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Every time I read a Gladys Mitchell book I lowkey imagine Beatrice Bradley looking like this
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Every time I read a Gladys Mitchell book I lowkey imagine Beatrice Bradley looking like this
gonna write a parody of Murder in the House of Omari with the same title but about drag queens instead
October 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
gonna write a parody of Murder in the House of Omari with the same title but about drag queens instead
done with Greek Coffin. It's better than most other EQ I've read but I think it ends up too convoluted for its own good and EQ-the-character remains annoying IMO - a little too smug and privileged
October 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
done with Greek Coffin. It's better than most other EQ I've read but I think it ends up too convoluted for its own good and EQ-the-character remains annoying IMO - a little too smug and privileged
Right, more rapidfire thoughts on books I've read recently:
The Rynox Murders (Philip MacDonald): Enjoyable! Sort of oddly structured but not in a bad way
The Mystery Train Disappears (Kyotaro Nishimura): Very good concept, but flat in execution
The Rynox Murders (Philip MacDonald): Enjoyable! Sort of oddly structured but not in a bad way
The Mystery Train Disappears (Kyotaro Nishimura): Very good concept, but flat in execution
October 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Right, more rapidfire thoughts on books I've read recently:
The Rynox Murders (Philip MacDonald): Enjoyable! Sort of oddly structured but not in a bad way
The Mystery Train Disappears (Kyotaro Nishimura): Very good concept, but flat in execution
The Rynox Murders (Philip MacDonald): Enjoyable! Sort of oddly structured but not in a bad way
The Mystery Train Disappears (Kyotaro Nishimura): Very good concept, but flat in execution
god I love the goodreads algorithm
October 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
god I love the goodreads algorithm
Somehow, after reading 40+ Christies, I had never gotten around to Mysterious Affair at Styles, so I just fixed that. It's good! A little rough in some ways, but enjoyable. It uses one of my fave Christie tropes, too
also my copy has Curran's recreation of the original ending, which is cool
also my copy has Curran's recreation of the original ending, which is cool
September 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Somehow, after reading 40+ Christies, I had never gotten around to Mysterious Affair at Styles, so I just fixed that. It's good! A little rough in some ways, but enjoyable. It uses one of my fave Christie tropes, too
also my copy has Curran's recreation of the original ending, which is cool
also my copy has Curran's recreation of the original ending, which is cool
Quickfire thoughts about books I read while travelling:
Strange Houses: very fun quick read, looking forward to Strange Buildings
Death of the Living Dead: peak, give me more Yamaguchi in Eng pleaseeeeee
Panic in Box C: better than most late Carrs (not a high bar)
Strange Houses: very fun quick read, looking forward to Strange Buildings
Death of the Living Dead: peak, give me more Yamaguchi in Eng pleaseeeeee
Panic in Box C: better than most late Carrs (not a high bar)
September 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Quickfire thoughts about books I read while travelling:
Strange Houses: very fun quick read, looking forward to Strange Buildings
Death of the Living Dead: peak, give me more Yamaguchi in Eng pleaseeeeee
Panic in Box C: better than most late Carrs (not a high bar)
Strange Houses: very fun quick read, looking forward to Strange Buildings
Death of the Living Dead: peak, give me more Yamaguchi in Eng pleaseeeeee
Panic in Box C: better than most late Carrs (not a high bar)
Survived the English translation of The Perfect Insider, which sure is something. I thiiiiiiiiiiink there's a good book buried in there underneath it?
Maybe I should've watched the anime
Maybe I should've watched the anime
September 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Survived the English translation of The Perfect Insider, which sure is something. I thiiiiiiiiiiink there's a good book buried in there underneath it?
