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Anything Agatha Challenge

March 3, 2008 at 11:38 pm · Filed under Books Etc

Yes, because I have a serious problem, I am committing myself to some more challenges. The Anything Agatha Challenge, hosted by Joy, runs through 2008. The idea is to read any 10 works by Agatha Christie.

Since I’m starting late, that works out to one book a month for the rest of the year; totally doable. I’m already a huge Christie fan whose read most of her books, but I checked Wikipedia and found things I hadn’t read—6 novels and 2 biographical works; I’ll fill the rest of the challenge with novels written as Mary Westmacott or re-reads.

  1. The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, 1928) - RE-READ
  2. Partners in Crime (Tommy and Tuppence, 1929) - RE-READ
  3. Parker Pyne Investigates (or Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective) (Mr. Parker Pyne, 1932) - RE-READ
  4. Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, 1936)
  5. Sparkling Cyanide (or Remembered Death) (Colonel Race, 1945)
  6. Crooked House (1949)
  7. Ordeal by Innocence (1958)
  8. Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories (Miss Marple, 1927-1961) - RE-READ
  9. The Pale Horse (Ariadne Oliver, 1961)
  10. Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver, 1972)

Bonus reads:

  1. The Complete Quin & Satterthwaite: Love Detectives (Quin & Satterthwaite, 1930-1971)

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7 Comments »

Eva wrote, on March 4th, 2008 at 1:36 am:

I really enjoyed Elephants Can Remember. :) I haven’t read any of the others! I’m a big Christie fan too, but I’m just getting into Poirot. In high school, he just annoyed me too much. Now I think he’s funny!

CJHill wrote, on March 4th, 2008 at 7:26 am:

This reminds me that I haven’t read anything by her in years. I should definitely do that again. She was such a great writer.

cjh

Poodlerat wrote, on March 4th, 2008 at 9:07 am:

Eva: I’ve always loved Poirot, but I found Miss Marple boring when I was young. Now I can’t imagine feeling that way; she’s so charming and funny!

CJ: You should! I own many, many of her books, so I re-read much of her work quite often.

heather (errantdreams) wrote, on March 4th, 2008 at 10:19 am:

lol! How long do you think it’ll be before someone sets up a group for challenge addicts? :D Good luck!

Poodlerat wrote, on March 4th, 2008 at 10:22 am:

LOL. I’d qualify for sure…. Thanks!

Joy wrote, on March 8th, 2008 at 8:35 pm:

Welcome to the Anything Agatha Challenge! I can’t believe you have read so many AC! I’m a newbie, so I have much ahead of me. :)

Poodlerat wrote, on March 8th, 2008 at 8:41 pm:

Thanks. I’ve had years to do it…it seems like I’ve been reading Christie all my life! Good luck.

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