Wednesday 21 January 2009

ACRC Carnival #1

Many thanks to those who contributed links in this the first Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Carnival. Do visit the blog links 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 your reviews about Agatha Christie books.

If you'd like to be part of the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge, it is not too late to start. Check out the other postings on this blog and my main Agatha Christie Reading Challenge postings which will lead you to the lists of titles etc.

Read at your own pace, write a review on your blog, go to the Carnival collecting space and putting in the URL, your details, and a comment about the post.

General

Bella Foxx presents Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie posted at Bella is reading . . ..

KerrieS at MYSTERIES in PARADISE presents

BooksPlease presents BooksPlease » Blog Archive » August’s Books Part One posted at BooksPlease, saying, "The post includes my thoughts about "The Crooked House", which Agatha Christie described as "one of my best". Although it was easy to guess the murderer's identity I enjoyed the book and found it a satisfying read."

Hercule Poirot

Grad presents To Read Or Not To Read - That Is The Question posted at The Curious Reader.

KerrieS at MYSTERIES in PARADISE presents

  • ACRC#6: THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, Agatha Christie posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "Hercule Poirot, retired Belgian detective, has recently taken up a rental cottage in the village and is devoting his time and little grey cells to country pursuits such as growing marrows. He imagines that people don't really know who he is but his reputation has preceded him. When Roger Ackroyd is murdered in what appears to be a classic locked room mystery, Poirot jumps at the invitation to come out of retirement to participate in the investigation."

Kate presents What Kate's Reading: Evil Under The Sun: Agatha Christie posted at What Kate's Reading, saying, "A brief review of Evil Under The Sun"

Sue Fitzpatrick presents Book Review - Murder in Mesopotamia posted at Books, Books, the Magical Fruit.

Irish at Ticket to Anywhere presents

whitelady3 at My little corner..., presents

Judy at Intergalactic Bookworm presents Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie----Anything Agatha and Paperback Challenge

Miss Marple

whitelady3 presents My little corner... - A Caribbean Mystery posted at My little corner..., saying, "Interesting premise, enjoyed it even though I like Poirot better than Miss Marple."

Short Stories

KerrieS at MYSTERIES in PARADISE presents

  • ACRC: The Short Stories saying, "If you are thinking of reading the short stories, here is a list of titles to look for."
  • PROBLEM AT POLLENSA BAY and other stories, Agatha Christie saying, "A collection of 8 short stories published in 1991. Three of these stories are the result of Agatha Christie exploring the theme of romance, and really must have been a disappointment to her growing audience of crime fiction readers. Two of them feature Hercule Poirot, two Mr. Satterthwaite and Mr. Harley Quin, and two Mr Parker Pyne."

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of agatha christie monthly carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Tuesday 13 January 2009

How to Submit an Article for the Carnival


You can submit a link to any postings you have made that review Agatha Christie books by going to the Carnival collecting space and putting in the URL, your details, and a comment about the post.

The January Carnival closes on January 20. Any links submitted after that go into February etc.

The links submitted for the January Carnival will be posted on January 23.

Saturday 10 January 2009

Launch of the ACRC Monthly Carnival

I've been trying to work out a way that those of us who are interested in comparing notes on our journey through Agatha Christie's novels and short stories can keep in touch with each other and I've decided on setting up an "official" Monthly Carnival.

My main Agatha Christie Reading Challenge postings will continue to be housed on Mysteries in Paradise.

The Carnival is set up so that participants can contribute links to their own blog postings and book reviews on a monthly basis, but at any time during the month. The inaugural Carnival will be posted on about January 23 with submissions closing on January 20. Once one carnival closes, submissions for the next one will open. I plan that submissions will close on 20th of each month, ready for posting on about 23rd of the month.

I'm using Blog Carnival which I discovered late last week.
Click here and you will be taken to the site where the submission space lives.
If you have written any reviews of Agatha Christie books, however brief, I encourage you to participate in the carnival.
I don't mind for this inaugural carnival how many posts you link in but they must all relate in some way to your reading of Agatha Christie novels, and they must be on your blog. You don't have to join anything to create your links. Just use the URL of your particular post, and the system will check for it's existence. Write a brief description of the post in Remarks.

The Carnival is hosted here on this blog and has its own RSS feed. You can also subscribe by email through Feed My Inbox if you want, or become a follower using the little gadget on the left.

In the left the column on the right you will see a widget that will take you to the Carnival too. This is something you can put on to your blog if you want.

So, will you join? Let me know. I don't mind if you are an intermittent participant. Feel free too to post about it on your blog and to use my logo for promotional purposes. A link back to this blog would be appreciated too.