Maybe I should've watched the anime
Maybe I should've watched the anime
Finished the first Zaregoto book - pretty fun! The epilogue raises the solution from "decent" to "really good", I think. I wish it delved more into some of the backstory it alluded to, though I suppose that's what the rest of the series is for
September 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Finished the first Zaregoto book - pretty fun! The epilogue raises the solution from "decent" to "really good", I think. I wish it delved more into some of the backstory it alluded to, though I suppose that's what the rest of the series is for
I am also at exactly 66 books done 2/3 into the year, so I wonder if I can break 100 by the end of the year hmmmmm
September 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I am also at exactly 66 books done 2/3 into the year, so I wonder if I can break 100 by the end of the year hmmmmm
Finished Keigo Higashino's The Name of the Game is Kidnapping - one of his more thriller-y ones a la Journey Under the Midnight Sun. Doesn't quite have the same punch as that one but still enjoyable
(except too hetero for me tbh)
(except too hetero for me tbh)
September 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Finished Keigo Higashino's The Name of the Game is Kidnapping - one of his more thriller-y ones a la Journey Under the Midnight Sun. Doesn't quite have the same punch as that one but still enjoyable
(except too hetero for me tbh)
(except too hetero for me tbh)
I liked some of James Yaffe's short stories so I read Mom Doth Murder Sleep - it's fun and I like the titular Mom but I think the set-up works better as a short story than a novel. Plus the solution ends up feeling like it's mostly just suppositions without a ton of evidence
August 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I liked some of James Yaffe's short stories so I read Mom Doth Murder Sleep - it's fun and I like the titular Mom but I think the set-up works better as a short story than a novel. Plus the solution ends up feeling like it's mostly just suppositions without a ton of evidence
This one's just silly tbh
August 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This one's just silly tbh
They should make a new Marple adaptation but make them as campy as the Margaret Rutherford ones; it'd be peak
August 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
They should make a new Marple adaptation but make them as campy as the Margaret Rutherford ones; it'd be peak
Read You-Jeong Jeong's Seven Years of Darkness - quite good thriller, though I wish the modern day bits were a bit longer. The main villain is one of the more vile dudes I've read for sure
August 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Read You-Jeong Jeong's Seven Years of Darkness - quite good thriller, though I wish the modern day bits were a bit longer. The main villain is one of the more vile dudes I've read for sure
shizuo heiwajima best boy (I've been reading Durarara)
August 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
shizuo heiwajima best boy (I've been reading Durarara)
more tokuposting: also been rewatching Ex-Aid recently - it's a lot of fun! Kuroto and Parad are easily the best characters tbh.
Probs the best Takahashi season; man I hope Zeztz is good
Probs the best Takahashi season; man I hope Zeztz is good
August 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
more tokuposting: also been rewatching Ex-Aid recently - it's a lot of fun! Kuroto and Parad are easily the best characters tbh.
Probs the best Takahashi season; man I hope Zeztz is good
Probs the best Takahashi season; man I hope Zeztz is good
Done with The Emperor's Snuff Box. The love triangle in it annoyed me for a while until I realize Carr was intentionally making both the dudes absolutely insufferable. Sometimes it's hard to tell that from his normal misogyny tbh
August 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Done with The Emperor's Snuff Box. The love triangle in it annoyed me for a while until I realize Carr was intentionally making both the dudes absolutely insufferable. Sometimes it's hard to tell that from his normal misogyny tbh
Also I've been catching up with the Don't Call It Mystery manga which, yes, is a mystery and a quite good one! Totonou is a lot of fun as a protag
August 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Also I've been catching up with the Don't Call It Mystery manga which, yes, is a mystery and a quite good one! Totonou is a lot of fun as a protag
Done with The Door to Doom Carr anthology. All the individual bits are pretty good but it's not quite cohesive enough as a collection I feel like? I have this quibble with a lot of anthologies tbh
August 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Done with The Door to Doom Carr anthology. All the individual bits are pretty good but it's not quite cohesive enough as a collection I feel like? I have this quibble with a lot of anthologies tbh
Read Hickory Dickory Dock (or Hickory Dickory Death as my old hardcover calls it) - it has some good ideas but never really does anything particularly interesting with them. Plus, you know, how ragingly dated it is oof
August 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Read Hickory Dickory Dock (or Hickory Dickory Death as my old hardcover calls it) - it has some good ideas but never really does anything particularly interesting with them. Plus, you know, how ragingly dated it is oof
Finished Death in High Heels - it's good-but-not-great but does display some flashes of brilliance for the kinds of books that Brand would go on to write
August 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Finished Death in High Heels - it's good-but-not-great but does display some flashes of brilliance for the kinds of books that Brand would go on to write
continuing my pivot to toku posting: started Ultraman Nexus! love the early 2000 jdrama vibes it has so far
August 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
continuing my pivot to toku posting: started Ultraman Nexus! love the early 2000 jdrama vibes it has so far
the amount of usually-mediocre BL I have watched in the past week is ridiculous
August 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
the amount of usually-mediocre BL I have watched in the past week is ridiculous
Read Tetsuya Ayukawa's The Black Swan Mystery. Yay for more honkaku translations!
I do prefer Ayukawa's short stories because this ends up feeling a bit unfocused and in need of stronger characters for a full length novel but I generally enjoyed it
I do prefer Ayukawa's short stories because this ends up feeling a bit unfocused and in need of stronger characters for a full length novel but I generally enjoyed it
August 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Read Tetsuya Ayukawa's The Black Swan Mystery. Yay for more honkaku translations!
I do prefer Ayukawa's short stories because this ends up feeling a bit unfocused and in need of stronger characters for a full length novel but I generally enjoyed it
I do prefer Ayukawa's short stories because this ends up feeling a bit unfocused and in need of stronger characters for a full length novel but I generally enjoyed it