I love reading books.

I’m a big fan of the written word.

Mildly exclusive to Fantasy or Science-Fiction, though. I’ve been known to venture into more realistic works, but I don’t like staying in worlds where there isn’t something awesome happening.

See? Awesome. Awesomnomnom.

So today we get to take a look at The Dresden Files.

I just picked up the first three books in the series from my favorite bookstore, Time Out. It’s a special place. It has a cat (Oscar). A bookstore with a cat. That’s really rare nowadays.

The Dresden Files series follows a chap called Harry Dresden. It’s set in Chicago, circa today. He’s a Wizard, and a PI. So, this series focuses on his PI-ing less ordinary cases. There’s the thing with the dude ripping people’s hearts out long-range, the one with the werewolves, and I’ve started reading No3, the one with the ghosts n’stuff.

This book tickles me in all the right places. It’s got a perfect main character (redeemed from darkness, jaded and tired, dedicated to protecting…). It’s like a Vimes novel, where Vimes can blow a ravening werewolf through a city block on a spike of fire.

I like the idea of blowing things right through a city block on a spike of fire.

Did you know searching google for firesplosion yields nothing good? People need to think more awesome-like when naming things.

Anywhos, welcome to Nukees, a comic about Berkley nuclear physics students. It’s been going since 1997.

I like the idea of giant mechanical ants.

I’m listening to a band you’ve probably never heard of, and they’re awesome.

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