ACRC Carnival 2012 #3 - March 2012

This month marks the beginning of a new format for the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge monthly Blog Carnival.

At the beginning of each month a new post will be created like this one with a Mr Linky attached. Participants in the blog carnival for the month will write their posts and then come here and add information about their post to Mr Linky.

Links that are not directly relevant to the purpose of the blog carnival will be deleted. All links MUST relate to Agatha Christie or her works.

The suggested format for the link could be something like this:
Review: SPARKLING CYANIDE -Kerrie (or MiP) and then the URL where the post can be found.
I have attached this as an example below.

At the end of the month I will add a summary of the contributions.

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.

Thanks for participating.

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Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Participants

1. Review: SPARKLING CYANIDE - Kerrie 2. Discovery: Agatha Christie - A Talent for Deception 3. Review: DEATH ON THE NILE - Mary 4. Review: DEAD MAN'S FOLLY - Sarah 6. Review: ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE - Nan 7. Discovery: Agatha Christie's Seven Deadly Sins - Kerrie 8. Review: N or M? - Sarah 9. Review: The Hollow - Sarah

10. The Labours of Hercules - Margaret 11. Review: 4.50 FROM PADDINGTON - Sarah 12. THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD - Crime Segments 13. Review: The Body in the Library - Joy 14. Review: They do it with Mirrors - Sarah 15. Agatha Christie's Wit & Wisdom - Cheryl Lyda 16. Review: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Joanne 17. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie(rishi@classic mystery hunt) 18. Review: THE HOLLOW - Kerrie

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ACRC Carnival 2012 #2 - February 24, 2012

Welcome to the February edition of the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Blog Carnival for 2012.

Many thanks to the 13 contributors who have provided 19 blog posts and discoveries 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 13 Contributors - please see the items in the main part of the newsletter for exact URLS of their posts.

• Kerrie at MYSTERIES in PARADISE
• Cheryl Lyda at Agatha Christie's Wit & Wisdom
• Margaret at BooksPlease
• Rishi Arora at Classic Mystery Hunt 
• Marie at at I ♥ reading 
• a hot cup of pleasure
• George Kelley
• stacybuckeye at Stacy's Books 
• Nan at Letters from a Hill Farm 
• Margo at Joyfully Retired 
• Joanne at Seagreen Reader
• Yvette at in so many words....
• Camilla at The Daring Novelist

General

Cheryl Lyda presents Women posted at Agatha Christie's Wit & Wisdom, saying, "March is women's history month, so let's see what Agatha Christie wrote about women: "Odd if it’s really that newspaper character 'the housewife' who has come into her own through war conditions. The women who, hindered by innumerable 'shall nots,' were not helped by any definite 'shalls.' Women who had to plan and think and improvise, who had to use every inch of the ingenuity they had been given, and to develop an ingenuity that they didn’t know they had got! They alone…could stand upright without a crutch, responsible for themselves and others." --Lynn Marchmont, There is a Tide, 1948
Find this and other Christie quotes on Agatha Christie's Wit & Wisdom, along with full bibliographic information."

Twelve Best: Agatha Christie. posted at a hot cup of pleasure, "Here's an interesting discussion about what are the best twelve Christie novels."

and at Classic Mystery Hunt: Best Agatha Christie Books posted at Classic Mystery Hunt Rishi listed his best 5.

KerrieS presents Review: DEATH COMES AS THE END, Agatha Christie posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "Agatha Christie's only historical murder mystery."

AGATHA CHRISTIE: MURDER IN THE MAKING Edited By John Curran posted at George Kelley, saying, "In this second volume John Curran focuses more on Christie’s short stories."

Hercule Poirot

stacybuckeye presents The Murder on the Links, by Agatha Christie posted at Stacy's Books, saying, "My second date with Hercule and he's growing on me."

Nan presents Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie posted at Letters from a Hill Farm. Five Little Pigs is one of the more complex, psychological mysteries, and in my opinion, one of Agatha Christie's very best.

Marie presents I love reading: Poirot Investigates, a short story collection posted at I ♥ reading. Marie asks "Sherlock Holmes vs. Hercule Poirot: Who's your favourite fictional detective?"

