Thursday, 24 February 2011

ACRC Carnival 2011 #2 - February 2011

Welcome to the February 23, 2011 edition of Agatha Christie monthly BlogCarnival.

Many thanks to those who contributed links to the Carnival this time.
We have 19 contributions from 13 contributors.
    Do visit the participating blogs and leave comments if you have read the books. Spread the word too about the existence of this blog and the monthly opportunity it offers to showcase reviews about Agatha Christie books. 
Today's 13 Contributors - please see the items below for exact URLS of their posts.

General


Cheryl Lyda presents Agatha Christie's Wit & Wisdom posted at Agatha Christie's Wit & Wisdom, saying, "This tribute blog contains over 300 quotes on 100 topics that Agatha Christie commented on in her books. Full bibliographic information is included with each quote."

Yvette presents How's this for an idea? An Agatha Christie Theme Park!! posted at in so many words....

Carolyn Raship presents Boo: Mediums and Mysteries posted at Caviglia's Cabinet of Curiosities, saying, "Agatha Christie and Spirtualism"

Hercule Poirot


Nan presents Peril At End House by Agatha Christie posted at Letters from a Hill Farm.

Jenn presents for love of lovely words - Crime Fiction Alphabet 2011 - Letter E - Evil Under the Sun posted at for love of lovely words, saying, "My review of Evil Under the Sun. It rocks!"

Shirley presents Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie - Book Review posted at My Bookshelf.

Nan presents The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie posted at Letters from a Hill Farm.

Fleur Fisher presents Crime Fiction Alphabet: F is for Five Little Pigs posted at Fleur Fisher in her world.

Margot Kinberg presents The Alphabet in Crime Fiction: Agatha Christie's Cat Among the Pigeons posted at Confessions of a Mystery Novelist.....

Jo D'Arcy presents Murder on the Orient Express ? Agatha Christie posted at The Book Jotter, saying, "My review of this book with some comments on the TV adaptation."

Jenn presents for love of lovely words - Crime Fiction Alphabet 2011 - Letter C - Cards On The Table posted at for love of lovely words, saying, "My review of "Cards On The Table" - shocker - I love it."

Jin Yao, Kwan presents Agatha Christie’s Death On The Nile (The Book Club - Ten Things) posted at guanyinmiao's musings, saying, "Death On The Nile"

KerrieS presents Review: APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH, Agatha Christie posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "HP is totally confident he can solve this murder in 24 hours. Does he just have too much ego?"

Jenn presents for love of lovely words - Crime Fiction Alphabet 2011 - D is for Dumb Witness posted at for love of lovely words, saying, "I have three words for you: Bob the Dog."

Superintendent Battle


Jj presents The Secret of Chimneys posted at citivolus sus, saying, "I'm reading Agatha Christie in order because she was my mother's favorite author and my mother passed away last year - this is in her honor. Chimneys was great - I didn't know Sup. Battle will appear in other books - so that's great news - I really liked him. Up next "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.""

Tommy and Tuppence


BooksPlease presents The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: Book Review posted at BooksPlease, saying, "The first of the Tommy and Tuppence books - a spy/detective story that is fast and furious with Tommy and Tuppence landing themselves in all sorts of dangerous situations."

ng kai-lee presents More from the Beresfords: N or M? posted at -Zhen's Summer Cafe-, saying, "Double agents, Fifth Columnists, Nazi sympathizers, secret codes and a little romance sum up the whole story nicely."

Short Stories


KerrieS presents Agatha Christie's The Golden Ball and Other Stories posted at Confessions of a Mystery Novelist...., saying, "This collection of short stories shows, as much as anything else, Christie’s versatility."

Updates


KerrieS presents ACRC Update - 20 February 2011 posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "I'm just over 40% through on my journey. This post tells you what I've read, and links to my reviews." 

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Sunday, 23 January 2011

ACRC Carnival 2011 #1 - January 2011

Welcome to the  January 23, 2011 edition of Agatha Christie monthly Blog Carnival.

Many thanks to those who contributed links to the Carnival this time.
We have 22 contributions from 12 contributors.
    Do visit the participating blogs and leave comments if you have read the books. Spread the word too about the existence of this blog and the monthly opportunity it offers to showcase reviews about Agatha Christie books. 
    Today's 12 Contributors - please see the items below for exact URLS of their posts.

