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<blockquote data-quote="Mad_Jack" data-source="post: 7329722" data-attributes="member: 6750306"><p>That was the one that flattened Katherine Hepburn's home in CT. I've been to the place where her house used to be. A lot of folks around here actually lived through that.</p><p>I should read that book sometime.</p><p></p><p></p><p> I just finished reading <em>Thieftaker</em> by D.B. Jackson...</p><p></p><p>If you liked the <em>Dresden Files</em> novels or are a fan of 18th-century history, you'll probably like this one. It's not a great novel, but the story is good and the characters are entertaining.</p><p>Ethan Kaille is a thieftaker and conjurer in pre-Revolutionary Boston, circa 1765, very much a Harry Dresden-like character although the general tone of the book is somewhat more serious and a little darker. An outsider with an infamous past and a conjurer in a time when using magic can get you hung for witchcraft, he ekes out a living finding stolen merchandise, relying more often on his wits and physical combat skills than his magic. Hired by a rich merchant to find a brooch worn by the man's daughter the night she was murdered (and secretly try to solve the murder as well), Kaille quickly finds himself in far over his head and up against opponents he has no chance of beating through magic alone.</p><p>I rather enjoyed the book's treatment of magic, and of it's presentation of the city of Boston. Both are integral to the story but neither one overshadows the character interaction.</p><p></p><p></p><p> I'm currently just barely started on <em>The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo</em>, but I haven't really had the time to read more than a few pages at once so it hasn't really hooked me yet. I'm starting to wonder if I'll actually finish it since it so often ends up getting set aside for other things I need/want to do...</p><p>I'd love to read <em>Soon I Will Be Invincible</em> again, but I have a large pile of unread books I need to get through first before I start<em> re</em>reading things .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mad_Jack, post: 7329722, member: 6750306"] That was the one that flattened Katherine Hepburn's home in CT. I've been to the place where her house used to be. A lot of folks around here actually lived through that. I should read that book sometime. I just finished reading [I]Thieftaker[/I] by D.B. Jackson... If you liked the [I]Dresden Files[/I] novels or are a fan of 18th-century history, you'll probably like this one. It's not a great novel, but the story is good and the characters are entertaining. Ethan Kaille is a thieftaker and conjurer in pre-Revolutionary Boston, circa 1765, very much a Harry Dresden-like character although the general tone of the book is somewhat more serious and a little darker. An outsider with an infamous past and a conjurer in a time when using magic can get you hung for witchcraft, he ekes out a living finding stolen merchandise, relying more often on his wits and physical combat skills than his magic. Hired by a rich merchant to find a brooch worn by the man's daughter the night she was murdered (and secretly try to solve the murder as well), Kaille quickly finds himself in far over his head and up against opponents he has no chance of beating through magic alone. I rather enjoyed the book's treatment of magic, and of it's presentation of the city of Boston. Both are integral to the story but neither one overshadows the character interaction. I'm currently just barely started on [I]The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo[/I], but I haven't really had the time to read more than a few pages at once so it hasn't really hooked me yet. I'm starting to wonder if I'll actually finish it since it so often ends up getting set aside for other things I need/want to do... I'd love to read [I]Soon I Will Be Invincible[/I] again, but I have a large pile of unread books I need to get through first before I start[I] re[/I]reading things . [/QUOTE]
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