BooksPlease presents Crime Fiction Pick of the Month: January One, Two, Buckle My Shoe posted at BooksPlease, saying, "A visit to the dentist can be fatal - for the dentist!"

Margot at Joyfully Retired presents Book Review: Death On the Nile posted at Joyfully Retired. " As I read this one, my overwhelming thought was that Agatha Christie must have had so much fun writing this book."

Miss Marple

BooksPlease presents Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie: a Book Review posted at BooksPlease, saying, "Miss Marple tackles a 'cold case' murder in her last case. this was written in the 1940s but was only published in 1976 after Agatha Christie's death."

Nan also presents Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie posted at Letters from a Hill Farm. saying, "This was published posthumously, and is referred to as 'Miss Marple's Last Case,' though happily for the reader she is not infirm, nor does she die. In fact, I thought her more sensitive, and sharper than I've seen her before."

Superintendent Battle

Joanne presents The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie posted at Seagreen Reader. There are some wonderful characters in this story.

Short Stories

Camille LaGuire presents Friday Favorites - The Labors Of Hercule Poirot posted at The Daring Novelist, saying, "A review of the short story collection "The Labours of Hercules.""

KerrieS presents Review: Some Agatha Christie short stories posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "Just 4 short stories reviewed here - all Hercule Poirot and most related to a theme of femme fatale."

Yvette presents Vintage Mysteries Reading Challenge 2012 - Review: THREE BLIND MICE by Agatha Christie posted at in so many words.... I hadn't read this collection of Christie short stories in many years ..... I have the old Dell version but I have to hold it very carefully as some of the pages are falling out.

KerrieS presents Review: THE HARLEQUIN TEA SET AND OTHER STORIES, Agatha Christie posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "Although I knew that THE HARLEQUIN TEA SET was a collection of 9 short stories published in 1997 in the US and Canada, I had not expected to find that I had read them all."

Discoveries

KerrieS presents Agatha Christie: Entry - Agatha Christie Book Collection launches in UK and Eire posted at Agatha Christie site, saying, "Christie.com has launched a new Agatha Christie Collection of 80 hardcovers to be available in UK monthly by subscription or newsagents with magazines for introductory offer £1.99. After that you seem to pay for 2 issues a month for a total of £5.99"

Updates

KerrieS presents MYSTERIES in PARADISE: Agatha Christie Novels posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "This is my update page for the 36 novels and 12 short story collections I have read so far."

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That concludes this edition.

Submit your blog article to the next edition (March 24, 2012) 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.
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ACRC Carnival 2012 #1 - January 24, 2012

Welcome to the first edition of the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Blog Carnival for 2012.

Many thanks to the 8 contributors who have provided 10 blog posts and discoveries 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 8 Contributors - please see the items in the main part of the newsletter for exact URLS of their posts.

• Kerrie at MYSTERIES in PARADISE
• ng kai-lee at Zhen's Summer Cafe 
• Cheryl Lyda at Agatha Christie's Wit & Wisdom
• Rishi Arora at Classic Mystery Hunt 
• Sarah Ahmad at The Book Nook
• Clarissa Draper at Clarissa's Agatha Christie Page 
• Margaret at BooksPlease 
• Marie at at I ♥ reading

General

Cheryl Lyda presents Agatha Christie's Wit & Wisdom: Past, Present, Future posted at Agatha Christie's Wit & Wisdom, saying, "As we make our New Year's resolutions, let's remember what Hercule Poirot had to say about putting things off until tomorrow:
“Tomorrow! Sometimes, M. Poirot, tomorrow is a long way off.”
“On the contrary,” said Poirot, “I always find that it succeeds today with monotonous regularity.”
This and over 300 other quotes from Christie's books may be found at Agatha Christie's Wit & Wisdom."

Clarissa Draper presents Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (Boomerang Clue) posted at Clarissa's Agatha Christie Page, saying, "what made me love this book was not the mystery as much as the chemistry between the two MCs"

Hercule Poirot

BooksPlease presents Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie posted at BooksPlease, saying, "This is a kind of locked room mystery, only the ‘locked room’ is a plane on a flight from Paris to Croydon, in which Hercule Poirot is one of the passengers. A most enjoyable mystery."

ng kai-lee presents Poirot series, Part four posted at -Zhen's Summer Cafe-, saying, "A review of the movie adaptation of Five Little Pigs. Greatly recommended!"

