Judy’s Comments (group member since Oct 01, 2015)

Judy’s comments from the Reading the Detectives group.

Thank you for the introduction, Susan! I can hardly believe that we're up to the 7th in this series.

The spoiler thread is linked below:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I read it a few years ago but don't remember it very well. Hope to reread it.

The spoiler thread is linked below:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Thank you for setting up all these threads, Susan, especially with all the site glitches making it more difficult! I will be reading this one but haven't got to it yet.

The spoiler thread is linked below:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

This is the non-spoiler thread so you should be OK, Jackie - which reminds me to post the link to the spoiler thread, below!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I've started and am really enjoying it too. I agree with you, Susan, that I'm also liking this series more than I expected.

Great resolution, Jessica!

I just saw in our other group, there has now been a message from a Goodreads employee to the librarians' group saying they will not be taking away the ability to post external links in group messages after all, so that's good to know. Hope the same applies to images.

Good idea, Susan, thank you for rearranging them. :)

Oh yes, I am also better at noting clues second time around, Frances!

Welcome Arati, glad you've joined us. I hope you enjoy the discussions.

I've tried to answer in this thread twice over the last couple of days, but the first time I got one of those very long pink error messages and the second time nothing happened and my message disappeared. Thanks, Goodreads! Hopefully it will be third time lucky!

Anyway, thank you for offering to collate emails if needed, Susan. I hope that maybe GR will have a rethink, as there have been lots of complaints, although as you say, spam has long been an issue. I guess that is also why they are taking away the ability to post images and links, which again is a pity for normal members, who are losing out because of spammers. :(

There certainly is a lot of food, I have been wondering about this too, as other aspects of war are mentioned but rationing seems to be ignored - so far, anyway, I haven't finished yet!

Odd the way that Carrie Louise just knows so many things (but not the truth about her husband) - she seems to be pretty much the opposite of Miss Marple, by believing the best of everyone!

I've read about a third and I do see your point about the need for tighter editing, Frances - there seems to be a lot of rather repetitive dialogue. I'm still quite enjoying it though.

The poll is now open - please vote for your preferred choice!
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...

I've started reading this one and am enjoying the early chapters - I'll be interested to see how it develops. The combination of war and light-hearted banter is quite intriguing.

I didn't like this much first time around, but this time I really enjoyed it, especially Miss Marple, and disagreed with my own review! I had to change my rating from 2 to 4 stars. :)

I do still think some aspects of the plot are weak, but I find the characters and the writing style really enjoyable, even though I remembered who the villain was. The bit about Gina being the daughter of a murderer is weird - maybe that is where the killer got the idea of the arsenic red herring?

Last call for nominations!
We have:

Jan: The Two Tickets Puzzle by JJ Conington

Susan: Death Walks in Eastrepps by Francis Beeding

Susan in NC: The Chinese Shawl by Patricia Wentworth

The poll will go up tomorrow

The Chinese Shawl is £2.99 on Kindle in the UK so that's fine - all 3 nominations so far looking good for availability.

P.S. I can see why this is one of the few Christie books that has never been filmed - there isn't really much of a story. It feels rather like a short story that has been padded out, but it was nice to see T & T one more time.