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12. Retrospective, or What Have I Done For A Year? Read, Read, and Read. With Thoughts on January and February.
Time for one of my yearly blog posts. In this one, I’ll just dump my thoughts on every single mystery book that I’ve read so far this year. I read a bunch in 2023 as well, and I do also want to discuss my thoughts on those books, but all in due time. Some books… Continue reading
Anthony Berkeley Cox, Arisu Arisugawa, Benjamin Stevenson, C. Daly King, Chan Ho-Kei, Dorothy L. Sayers, Eden Phillpots, Edgar Wallace, Edmund Crispin, Edward D. Hoch, Genma496, Gladys Mitchell, Harry Stephen Keeler, Helen McCloy, Herbert Resnicow, James Hogan, John Dickson Carr, Katsunori Akusabe, Keigo Higashino, Kie Hojo, Michael Innes, NISIOISIN, Otaro Maijou, Paul Halter, R. L. Akers, Review, Rex Stout, Rintaro Norizuki, Roger Ormerod, Roy Vickers, Sako Aizawa, Seicho Matsumoto, Shirai Tomoyuki, Soji Shimada, Solved, Takekuni Kitayama, Unsolved, Van Madoy, Yabusaka Hayasaka, Yugo Aosaki, Yukito Ayatsuji, Yusan Iiki, Yutaka Maya -
11. Vampires, or I’m Too Dumb For This
You should read DWaM’s An Odyssey to the Castle of Vampires. That should, theoretically, be enough. Because this is something that you should read if you enjoy mysteries in any way shape or form. You’re getting the most enjoyment if you read it going in completely, fully, blind. This story is built to shock, amaze,… Continue reading
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10. Celebration, or I Don’t Post Anything Ever
Well, about ~7 months later, here I am, writing something again. This isn’t gonna be anything deep, just a egotistical congratulations for something for myself. Maybe I’ll actually write regularly after this. Who knows? Anyways, for those of you who read the previous blog post (like three people, but three more than I expected), at… Continue reading
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9. The Fish From The Grave, or Messages From The Dead
Picture this. Rich landowner, Geoffrey Chandler III, is murdered, inside a locked room, guarded by four servants, all trustworthy, and with impeachable character. The killer seemingly teleports from between the door to inside the room, walking through to the end of a hallway, before seemingly disappearing, then having their silhouette appear inside, from where a… Continue reading
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8. Untranslated Fiction, or ‘Les Douze crimes d’Hercule’
Ignore the weirdly aligned image, I can’t figure out how to centre it. But yes, this is my next topic to write on. Les Douze Crimes D’Hercule. Or in English, “The Twelve Crimes of Hercules”. This novel is interesting for being one of the two Owen Burns novels that are not, as far as I… Continue reading
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7. Completion of A Dream, Or ‘The Innocence Of Father Brown’ (Part 2)
Well, instead of repeated reviews, this time around, I’m going to knock off four more stories in this one post. This should be fun, nice and easy. I’ve already reviewed the first two stories in this collection, in an earlier post. There’s no time like the present, so, let’s start with the disclaimers. First, any… Continue reading
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6. ‘The Silver Eye’, or Repeated Hiatuses
Well. It’s been another two weeks, but I’m finally back! Done with writer’s block, and all that. Last time, there was some fun A.I. generated rules for fair-play mysteries, but before that, it was Q.E.D., by Motohiro Katou. I realise that in my last blog post about Q.E.D., I failed to give a basic summary… Continue reading
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5. On A.I. and How I’m Very Bored With Things
So, it’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted, hasn’t it? Haven’t been doing much, that’s for sure. Well, I just wanted to get the good old creative juices flowing, so I wanted to do something of importance. Recently, I’ve been very interested in A.I., or Artificial Intelligence. Particularly the ones that generate things. So,… Continue reading
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4. On Q.E.D. and ‘The Owl of Minerva’
So, against my best efforts, I’ve already failed to keep my commitment of a blog post a day. Lamentable, truly lamentable. So, I finally got up, decided to stop being lazy, and have started to write. This time, with a fresh topic, that of Q.E.D. First, some backstory. Q.E.D. is written by Motohiro Katou, who’s… Continue reading
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3. Ran out of Title Ideas, or ‘The Blue Cross’ and ‘The Secret Garden’ by G.K. Chesterton
Well, let’s start my foray in to the world of short stories by beginning with Father Brown, by G.K. Chesterton. Over 26 years, from 1910 to 1936, Chesterton published 53 short stories featuring the Roman Catholic priest, just 3 short of Holmes’s count. I haven’t read any of these yet, but apparently they’re really good.… Continue reading
About Me
A high-school student living in Australia. I live to consume mystery fiction, and nothing else. Is there anything else worth living for…?
Recent Posts
- 12. Retrospective, or What Have I Done For A Year? Read, Read, and Read. With Thoughts on January and February.
- 11. Vampires, or I’m Too Dumb For This
- 10. Celebration, or I Don’t Post Anything Ever
- 9. The Fish From The Grave, or Messages From The Dead
- 8. Untranslated Fiction, or ‘Les Douze crimes d’Hercule’
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Anthony Berkeley Cox Arisu Arisugawa Benjamin Stevenson C. Daly King Chan Ho-Kei Detective Conan Dorothy L. Sayers DWaM Eden Phillpots Edgar Wallace Edmund Crispin Edward D. Hoch Father Brown G.K. Chesterton Genma496 Gladys Mitchell Gosho Aoyama Harry Stephen Keeler Helen McCloy Herbert Resnicow Introduction James Hogan John Dickson Carr Katsunori Akusabe Keigo Higashino Kie Hojo Michael Innes Motohiro Katou NISIOISIN Non-Review Otaro Maijou Owen Burns Paul Halter Q.E.D. R. L. Akers Review Rex Stout Rintaro Norizuki Roger Ormerod Roy Vickers Sako Aizawa Seicho Matsumoto Shirai Tomoyuki Soji Shimada Solved Takekuni Kitayama Unsolved Van Madoy Yabusaka Hayasaka Yugo Aosaki Yukito Ayatsuji Yusan Iiki Yutaka Maya
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