Sarah Ahmad presents Cat Among the Pigeons posted at The Book Nook. "One of my favorite Agatha Christie novels, Cat Among the Pigeons has a lot of great characters. "

Marie presents The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery posted at I ♥ reading. "I really enjoyed this novel but couldn't help shaking my head at a couple oddities. "

BooksPlease presents The Clocks by Agatha Christie: My Thoughts posted at BooksPlease, saying, "Hercule Poirot plays a minor role in this mystery. an intriguing puzzle."

Miss Marple

Rishi Arora presents The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie posted at Classic Mystery Hunt, saying, "The mystery when you read the book looks prosaic but trust me you are not smarter then Christie, she knows how we think and puts us in that direction and then comes up with a complete diametrically opposite solution. This book is a case study of how to write a perfect cozy murder mystery. In one year Miss Marple books have gone from my least favorite to my most awaited books that I want to read."

Superintendent Battle

KerrieS presents Review: TOWARDS ZERO, Agatha Christie posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "This is Battle's last appearance in a novel. Why did Agatha Christie discard him?"

Updates

KerrieS presents MYSTERIES in PARADISE: Agatha Christie Novels read posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "progressing well. Now at 34 novels and 13 short story collections."

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That concludes this edition.

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ACRC Carnival 2011 #10 - December 20, 2011

This is the 2011 Christmas edition of the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Blog Carnival.
Many thanks to today's contributors and seasons greetings to all participants and readers.

Many thanks to the 10 contributors who have provided 23 blog posts and discoveries 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 in the main part of the newsletter for exact URLS of their posts.

• Kerrie at MYSTERIES in PARADISE
• Marie at I ♥ reading 
• ng kai-lee at Zhen's Summer Cafe 
• Cheryl Lyda at Agatha Christie's Wit & Wisdom
• Becky Laney at Becky's Book Reviews,
• Rishi Arora at Classic Mystery Hunt 
• Sarah Ahmad at The Book Nook
• Ryan at Wordsmithonia 
• Yvette at in so many words.... 
• Courtney at larking 

General

Marie presents The Man in the Brown Suit posted at I ♥ reading. "I really enjoyed this Agatha Christie murder mystery; it isn't as formula driven as the other Christie books I've read to date. I'm actually starting to wonder if there's an Agatha Christie novel out there that I won't enjoy."

ng kai-lee presents A Little Romance from Christie posted at -Zhen's Summer Cafe-, saying, "A collection of the memorable couples in Christie's whodunits. Yes, we all know she likes to play matchmaker!"


Cheryl Lyda presents Agatha Christie's Wit & Wisdom posted at Agatha Christie's Wit & Wisdom, saying, "Here's what Christie (through Hercule Poirot) had to say about holiday stress:
“Families who have been separated throughout the year assemble once more together…. There will occur a great amount of strain. People who do not feel amiable are putting great pressure on themselves to appear amiable! There is at Christmas time a great deal of hypocrisy...Under these conditions...it is highly probably that dislikes that were before merely mild, and disagreements that were trivial, might suddenly assume a more serious character. The result of pretending to be a more amiable, a more forgiving, a more high-minded person than one really is, has sooner or later the effect of causing one to behave as a more disagreeable, a more ruthless and an altogether more unpleasant person than is actually the case! If you dam the stream of natural behaviour, mon ami, sooner or later the dam bursts and a cataclysm occurs!”
[Find the source for this and more quotes on this website.]"

Rishi Arora presents Endless Night by Agatha Christie posted at Classic Mystery Hunt, saying, "The Mystery does not start till the final part of the book which is last 70 odd pages. But I think the author was not trying to write a simple detective book. She wanted to do something different she wanted to create an atmosphere so strong that when you read the final pages of the book it hits you so hard that it gives you Goosebumps."

KerrieS presents Christie at Christmas posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "I focus on just four Christmas related Christie stories. Do you have a favourite?"

