I just finished reading The Darkest Hours, and I loved it.  Ah how I wish the Spider-Man directors would learn that Spider-Man is a WISE-ASS...sigh...

Kudos to Jim on another great novel.

But my big question is, are there any plans for another Spidey novel?  As much as I love Dresden, I would also like to see what else Jim can do with the web head!

Alas, the problem in the movies is there's just no time! If you want the furious pace that most of Spidey's battles run at, even voiceovers would be too slow and would interfere with the action. I just wish at some point the writers would use Peter's trash-talking to annoy a villian and lure him/her away from civilians. After all, Spidey's lip is a tactic -- annoy the bad guys unmercifully until they make a mistake.

Loved Jim's take on Spidey, and especially his take on MJ and Peter's relationship. Too many Spider-writers approach their marriage with all the enthusiasm of nine-year old boys. (Which is why the editors periodically try to bump her off, or send her off to the hinterlands.)

Lore
Proven Guilty, ch 34
"I have someone who can help. Only she's totally unable to help me."

Murphy scowled at me, then said, "You're enjoying this. You just love to dance around questions, and spring surprises when you know something the rest of us don't."

"It's like heroin for wizards," I confirmed.


Conviction
Storm Front, ch 24
A man's magic demonstrates what sort of person he is, what is held most deeply inside  of him. There is no truer gauge of a man's character than the way in which he employs his strength, his power.

I was not a murderer. I was not like Victor Sells. I was Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. I was a wizard. Wizards control their power. They don't let it control them. And wizards don't use magic to kill people. They use it to discover, to protect, to mend, to help. Not to destroy.


Re-reading SF made me remember something. Beneath all that armor of snark and cynicism, Harry has a heart like a pile of sleeping kittens -- soft and sweet with sharp little teeth and claws.