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Reading Challenges
BooksPlease —
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I’ve been thinking about reading challenges and seen that many bloggers are signing up to lots of interesting-looking challenges. I’m always attracted to them and enjoy thinking about the books I could read to complete the challenges … and then I find they become a chore. I find myself thinking “what have I ...15 hours ago -
A Daughters a Daughter | Theatre review
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
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Trafalgar Studios, London On the day Im off to see Agatha Christies family drama, a message comes from the producers that this is not a thriller. How true. Its not remotely thrilling, although Christies 1956 play, written under the name Mary Westmacott, bubbles with suppressed emotion and has the extra frisson of ...1 day ago -
Agatha Christies Poirot - Three Act Tragedy: review
'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?' —
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Three Act Tragedy , with David Suchet as Poirot, was shown on ITV1 last night and proved to be the best Agatha Christie adaptation I’ve seen in quite a while. The novel was one of the first mysteries I ever read, and stands out in my memory as a truly enjoyable read, so I was delighted that the screenplay by Nick ...2 days ago -
Agatha Christies Poirot - Appointment with Death: review
'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?' —
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Appointment with Death is one of my least favourite Poirot novels, but I’ve just caught up with the David Suchet version screened on Christmas Day and it made enjoyable viewing. This was the result of a number of pleasing ingredients, including good background music and excellent photography – the setting of the ...3 days ago -
The ipod touch revisited.
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The Christmas break was not spent in vain. Far from it. Besides being useful around the house this year ie sweeping and washing dishes, I got sucked into the countless goodies from the apps store. Apple!!! You evil evil company. I went a little crazy and maxed out on the RM500 card in two days. ( no yay to that ) And ...3 days ago -
What could have been entering the public domain on January 1, 2010?
Clarksville, TN Online —
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Under the law that existed until 1978 … Works from 1953 including: Casino Royale, Marilyn Monroe’s Playboy cover, The Adventures of Augie March, the Golden Age of Science Fiction, Crick & Watson’s Nature article decoding the double helix, Disney’s Peter Pan, The Crucible…. Current US law extends ...3 days ago -
Challenges for me in 2010
MYSTERIES in PARADISE —
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Im generally not one for challenges because I have so many stimuli for new reading but I do have a few memes that "regulate" my blogging life and to them Ive added a couple of challenges for 2010. In all the challenges I will be reading only crime fiction books. And of course there will be some overlap on the ...4 days ago -
Christies Poison Pen Inspires Garden
Book Patrol —
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A Plaque Honoring Agatha Christie At Torre Abbey. It is a quiet killer. Portable, difficult to detect, easy to use, and you can grow it right in your own backyard. Were talking poison. A favorite weapon of the fair sex, enabling even the daintiest femme fatale to dispatch a hulking muscleman twice her size. ...5 days ago -
A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
Enough to Read —
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First sentence: "Between 7.30 and 8.30 every morning except Sundays, Johnnie Butt made the round of the village of Chipping Cleghorn on his bicycle, whistling vociferously between his teeth, and alighting at each house or cottage to shove through the letterbox such morning papers had been ordered by the occupants ...6 days ago -
A Daughters a Daughter shows Agatha Christies power
Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk —
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There was more to Agatha Christie than Poirot and Miss Marple, says Sarah Crompton after watching an adaptation of one of her lesser known novels.1 week ago -
Top 10 Literary Detectives
Top 10 Lists —
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They use their cunning, and their expertise and courage to solve crimes. From quaint English spinsters to hard drinking gumshoes, we love the page turning tales of detectives. There is a mystery at the heart of each story. Here is a list of characters that have had an impact on our culture. 10. V.I. WarshawskiThe [...]1 week ago -
Year in Review: Fiction
Digital Sextant —
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I read a whole bunch of books this year, and these are among the best.Calibre by Ken BruenTells the story of a group of police officers in Wales(?) investigating a variety of cases. Refers to and models itself on the Ed McBain 87th precinct series, with a nod to Jim Thompson as well. Fast-paced and [...]1 week ago -
What Santa Brought
'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?' —
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I had a lovely Christmas Day and I do hope you did too. Amongst other pleasures, I was lucky that Santa recognised my continuing fascination with crime fiction, and delivered many good things that will keep me occupied for a long time to come. They will also, no doubt, provide plenty of material for future blog posts. ...1 week ago -
Agatha Christie
doug - off the record —
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Agatha Christie crossed my path twice this past week in a couple of quite different ways. Last night, on Treasure HD, there was a showing of one of my favourite movies of all time. IMDB dates it 1974, but I remember Murder on the Orient Express so vividly that it could have been yesterday. I remember seeing it ...1 week ago -
Agatha Christie Blog Carnival #12 now posted
MYSTERIES in PARADISE —
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The 12th edition of the Agatha Christie Blog Carnival has been posted. It contains 18 contributions from 11 bloggers many of whom are taking part in the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge. In keeping with the season, three participants review HERCULE P OIROTS CHRISTMAS and one reviewer talks about her ...1 week ago -
ACRC Carnival #12
Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Carnival —
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Well, here we are at the last edition of the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Monthly Blog Carnival for 2009 - December 23. Many thanks to those who contributed links to the Carnival. Do visit the participating blogs and leave comments if you have read the books. Spread the word too about the existence of ...1 week ago -
ACRC Update - 22 December 2009
MYSTERIES in PARADISE —
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It is over 2 months since my last update . My intent in the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge is to read her books in order, so that I can get some idea of what she is doing, problems she is attempting to solve, and her development as a writer. If you look at some of my reviews you will see that I have been ...2 weeks ago -
ACRC: Short Stories, Update #5
MYSTERIES in PARADISE —
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In ACRC: Short Stories , I explained how Im going to keep records of the reading of Agatha Christies short stories. As I read another collection, Ill add the stories to the list that Ive created and publish a new posting headed ACRC: Short Stories, Update #x, and also link to ACRC: Short Stories which will show my ...2 weeks ago -
What I’ve Read So Far For The Agatha Christie Reading Challenge
Just A (Reading) Fool —
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I joined Kerrie from Mysteries in Paradise with her Agatha Christie Reading Challenge back in February of this year. I thought it would be good, since it’s close to the end of the year and I’m unlikely to read any more of Christie’s novels until after the beginning of the new year, to take a look back at… ...2 weeks ago -
"Murder for Christmas"
LB's Rambles —
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How appropriate: our book reviewed on this weeks Classic Mysteries podcast comes with its own alias. The book is Agatha Christies "Murder for Christmas," which also goes by the title " Hercule Poirots Christmas ." Its a perfect confection for Christmas: a country house party murder, a locked room, fascinating ...2 weeks ago