    General


    Yvette presents Football and A Cozy posted at in so many words.... Agatha Christie never lets me down.

    BooksPlease presents Crime Fiction Alphabet – A is for … posted at BooksPlease, saying, "As well as being a record of her life as she remembered it and wanted to relate it, her Autobiography is also full of her thoughts on life and writing. I read it slowly over several months and it was like having a daily chat with Agatha Christie!"

    Bev presents Alphabet in Crime Fiction: The Letter A posted at MY READER'S BLOCK. I'm hitting the the alphabet from both sides with And Then There Were None (aka Ten Little Indians)

    Lynossa presents Crime Fiction Alphabet 2011 (1): And Then There Were None posted at The Deranged Book Lovers. To celebrate the letter A and also to show my love to the Queen of Mystery herself, I dedicate the letter A to Agatha Christie's masterpiece: And Then There Were None.

    Jenn presents Crime Fiction Alphabet 2011 - A, posted at for love of lovely words, "A quick bit about my love of Agatha!"

    quirkyreader presents THE FLOATING ADMIRAL written In Part by Agatha Christie posted at quirkyreader, saying, "This is one of the books written by The Detection Club that Agatha Christie participated in."

    KerrieS presents Creating P.C. reading by whitewashing the classics posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "Agatha Christie wasn't always "politically correct". Should modern publishers "correct ' her books?"

    Nan presents Two by Agatha to almost finish the year's reading posted at Letters from a Hill Farm. THE SITTAFORD MYSTERY and A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED

    ng kai-lee presents Christie's Best and Most Unforgettable Works posted at -Zhen's Summer Cafe-. A list of 10 titles you musn't miss.

    quirkyreader presents quirkyreader - Agatha Christie's Autobiography posted at quirkyreader, saying, "The one and only Autobiography"

    Hercule Poirot


    Bev presents MURDER ON THE LINKS (Review) posted at MY READER'S BLOCK. It seems hard to believe that Murder on the Links is only the second Hercule Poirot novel--and the one where Hastings meets his soon-to-be wife and disappears to the Argentine for a vast number of books.

    Jenn presents for love of lovely words - Finished! The Mysterious Affair at Styles posted at for love of lovely words, saying, "I could have sworn I'd read before, but I must have been mistaken"

    Jose Ignacio presents Murder on the Orient Express - the film posted at The Game's Afoot. Last night I had the opportunity to watch in TeleMadrid the film version directed by Sidney Lumet in 1974

    KerrieS presents Review: DUMB WITNESS posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "Everyone blames Emily's accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her frisky terrier. But the more she thinks about her fall, the more convinced she becomes that one of her relatives is trying to kill her."

    Miss Marple


    Jo D'Arcy presents The Blue Geranium ? Agatha Christie (Short Story) posted at The Book Jotter, saying, "A review in preparation of the TV adaptation. My first short story I have read of Agatha Christie."

    Margot Kinberg presents In The Spotlight: Agatha Christie's 4:50 From Paddington posted at Confessions of a Mystery Novelist..... "Agatha Christie's Jane Marple might seem like an unlikely sleuth; ...." So what makes her so dangerous?

    Short Stories


    Jo D'Arcy presents The Blue Geranium ? Agatha Christie ? TV Adaptation posted at The Book Jotter, saying, "My follow up post to The Blue Geranium Short Story with the TV Adaptation."

    Nan presents Today's Short Story by Agatha Christie posted at Letters from a Hill Farm, saying, "A wonderful Hercule Poirot short story."

    Discoveries


    Take a look at THE MOVING FINGER (1943) posted at The Agatha Christie Reader, "When Agatha Christie tackles poison pen letters, of course she wheels out a spinster to catch a spinster – but this is very much a novel in which Miss Marple cameos at best."

    Cristina Odone from The Telegraph writes "In terms of literary racism, Agatha Christie is truly the Queen of Crime" posted at News"If I were to write a survival guide to the flu (or flights, or train journeys, or the Oxford Tube on a Saturday morning) top of the list would be Agatha Christie. Armed with the Queen of Crime in paperback or Kindle, I can while away hours, totally immersed in a country house where murder is in the air and another kind of England is resurrected."

    Kate found Iconography: It’d Be a Crime Not To ... posted at Bitch Magazine"Crime fiction is still seen as very much a gentleman's genre, something at which fans of Agatha Christie and Patricia Highsmith, for a start, scoff vigorously (if scoffing can be performed vigorously).

