Mostly reading sci-fi, fantasy, and comics/graphic novels, but occasionally some other stuff too.
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61% complete! Barbarius has read 32 of 52 books.
Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, …
"We did almost invite a woman once," Petersson said. "The Australian." "Roberto blackballed her," Harden said. "One of us in mining is enough," Gratas said.
— Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Page 149)
Gina getting a mention as a potential member of the summit of supervillains: 👨🍳👌
Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, …
"So we're like Spotify, but for evil." "We're much less evil than Spotify. We actually pay a living wage to the people whose work we're selling."
— Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Page 104)
Reminds me of the stat that for the average price of a single song purchase from Bandcamp (US$1.20?), you would need to stream that song every day for two years straight in order to generate the same revenue for the artist from Spotify.
Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, …
My uncle's brand of villiany did not extend to wanton use of plastics.
— Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Page 86)
No world to be villianous in if the world goes to crap, amiright?
Move Over, Monopoly!
Find your new favorite board game with this incredible curated guide …
New release at the library!
Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, there are the things you'd …
All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules. Grant McAllister, a mystery writer and …
This is a great murder mystery novel. The blurb basically says it all: a retired mathematician defined all the essential parameters of murder mystery novels, described the possible permutations, and then released a collection of seven short stories that demonstrated all the permutations. The story goes through the stories, and describes the permutations along the way.
The book is easy to read, as it's basically a collection of short stories, and it's a great read.
What I don't like about the blurb is that it implies that there's a greater mystery to solve. I don't like this implication, because it's not possible for the reader to solve this greater mystery, because they aren't given all the facts until the revelation at the conclusion. The conclusion is still excellent; it's a lovely part of the story and a good ending, but it's not a mystery you can solve.
This is a great murder mystery novel. The blurb basically says it all: a retired mathematician defined all the essential parameters of murder mystery novels, described the possible permutations, and then released a collection of seven short stories that demonstrated all the permutations. The story goes through the stories, and describes the permutations along the way.
The book is easy to read, as it's basically a collection of short stories, and it's a great read.
What I don't like about the blurb is that it implies that there's a greater mystery to solve. I don't like this implication, because it's not possible for the reader to solve this greater mystery, because they aren't given all the facts until the revelation at the conclusion. The conclusion is still excellent; it's a lovely part of the story and a good ending, but it's not a mystery you can solve.
All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules. Grant McAllister, a mystery writer and mathematics professor, once sat down …
All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules. Grant McAllister, a mystery writer and mathematics professor, once sat down …
You Look Like Death was a good, but not great story.
It's a six-issue story following Klaus/Séance after he gets kicked out of home by Hargreeves. He goes on a drug bender, talks with dead people, and has somewhat of a redemption arc where he helps people.
It's nice. It was great to get a story fleshing out the comic book world that has somewhat been overshadowed by the TV series in recent years. But it's not as strong as the main stories published so far.
But, still worth reading if you've read the other three already 👍
You Look Like Death was a good, but not great story.
It's a six-issue story following Klaus/Séance after he gets kicked out of home by Hargreeves. He goes on a drug bender, talks with dead people, and has somewhat of a redemption arc where he helps people.
It's nice. It was great to get a story fleshing out the comic book world that has somewhat been overshadowed by the TV series in recent years. But it's not as strong as the main stories published so far.
But, still worth reading if you've read the other three already 👍
A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.
Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he …
A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.
Linus Baker leads a quiet, …
Without exaggeration, probably the best book I read this year. Absolutely fantastic.
Without exaggeration, probably the best book I read this year. Absolutely fantastic.
