Monday, February 20, 2012

How to Join the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge


The Agatha Christie Reading Challenge is really a challenge in two parts.

Part One

My original idea with the challenge was that I would read the books of Agatha Christie in order of publication to see what I could learn about her development as a writer, her exploration of the genre, development of her main characters and so on.

I've continued to tackle that on two fronts: her novels and her short stories.
I invited other people to join me and some are attempting to read the novels in order as I am, while others are simply reading them as they come across them.
I invite you to join us on this reading journey, reading at your own pace, either in publication order, or not, as you please.

You can join by adding your name to the Mr Linky at the foot of this post.

I find that I am reading about a title a month, aiming for 12 a year.
As I read a new book, I write a review and post it on my blog.
I also write an update post, recording my progress so far.
If you click here, you will see examples of these posts. 

Part Two

The second part of the challenge is to be a participant in the monthly Agatha Christie Challenge Blog Carnival which is published around the 24th of each month.
It is an opportunity to submit your Agatha Christie reviews and updates to each carnival.
So when you write a review or an update about your progress in the challenge, then the next step each time is to submit your post to the Carnival here.

The carnival has various categories:
  • General
  • Miss Marple
  • Tommy & Tuppence
  • Hercule Poirot
  • Superintendent Battle
  • Short Stories
  • Updates
  • Discoveries (here you can submit interesting Agatha Christie related websites that you've discovered)
You submit your posts here



28 comments:

  1. Kerrie I am a new follower and would love to join the Agatha Christie challenge. I just finished reading Murder on the Orient Express and will post my review later this month to join in the challenge.

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  2. You are very welcome Shirley

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  3. It's been some time since I've read any Agatha Christie - my first taste came in 8th grade with Murder on the Orient Express. I think my favorite is And Then There Were None; I can still feel the chills running down my spine...

    Thanks for starting this challenge! I'm excited to renew my discoveries with Agatha! I'll be reading The Secret Adversary first.

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  4. Kerry, just now looked at this very interesting blog. I love Agatha Christie and consider her the best mystery writer - one only need to look at her book sales. I usually blog in the "official" AgathaChristie.com (Facebook) and there are many UK fans there - for some reason I find them really in tune with Agatha's work. I will definitly mention your blog in their blog.

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  5. Hello! I just found your blog - looks great! I am doing an Agatha Christie challenge too on my blog (www.fennellbooks.co.uk). I'm reading them in order of publication. I'm really looking forward to sharing my thoughts with you all.
    Nellie
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  6. You are welcome Patricia and Nellie. Please feel free to submit your blog posts for our carnival each month

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  7. I'm a bit late to this, but I would love to join in. I will read the books in order. I've always enjoyed the tv series, but don't think I have ever read any of the books. I probably won't get one read for July so I'll aim for the August Carnival.
    Joanne

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  8. You are very welcome Joanne

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  9. I am positive my name was on a linky list of participants a while back. In fact I think it was number 3. Is this a second list? Anyhow, I'll put my name up again.

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  10. Hi Kerrie,

    I have always been an aficionado of Ms Christie and I am delighted to take part in this challenge. Looking forward to the excitement

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  11. Hello, I am leaving a link to my tumblr account. I will tag all of the posts ACRC and Agatha Christie Reading Challenge.

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  12. Welcome to the new names on the list. I hope you enjoy the challenge. Don't forget to write updates occasionally everyone

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  13. Love this idea! I've been writing book reviews on my blog since 2007 (just changed URLs though) and I am a rabid AC fan. I'll have my first entry for the ACRC up and ready for next month!

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  14. What a great idea. I read and reread every AC thing I can get may hands on.

    Mary

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  15. You are very welcome Courtney

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  16. I love to read Agatha Christie's books and also happy to be a part of this challenge..

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  17. Just add your name and blog address to the Mr Linky Yvette

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  18. I'm excited to join. Thanks, Kerrie, for setting this up!

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  19. Kerrie, my link is incorrect. Please delete and I will reregister.

    Thank you.


    Mary

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  20. I was able to fix it Mary. Thanks for joining

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  21. I'm happy to join! I'm currently reading through Poirot's novels and I'm on "Murder in Mesopotamia". The blog is a little out of order so far but I'm hoping to catch up in 2012.

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  22. I just signed up and I'm really looking forward to this. I haven't read much by Christie, but I absolutely love the Poirot television show and i've meant to read the books for ages.

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  23. The January 2012 edition of the blog carnival is now posted.

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  24. I started reading Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks which stated it will take 7 years to read all her books if you do one a month and being a senior I decided I better get started. I just finished Crooked House.

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