Sarah Ahmad presents Crooked House posted at The Book Nook. "In Crooked House, Agatha Christie confronts the issue of heredity and the resulting "kinks" in people. "

Hercule Poirot

Rishi Arora presents Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie posted at Classic Mystery Hunt, saying, "Although Christmas is a time for merriment and benevolence. but for mystery lovers the combination of Agatha Christie, Poirot, a bloody murder and a crackling mystery is truly Christmas."

KerrieS presents Poirot will be back on TV! posted at Agatha Christie site, saying, "5 new Poirot films to be created for ITV. This will complete 70 films for David Suchet over 22 years."

Marie presents The Mysterious Affair at Styles posted at I ♥ reading. "I enjoyed reading this novel, despite my lukewarm feeling towards the narrator, Mr.Hastings. "

KerrieS presents Review: THE UNDER DOG, Agatha Christie posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "I have a soft spot for Agatha Christie's short stories. These, in particular, flesh out the character of Hercule Poirot, highlighting characteristics that will be later focussed on in longer novels: his care of his appearance, his interest in the "psychological", his weakness for beautiful young women (although most of them don't respond in any emotional sense), his liking for the final denouement in which he assembles the characters and gives his verdict, Christie's little word pictures of a social structure that was really dealt a death blow by the the Great War, and much more,"

Marie presents The Murder on the Links posted at I ♥ reading. "Captain Hastings is the perfect side kick to Poirot's brilliant mind."

Sarah Ahmad presents The Clocks posted at The Book Nook. "The Clocks by Agatha Christie has a huge cast that is just 'mentioned'. What I mean is that a lot of known characters from various novels are mentioned in this novel. "

Becky Laney presents Hercule Poirot's Christmas posted at Becky's Book Reviews, saying, "My review of Hercule Poirot's Christmas."

Ryan Groff presents Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie posted at Wordsmithonia. "Agatha Christie ... can spin a story on the end of a needle, throwing red herrings and clues with equal aplomb. She is the perfect author and I adore her for it."

Miss Marple

KerrieS presents Miss Marple back on TV! posted at Agatha Christie site, saying, "3 new Miss Marple films to be shot in 2012."

Superintendent Battle

courtney presents too many books, too little time: shorties. posted at larking., saying, "A brief review of The Secret of Chimneys, one of the few Christie titles I can't seem to love."

Marie presents The Secret of Chimneys posted at I ♥ reading. "All of Agatha Christie's trademark plot twists and devices are present in this novel: the setting is a large country estate; there's a clever, witty and beautiful woman at the centre of the mystery; a protagonist with a mysterious past; and lastly, a large serving of political intrigue."

Tommy & Tuppence

Yvette presents Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence: PARTNERS IN CRIME posted at in so many words..., saying, "Tommy and Tuppence Beresford star in the 1983 TV series featuring James Warwick as Tommy Beresford and the glorious Francesca Annis as his wife Tuppence".

Marie presents The Secret Adversary posted at I ♥ reading. "Young Adventurers Tommy and Tuppence are super cute and lots of fun. I really hope Dame Christie has a few more novels about this young couple."

Discoveries

Flash Quiz - Agatha Christie by the Numbers posted at Fun Trivia, saying, "A tricky quiz that stump even the best among us"

KerrieS presents AGATHA CHRISTIE'S SECRET NOTEBOOKS Edited by John Curran posted at George Kelley, saying, "Should you buy this book? George Kelley thinks so. See why."

Updates

KerrieS presents ACRC Update - final for 2011 posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "My journey is going well. Just over half way now. I've changed the way my records work on my blog."

Sarah Ahmad presents Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Carnival posted at The Book Nook. "19 books read this year".

Discoveries

How well do you know Agatha Christie? posted at Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk, saying, "Another quiz to try."

Agatha Christie Quiz posted at All the Tests Quiz, saying, "even more quizzes!"

A tricky Agatha Christie numbers quiz http://www.funtrivia.com/flashquiz/index.cfm?qid=343684

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That concludes this edition.

Submit your blog article to the next edition (January 24, 2012) of the agatha christie monthly carnival using our carnival submission form.

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