    Updates


    KerrieS presents ACRC Update - 20 January 2010 posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "Currently I am managing about a book a month, and now I'm back on schedule. This post contains a list of what I've read so and links to my reviews - 23 books and 11 collections of short stories."

    That concludes this edition.

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    Thursday, 23 December 2010

    ACRC Carnival 2010 #11- December 2010

    Welcome to the Christmas, December 23, 2010 edition of Agatha Christie monthly Blog Carnival.

    Many thanks to those who contributed links to the Carnival this time.
    We have 18 contributions from 10 contributors.
      Do visit the participating blogs and leave comments if you have read the books. Spread the word too about the existence of this blog and the monthly opportunity it offers to showcase reviews about Agatha Christie books. 
    Today's 10 Contributors - please see the items below for exact URLS of their posts.

    It's Christmas


    KathrynC presents A Winter's Tale of Tea and Agatha Christie at Christmas posted at Tea With Mary Kate - Inspiration for Tea and Living, saying, "Winter is here! It is far too cold to be even contemplating venturing outside, but you’ll hear no cry of complaint from these quarters. What more could I wish for than a Hercule Poirot adventure on the Orient Express. But there is more to Tea with Mary Kate’s Winter’s Tale of Tea & Agatha Christie, so do join me on an adventure of Agatha Christie inspired ideas at Christmas."

    KerrieS reviews HERCULE POIROT'S CHRISTMAS posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "An excellent read - a locked room mystery - for this time of the year, in which Christie explores the tensions that Christmas reunions often bring."


    General


    Yvette presents Vintage Agatha posted at in so many words.... LOVE these old book covers!

    quirkyreader reviews PASSENGER TO FRANKFURT posted at quirkyreader. what a wild ride that was!

    Roberta Rood reviews THE PALE HORSE posted at Books to the Ceiling, saying, "There is evil. And evil is powerful. Sometimes more powerful than good, A terrific read! Sleuth: Ariadne Oliver"

    quirkyreader presents NEMESIS and ELEPHANTS CAN REMEMBER posted at quirkyreader, saying, "These two novels are perfect companion pieces"

    ng kai-lee presents CROOKED HOUSE posted at -Zhen's Summer Cafe-, saying, "Highly recommended, one of Christie's personal favourites"

    Hercule Poirot


    Jennifer reviews DEAD MAN'S FOLLY posted at Reading with Tequila. saying "I enjoy the mysteries that showcase Ariadne Oliver. I love the character, who seems very much to be a caricature of Agatha Christie herself."

    BooksPlease reviews CURTAIN: POIROT'S LAST CASE posted at BooksPlease, saying, "I almost couldn't bear to read this book - so sad! Poirot is even older than ever before and meets his greatest challenge."

    Miss Marple


    Nan reviews THE MOVING FINGER posted at Letters from a Hill Farm. "This is the third Miss Marple novel, though she doesn't make an appearance until nearly the end."

    Updates


    unfinishedperson presents A look back at the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge thus far (TSS) posted at An unfinished person (in this unfinished universe), saying, "I slowed down this year after getting off to a quick start last year, but hope to gear back up again for 2011. To date, I’ve read 29 of Dame Christie’s 80 novels."

    quirkyreader presents quirkyreader - I Have Finished The "Christie Challenge" posted at quirkyreader, saying, "I have finished the novel/short story challenge. Check what my favourites are."

    KerrieS presents ACRC Update - 7 December 2010 posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "Currently I am managing about a book a month. I've read 22 books and 11 collections of short stories."

    Short Stories


    KerrieS presents MYSTERIES in PARADISE: ACRC: Short Stories, Update #10 posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "I've read 11 collections of Agatha Christie Short Stories. My list now has 122 short stories on it. Some of them have appeared in more than one collection. I think I have 11 collections to go."

    Discoveries


    "DEATH IN THE CLOUDS" (1992) Review of the film posted at FELICE'S LOG, commenting, "There are two things one should know about Agatha Christie’s 1935 novel, ”Death in the Clouds”. One, it happened to be one of those ”murder in a locked room” type of mysteries that she rarely wrote about. And two, I have not read the novel since high school."

