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ACRC Carnival 2011 #7 - August 24, 2011

Welcome to the August 24, 2011 edition of Agatha Christie monthly BlogCarnival.
Many thanks to the 13 contributors who have provided 20 blog posts for you to visit.

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. 

You can now join the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge too, so just click on the link and sign up. Read at your own pace, write a review on your blog, go to the Carnival collecting space and put in the URL, your details, and a comment about the post.

Please see the note at the bottom of this post about the Birthday Celebrations on September 15. This will replace our September Blog Carnival.

Today's 13 Contributors - please see the items below for exact URLS of their posts.

• Kerrie at MYSTERIES in PARADISE
• Jose Ignacio at The Game's Afoot
• Che at From Kafka To Kindergarten
• Margaret at BooksPlease 
• Becky at Becky's Book Reviews
• Elizabeth at Miss Lemon's Mysteries 
• Martin at Do You Write Under Your Own Name? 
• Norman at CRIME SCRAPS REVIEW 
• Joanne at Seagreen Reader 
• Nan at Letters from a Hill Farm
• Margot at Joyfully Retired 
• Stacy at Stacy's Books
• Rishi Arora at Classic Mystery Hunt 

General

Agatha Christie's True Crime Inspirations posted at 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?', "Martin Edwards talks about how much Agatha Christie relied on real life cases"

Agatha Christie Route - Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife) posted at The Game's Afoot. This visits the places that Agatha Christie frequented during her visit in 1927.

che presents Agatha Christie Graphic Novels: Ordeal by Innocence (graphic-novelised by Chandre) posted at From Kafka To Kindergarten, saying, "Ordeal by Innocence as a graphic novel."

Agatha Christie Festival 11-18 September posted at CRIME SCRAPS REVIEW, "One of the English Riviera’s major events of the year, the Agatha Christie Festival is next month, and one event is already fully booked."

Hercule Poirot

Joanne presents The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie posted at Seagreen Reader. "It is a troubling case for Poirot and he seems puzzled by it. The timings don't make sense, and the strongest suspects have the tightest alibis"

Margot at Joyfully Retired presents Book Review: Murder In Mesopotamia posted at Joyfully Retired, saying, "I liked the connection between Agatha Christie's experience on an archeologica dig and the setting for the book."

Nan presents Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie posted at Letters from a Hill Farm. Such a good little mystery.

Nan presents The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie posted at Letters from a Hill Farm.
This book has a very modern feel to it. There appears to be a serial killer on the loose who is killing random people in random places based solely on the alphabet, in alphabetical order. And the killer sends a letter to Hercule Poirot before each murder occurs.

BooksPlease presents Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie: a Book Review posted at BooksPlease, saying, "An old lady has died, apparently from natural causes. What part in her death did her beloved dog, Bob, play?"

Elizabeth presents Evil Under the Sun posted at Miss Lemon's Mysteries, saying, "A fetching stage actress; a husband with a wandering eye; a jealous wife; a self-made millionaire with a shady past; a remote island off Leathercombe bay -- all of these elements plus the arrival of M. Hercule Poirot make the perfect setting for Evil Under the Sun."

KerrieS presents Review: EVIL UNDER THE SUN, Agatha Christie posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "Is EVIL UNDER THE SUN the perfect holiday read? Or will it make you look askance as your fellow holiday makers? Is there really evil wherever you go, even in idyllic settings like The Jolly Roger Hotel?"

KerrieS presents Crime Fiction on a EuroPass: Belgium: Hercule Poirot posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "A post I wrote for another meme, but very applicable here. Gives a bit of back history of Poirot and points to where you can find more."

Tommy and Tuppence

stacybuckeye presents The Secret Adversary, by Agatha Christie « Stacy's Books posted at Stacy's Books, saying, "My second Christie read and I loved it."

Miss Marple

Becky Laney presents They Do It With Mirrors posted at Becky's Book Reviews, saying, "I enjoy Miss Marple. I do. There is just something satisfying about reading Agatha Christie. While They Do It With Murders isn't my new favorite or anything, it is an enjoyable mystery. Not perfect. But definitely enjoyable enough to recommend."

