FF: Same Seed, Different Story

Guinea Pigs Do Remember

Late last week, I was unwell for several days and while I got better, I did a lot of re-reading.  I continued my Agatha Christie binge with a personal favorite, the relatively late work, Elephants Can Remember.  The copy I had included footnotes that indicated which novels included past cases Poirot thinks about, which led me next to Murder in Retrospect.  Both of these books have a similar jumping off point.  Each becomes a very different story.  As a writer, I appreciated how Christie handled this.  Also, reading a bunch of her novels close together made me see how much variation there is in how she tells a story, even when the stories are all “Poirot” stories.

As most of you already know, the Friday Fragments is not a book review column; it’s a list of what I’m reading and maybe a bit about my opinions.  I always read the comments section and enjoy learning what other people are reading.  Oh, and I don’t usually list shorter works unless in a collection or articles, I also don’t usually list scattered research reading.

Completed:

Newt’s Emerald by Garth Nix.  Audiobook.  Regency England with magic.  Audiobook reader has some serious pronunciation issues, but the story is fun.

The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie.  A very Halloween tale.  Does not feature any of her recurring detectives.

Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie.

Murder in Retrospect by Agatha Christie.

Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie.

The Patriotic Murders by Agatha Christe.

In Progress:

The Third Girl by Agatha Christie.

Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie.

Also:

Finished the latest American Archeology.  One article on how new tech is changing archeology should be required reading for all those who write futuristic archeology and miss the “futuristic” part. This was a good issue overall.

Finished the short stories in the Brigid’s Sisters art book/anthology.

Now reading the newest Smithsonian.