    This blog post comes from Hercule Poirot Central, another lovely spot to visit. Harley Street: Physicians of Agatha Christie : "Many of Agatha Christie's physicians resided on Harley Street in her books, and of course others had their practice in the quiet English villages where they resided.
    This article lists all of the medical personnel found in her mysteries."

    ng kai-lee presents Peril at End House PC Game posted at -Zhen's Summer Cafe-, saying, "An adaptation of the novel where you hunt for clues and solve puzzles!"

    quirkyreader presents quirkyreader - Agatha Christie's Rule of Three posted at quirkyreader, saying, "I was able to find and read the plays from "Rule of Three.""

    That concludes this edition.

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    Thursday, 25 November 2010

    ACRC Carnival 2010 #10- November 2010


    Welcome to the November 24, 2010 edition of Agatha Christie monthly Blog Carnival.

    Many thanks to those who contributed links to the Carnival this time.
    We have 15 contributions from 9 contributors.
      Do visit the participating blogs and leave comments if you have read the books. Spread the word too about the existence of this blog and the monthly opportunity it offers to showcase reviews about Agatha Christie books. 
    Today's 9 Contributors - please see the items below for exact URLS of their posts.

    General


    Yvette presents Monday Review: DESTINATION UNKNOWN by Agatha Christie posted at in so many words.... "This book is probably not as well known as the titles in the Poirot and Marple canons, but I think it is, in many ways, one of Christie's best, even if the oh-so-improbable plot requires a larger than average suspension of disbelief. "

    BooksPlease presents Agatha Christie on Individuality posted at BooksPlease, saying, "Things Agatha Christie liked and disliked taken from her Autobiography - I thought it was fascinating."

    Cheryl Lyda presents Agatha Christie's Wit & Wisdom posted at Agatha Christie's Wit & Wisdom, saying, "This blog is an online version of a concordance of quotes that I wrote in 2008. The blog contains over 300 quotes on 100 topics that Christie remarked on in her books. Viewers may search by topic, and full bibliographic information is included for each quote."

    KerrieS presents Agatha Christie Quotations posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "There are several sites where you can "get" Agatha Christie quotations.
    I'm not quite sure where the originals come from, but here are some of them:"

    Birdie presents Christie Catch Up posted at Birdie's Nest. Since I last updated, I've read Crooked House, After the Funeral, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?/The Boomerang Clue, and The Sittaford Mystery/Murder at Hazelmoor.

    quirkyreader presents Reading The "Usual" Suspects posted at quirkyreader. Two books to check to complement your reading of Agatha Christie novels.

    BooksPlease presents Agatha Christie on Poirot posted at BooksPlease, saying, "Agatha's thoughts on how she created Hercule Poirot and the mistake she made."

    Nancy Oakes presents The Pale Horse, by Agatha Christie posted at crime segments, saying, "One of the later Christies, in which Ariadne Oliver makes a couple of pop-in visits."

    Miss Marple


    sarah presents The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie posted at A library is a hospital for the mind..., saying, "It is said that Agatha Christie considered The Moving Finger to be one of her best novels. I can't say that it's one of my top favorites, but it is an enjoyable read. And I know this much, it's good enough that one can read it, wait a few years, and then re-read it and still be caught up in the mystery...."

    BooksPlease reviews A CARIBBEAN MYSTERY posted at BooksPlease, saying, "Even on holiday Miss Marple has a murder to solve."

    Hercule Poirot


    KerrieS reviews MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "I really read this too close to watching the latest TV production with David Suchet as Poirot. I also saw similarities between it and P.D. James' THE SKULL BENEATH THE SKIN."

    Short Stories


    Margot at Joyfully Retired presents Book Review: The Hound Of Death posted at Joyfully Retired, saying, "Except for the story Witness For the Prosecution, I really did not care for this collection of supernatural stories. Too weird for me."

    Updates


    quirkyreader presents My Current Christie Update and More Covers posted at quirkyreader.

    KerrieS presents ACRC Update - 6 November 2010 posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "I've now read 20 books and 11 collections of short stories.
    MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA is my 11th title for 2010. My update supplies you with a list of all I've read so far."

    Discoveries


    Agatha Christie Inspires Travel to Egypt posted at A Travelers' Library"The writer's first taste of ancient Egypt, the ‘Land of the Pharaohs’, came on a ten-day, whistle-stop tour of the country as a callow 13-year old."

    That concludes this edition.

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