Agatha Christie

I JUST CAN’T STOP !

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I JUST CAN’T STOP ! Do you remember the first book that you just couldn’t put down?  Like it’s 2 AM and you KNOW that you have to get up at 7 AM but you just can’t stop reading.  You HAVE to find out how things end up before you can even think about sleeping regardless of how tired you may be.  For me, that book was And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, and I was in eighth grade. The book’s synopsis from Amazon.com says, “Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast …

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10 Books That Stayed With Me (That Maybe You Haven’t Read)

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Recently I noticed a social media post making the rounds in which you are supposed to list ten books that have stayed with you in some way.  The goal is not to overthink it, but simply take a few minutes and answer.  They don’t have to be great books or the “right” books, just books that have stayed with you, impacting you in some way.  So, in no particular order, here are ten books that have stayed with me: 1.     Nine Stories~ JD Salinger:  A collection of stories that is sometimes disturbing, but always full of melancholy.  My favorites are …

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The Return of Poirot

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I read my first Agatha Christie book when I was 10 years old and “upta camp” for the summer at Tacoma Lakes. I was hunting for a book to read, and came across a large print book of my grandmother’s. It was The Body in the Library and I was hooked from page one!   Having died in 1976, Agatha Christie is still the most prolific mystery writer, the most translated author, and is arguably the best-selling author of all time. (I am quite the Christie nerd and can easily spout all kinds of factoids.) In fact, I am such …

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Murder in the library??? Ask Agatha Christie!

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October seems like a good time for a mystery tribute.  Following is a poem created using only titles of Agatha Christie novels. Enjoy! Halloween Party The Man In The Brown Suit Lord Edgware Dies A Murder Is Announced Mrs. McGinty’s dead Endless Night The Clocks The Thirteen Problems The Moving Finger Appointment With Death One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Parker Pyne Investigates Five Little Pigs The Big Four Partners In Crime Third Girl Dumb Witness Cards On The Table Ordeal Of Innocence They Do It With Mirrors The Pale Horse Destination Unknown The Hollow Peril At End House Why Didn’t …

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