Rishi Arora presents A pocket full of Rye by Agatha Christie posted at Classic Mystery Hunt, saying, "This is the third book that I have read in the Miss Marple series and my interest in the series has only increased."

Discoveries

Agatha Christie's surfing secret revealed posted at Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk, "Research by Pete Robinson, founder of the Devon-based Museum of British Surfing, suggests Christie and her first husband, Archie, may been among the first Britons to learn how to surf standing up."

Telegram sent by Noel Coward to Agatha Christie congratulating her on The Mousetrap found down the back of old bureau | Mail Online posted at News | Mail Online, "A telegram from playwright Noel Coward and a bill for 'ladies' delicates' sent to author Agatha Christie more than half a century ago have been discovered - in the back of an old bureau.

Agatha Christie's 'Crooked House' is headed for the Big Screen With Julie Andrews, Gemma Arterton & More posted at BroadwayWorld, saying, "Agatha Christie, the author whose novels and short stories have found their place on hit television shows and movies worldwide, penned Crooked House in 1949. To date, it remains one of Christie's works that has yet to appear on screen."

Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) - The queen of crime appears in Iran's bookshelves posted at IBNA - Last topics, saying, "During the past 6 months Iran has released 9 translations of Agatha Christie's works including "Five little pigs", "A Caribbean mystery", "The mystery of the blue train", "At Bertram's Hotel", "Taken at the flood", "‎Passenger to Frankfort", "‎They came to Baghdad", "Murder on the links" and "Sad cypress"."

Updates

KerrieS presents ACRC Update - 20 August 2011 posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "I've read now 30 books and 11 collections of short stories. Still seems a long way to go."

Birthday Celebrations

In 2010 we celebrated the 120th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birthday on September 15 with a month long blog tour.

This year's celebrations will be a bit lower key and will give participants the opportunity to put a celebratory post up on their own blog, and then link to it here through a special post on September 15.

It will use a Mr Linky. We have been collecting participants here so if you would like to indicate that you will participate just add the name of your blog and the URL, and then mark the date down in your diary.

On September 15 you will put up your special birthday post and then return to this blog to add it to the Mr Linky for that day.

Your assistance in advertising the event will be very much appreciated and we look forward to your celebratory post.

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That concludes this edition.

Submit your blog article to the next edition (October 24, 2011 ) of the agatha christie monthly carnival using our carnival submission form.

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Plans to celebrate Agatha Christie's birthday

In 2010 we celebrated the 120th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birthday on September 15 with a month long blog tour.

This year's celebrations will be a bit lower key and will give participants the opportunity to put a celebratory post up on their own blog, and then link to it here through a special post on September 15.

It will use a Mr Linky similar to the one below, so if you would like to indicate that you will participate just add the name of your blog and the URL, and then mark the date down in your diary.

On September 15 you will put up your special birthday post and then return to this blog to add it to the Mr Linky for that day.

Your assistance in advertising the event will be very much appreciated.

ACRC Carnival 2011 #6 - July 24, 2011

Welcome to the July 24, 2011 edition of Agatha Christie monthly BlogCarnival.
Many thanks to the 10 contributors who have provided 16 blog posts for you to visit.

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. 

You can now join the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge too, so just click on the link and sign up. Read at your own pace, write a review on your blog, go to the Carnival collecting space and put in the URL, your details, and a comment about the post.

Today's 10 Contributors - please see the items below for exact URLS of their posts.

• Yvette at in so many words....
• Kerrie at MYSTERIES in PARADISE
• Roberta at Books to the Ceiling
• Jose Ignacio at The Game's Afoot
• Che at From Kafka To Kindergarten
• Shirley at My Bookshelf 
• Margaret at BooksPlease 
• Becky at Becky's Book Reviews
• Elizabeth at Miss Lemon's Mysteries 
• Jo at The Book Jotter

General

Elizabeth presents Endless Night posted at Miss Lemon's Mysteries, saying, "One of darker novels, Endless Night features neither Poirot nor Miss Marple, but is a masterpiece all the same."

