It was an enjoyable read and a series where I may pick up another if my stack of reading gets low enough.

Book review - Atomic Lobster (Serge Storms Mystery #10) by Tim Dorsey

Atomic Lobster was my first Tim Dorsey book. The story starts a little slow but does pick up the pace as the lives of the characters begin to intermingle. I found this to be an enjoyable read and will grab another of the Dorsey books as my stack of reading gets lower. If you like wacky characters and a Florida setting and don't mind a little sex and drug use then this is a good book.

Book review - LMNO Peas by Keith Baker

This book was awesomely adorable! A book about peas? You betcha. The book not only teaches children about the alphabet but also occupations related to each letter. The illustrations are perfect and really cute. Keep a close eye out for all the different peas. I read it twice and discovered lots of fun stuff I missed the first time around.

Book review - Eight Great Planets!: A Song About the Planets (Science Songs) by Laura Purdie Salas, Sergio De Giorgi (Illustrator)

So now I have the Thumbkin song stuck in my head.

This was a fun book to read. You get to learn about the planets and reading to the tune of the Thumbkin song really helps you remember.