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Barbarius@outside.ofa.dog

Joined 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Mostly reading sci-fi, fantasy, and comics/graphic novels, but occasionally some other stuff too. Only posting books I've read/reading since joining in 2023 (maybe one day I'll go through my bookshelf and change this).

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Fables (Paperback, 2020, DC Comics) No rating

When a savage creature, known only as the Adversary, conquered the fabled lands of legends …

I got the deluxe box set of all four compendiums a while ago, so it's about time I finally got around to reading them.

I'm pretty sure I've actually already read all the content on this first compendium, but I'll appreciate the refresher!

Batgirl: Year One (Paperback, 2023, DC Comics) 4 stars

Great Year One story

4 stars

Beatty and Dixon have written a few of these, inspired by and in homage of Frank Miller's Batman: Year One. Barbara Gordon is such a great character, and this story gives her a great starting point. One that's independent of any future reboot of change of canon. She's fierce, independent, and generally just kick-ass!

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (EBook, 2011, Harper) 4 stars

Hercule Poirot comes out of retirement in one of Agatha Christie’s ten favorite novels, The …

Very good!

5 stars

I'll be honest, I was enjoying the first two Poirot novels, but the third book of shorts was less engaging for me, and I considered reading something else instead of this, but boy am I glad I didn't!

In 2013 this book was voted as the best crime novel ever, and I can understand why.

Admittedly, I don't have an abundance of mystery genre experience, but I thought that even though this book is so old, it still felt fresh once I finished it. Definitely would recommend!