"Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque" by Joyce Carol Oates

An interesting collection of very unpleasant stories, which actually caused me to finally like Joyce Carol Oates. In the past, what I've read by her has somehow let me down. Not these stories, which contained some of the most grotesque and disgusting images I have  ever encountered in literature. There is an eerie allegorical aspect to some of the stories in this collection, which forces the reader to have to interpret exactly what's going on.

"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" Joyce Carol Oates

Decently creepy story, but not quite as horrific as some of the other ones I have read/am reading in a book of Joyce Carol Oates short stories. I came across this story in an internet list of 50 amazingly scary short stories, that conveniently included links to the text.

"Summer Knight" by Jim Butcher

Same old same old.

"Grave Peril" by Jim Butcher

This was a pretty good read. It was significant for being the 1st ebook I ever borrowed from the Library, and I was very pleasantly surprised by the user friendliness of the entire experience. I finished this book in a Chicago hotel, after a pleasant evening with Kathy Hughes et al. By some miracle, and a Facebook posting by Kathy, Ray found out she was here the same time we were. Ray hadn't seen her since 1998, and was really sad when she disappeared off the radar for a number of years. He rediscovered her through Facebook.

"Fool Moon" by Jim Butcher

As Pete Toth said, the books get better as the series progresses. This one was about werewolves. I particularly like the Dresden and Murphy dynamic.