Roberta Rood presents Torquay, Greenway, and Agatha Christie posted at Books to the Ceiling, saying, "I thought this might be a nice travel article for the blog."

Hercule Poirot

Yvette presents Clothes Make the Man posted at in so many words.... Three representations of Hercule Poirot. Which do you like best?

Jo D'Arcy presents Five Little Pigs Agatha Christie posted at The Book Jotter, saying, "This in my opinion is on the best Agatha Christie novels for its plot and structure. Using the idea of a nursery rhyme Christie has Hercule Poirot embark on revealing the truth about a murder that was committed 16 years earlier."

Becky Laney presents Elephants Can Remember posted at Becky's Book Reviews. I enjoyed this one. I did. I don't know that it is my favorite Agatha Christie, but it is a good read.

BooksPlease presents Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie posted at BooksPlease, saying, "Poirot sits back and thinks out the truth - which of the passengers on the Orient Express killed Ratchett?"

KerrieS presents ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE, Agatha Christie posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "Hercule Poirot (and his good friend Inspector Japp) become involved in this investigation because Poirot has a 6-monthly checkup with the dentist Morley only hours before he dies. Morley's death appears to have the hallmarks of suicide but Poirot is puzzled how someone contemplating suicide could have appeared so "normal"."

Miss Marple

Shirley presents Book Review: The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie posted at My Bookshelf. "This was a re-read for me, perhaps the third or fourth time over, and still I found myself immersed in the plot, caught up in the nuances of the world Agatha Christie creates. That is an indication of an undying classic: a book that the reader cherishes and turns to time and again and still finds intrinsic value in the written word therein.

By the way, would you look at this cover? I absolutely love it."

Jo D'Arcy presents Miss Marple Short Stories posted at The Book Jotter, saying, "A list with some comments and thoughts on the odd one or two. A reference post as much as anything."

Becky Laney presents NEMESIS posted at Becky's Book Reviews, saying, "I enjoyed this one. I wouldn't say it is my favorite Miss Marple mystery. But I'm very glad my library got a copy of this one! (And very happy that HarperCollins has recently published such lovely editions of the Miss Marple mysteries.) If you don't mind a couple of small spoilers, I have something to discuss at the end of this post. "

Tommy and Tuppence

Shirley presents Book Review: Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie posted at My Bookshelf. How I enjoy Tommy and Tuppence as the retired sleuths/detectives in this, the last book ever written by Agatha Christie; though it should be noted it was not the last of Agatha Christie's to be published.

Short Stories

che presents Miss Marple’s Final Cases by Agatha Christie. posted at From Kafka To Kindergarten. "The name of this book is a bit misleading, firstly because these cases actually occur somewhere in the middle of Marple’s detective career and secondly because two of the short stories in the book do not feature Miss Marple at all."

Jose Ignacio presents Accident by Agatha Christie posted at The Game's Afoot. "This short story is an absolute gem of detective fiction, another proof of Agatha Christie’s genius. It will sure make the delights of everyone, whether or not true fans of the gender. "

Discoveries

KerrieS discovered New official website developed to promote the works of Agatha Christie posted at THE DRUM - Advertising, Design, Media, Marketing, Digital, PR - News, Information & Jobs, saying, "The "new" site allows fans to plot their own locations of where each of Christie’s plots took place all around the world, through ‘Christie Maps’, allowing users to pick a book and see significant locations mentioned within."

KerrieS presents MISS MARPLE MAY APPEAR 5 posted at CRIME SCRAPS REVIEW, saying, "This blogger is featuring some photos of English countryside and houses under the title of "Miss Marple May Appear""

Updates

KerrieS presents ACRC Update - 20 July 2011 posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "I am on track with a book a month, so I'm approaching half way in my journey."

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That concludes this edition.

Submit your blog article to the next edition (August 24, 2011 ) of the agatha christie monthly carnival using our carnival submission form.

Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
Technorati tags: agatha christie monthly carnival, blog carnival.