Dresden Files Book 5 -- Insight, Specs, and Pop Culture References

I finished Death Masks, the Dresden Files Book 5, earlier this week and I must say that I get more and more impressed with this series the more I read.  Not only does Jim Butcher have a real talent for priceless snarky dialogue and unraveling a genuinely good mystery, but he also really knows how to sink his teeth into pop culture references while he’s at it.  (From Shakespeare to Star Wars to Young Frankenstein. *g*) 

Case in point, by the end of this series of books, I’m getting the feeling he will have referenced every character from Buffy at least once in addition to incorporating random quotes and giving shout-outs to various episodes.  ( Throughout the course of the books so far, I just couldn’t help pausing, giggling, or generally ‘squeeing’ over the following references, even if I am reading more into them than Mr. Butcher may have intended (Spoilers.):  )

( Then, of course, there’s my actual, spoiler-filled review of Book 5 and the series in general… )

Now the dilemma is: to read ahead, or not to read ahead. 

For as anxious as I am to get to the next book of the series, which comes out in August, I’m resisting the lure of the first 3 chapters that have been posted at Jim Butcher’s site.  While I’m happy to make my own speculations, I prefer to remain as unspoiled as possible, and, in all practicality, don’t want to have a month-long gap between reading the first 3 chapters and the rest of the story.

 

Guess we’ll see how long that lasts.

EDIT: Thanks to monkeyscorpion, I finally have Dresden icons! Thanks so much!

Dresden Files Book 5 -- Insight, Specs, and Pop Culture References

I finished Death Masks, the Dresden Files Book 5, earlier this week and I must say that I get more and more impressed with this series the more I read.  Not only does Jim Butcher have a real talent for priceless snarky dialogue and unraveling a genuinely good mystery, but he also really knows how to sink his teeth into pop culture references while he’s at it.  (From Shakespeare to Star Wars to Young Frankenstein. *g*) 

Case in point, by the end of this series of books, I’m getting the feeling he will have referenced every character from Buffy at least once in addition to incorporating random quotes and giving shout-outs to various episodes.  ( Throughout the course of the books so far, I just couldn’t help pausing, giggling, or generally ‘squeeing’ over the following references, even if I am reading more into them than Mr. Butcher may have intended (Spoilers.):  )

( Then, of course, there’s my actual, spoiler-filled review of Book 5 and the series in general… )

Now the dilemma is: to read ahead, or not to read ahead. 

For as anxious as I am to get to the next book of the series, which comes out in August, I’m resisting the lure of the first 3 chapters that have been posted at Jim Butcher’s site.  While I’m happy to make my own speculations, I prefer to remain as unspoiled as possible, and, in all practicality, don’t want to have a month-long gap between reading the first 3 chapters and the rest of the story.

 

Guess we’ll see how long that lasts.

EDIT: Thanks to monkeyscorpion, I finally have Dresden icons! Thanks so much!