Steph's Updates en-US Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:56:47 -0700 60 Steph's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7463154793 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:56:47 -0700 <![CDATA[Steph added '婛冞及白伉奈伊件 2 [S身s身 no Frieren 2]']]> /review/show/7463154793 婛冞及白伉奈伊件 2 [S身s身 no Frieren 2] by Kanehito Yamada Steph gave 5 stars to 婛冞及白伉奈伊件 2 [S身s身 no Frieren 2] (Paperback) by Kanehito Yamada
]]> Review7461519765 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 06:18:10 -0700 <![CDATA[Steph added 'Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1']]> /review/show/7461519765 Frieren by Kanehito Yamada Steph gave 5 stars to Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1 (Paperback) by Kanehito Yamada
love the anime, love the manga. I particularly like how the panels are laid out fairly simply and aren't confusing to follow.
I'd been thinking about rewatching frieren again soon, but I knew I'd still end up sad again at having to wait so long for another season. at least with manga, I get to just gaze at its beauty without having to press pause.
I'm impressed with how faithful the anime is. but i like how there's teeny little extra titbits of character reactions here and there, too, such as dialogue in a flashback that it had adapted wordlessly. and somehow, himmel is even more heartbreakingly heart-eyed. ]]> Review7458486197 Wed, 02 Apr 2025 23:18:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Steph added 'On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness']]> /review/show/7458486197 On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson Steph gave 5 stars to On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1) by Andrew Peterson
well, that was delightful. it's refreshing reading young protagonists. it had lots of my favourite fantasy things. ]]> Review7370928775 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:15:46 -0700 <![CDATA[Steph added 'The A.B.C. Murders']]> /review/show/7370928775 The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie Steph gave 5 stars to The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13) by Agatha Christie
I think this is my favourite Poirot so far.

Little bits and pieces stuck in my head. From having read a number of Christie books so far, I'd mentally compiled a list of her usual tropes and thought 'huh this one is quite different, maybe that's why it's interesting'. But the question really was how differently the *same* tropes were used. In the end I congratulated myself somewhat that I had had an inkling of a guilty party based not on clues within the novel, but clues in all the other novels - and still ended up dismissing it. Hah!

I don't know why people love Murder on the Orient Express so much when you have this book. This book actually lets you have some fun with the mystery. ]]> Rating842615264 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:15:45 -0700 <![CDATA[Steph liked a review]]> /
Steph liked Valerie's review of The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13):
The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie
"I try to get my math students to read mysteries, because the logical skills of finding a pattern and using inductive and deductive reasoning are often skillfully laid out. If you've read this book, you know why its one that I use to illustrate that point in my class. Sadly, the point is underappreciated by my high school students."
]]> Review7370928775 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:07:57 -0700 <![CDATA[Steph added 'The A.B.C. Murders']]> /review/show/7370928775 The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie Steph gave 5 stars to The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13) by Agatha Christie
I think this is my favourite Poirot so far.

Little bits and pieces stuck in my head. From having read a number of Christie books so far, I'd mentally compiled a list of her usual tropes and thought 'huh this one is quite different, maybe that's why it's interesting'. But the question really was how differently the *same* tropes were used. In the end I congratulated myself somewhat that I had had an inkling of a guilty party based not on clues within the novel, but clues in all the other novels - and still ended up dismissing it. Hah!

I don't know why people love Murder on the Orient Express so much when you have this book. This book actually lets you have some fun with the mystery. ]]> Review7449835719 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 02:23:56 -0700 <![CDATA[Steph added 'Evil Under the Sun']]> /review/show/7449835719 Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie Steph gave 4 stars to Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24) by Agatha Christie
]]> Review7404965367 Sat, 15 Mar 2025 07:19:22 -0700 <![CDATA[Steph added 'Ran and the Gray World, Vol. 1']]> /review/show/7404965367 Ran and the Gray World, Vol. 1 by Aki Irie Steph gave 4 stars to Ran and the Gray World, Vol. 1 (Kindle Edition) by Aki Irie
Picked a manga I'd never heard of off the library shelf. Concept seems pretty interesting. Pity I accidentally spoiled myself on a later death though. ]]> Review7300595431 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 03:42:21 -0800 <![CDATA[Steph added 'Murder on the Orient Express']]> /review/show/7300595431 Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie Steph gave 3 stars to Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) by Agatha Christie
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]]> ReadStatus9140527998 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 03:41:59 -0800 <![CDATA[Steph wants to read 'And Then There Were None']]> /review/show/7371152537 And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Steph wants to read And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
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