How many Christie's have you read?

[[deleted user]]

I've read 10! (Ha, that's not that much)

[Denise]

All of them!!! Even some of the plays, as well as her memoir Come, Tell Me How You Live, and her autobiograpy. I have not, however, read her romantic novels written under the name Mary Westmacott.

[♪ Kim N]

Smurf wrote: "I've read 10! (Ha, that's not that much)"

I envy you - you have lots of good reading ahead of you :)

[Renee]

I've actually not read very many of them. I read a few in high school and am just getting back into reading them. Just got a nice shipment of Christie books and very excited to start reading them!

[Carolyn F.]

Denise wrote: "All of them!!! Even some of the plays, as well as her memoir Come, Tell Me How You Live, and her autobiograpy. I have not, however, read her romantic novels written under the name Mary Westmacott."

I'm thinking about ending our 7 years of Christie with the Mary Westmacott books as an added read when we start all over again. I'm not sure people would want to have them be the sole book of the month but I'll make them be an alternative or bonus. I have a little while to figure it out. I'll ask people which way they're prefer.

[Jill]

I have read all of the Poirot except for Curtain: Poirot's Last Case; all the Harley Quin and Parker Pyne (that's not hard since there are very few); two of the plays; and most of the Miss Marple. None of the Mary Westmacott.

[chinami]

15-20 max

[Ahtims]

all

[Carolyn F.]

Smitha and Denise - yikes - that's a lot of books!

[Akash]

about 30, i have got 5 unread right now!!!

[Flavia]

I read just 6

But I am 14 and I started last year to read Agatha Christie and after I read 6 books in the summer I stopped because I have to learn for school...

[Akash]

well im 12...

[Akash]

in 1 month i will be 13 though

[Flavia]

awesome, and when did you start reading Agatha Christie?
P.S.: Happy Birthday (for then :) )

[Akash]

thanks :)

when i was 10.....i just happened to pick one up and got totally hooked!!!some of the great books are::and then they were none,murder on the orient express and ABC murders...

[Flavia]

ABC murders is a really amazing book! I read that one and I loved it :)
The Mystery Of The Crime Without A Body (I don't know its name in English) is also AWESOME!
and about And Then There Were None I won't read because someone told me the end -.-' I hate those things...

[Flavia]

and: well, you started almost three years ago, I just started this summer..

[Nathan]

Flavia wrote: "I read just 6

But I am 14 and I started last year to read Agatha Christie and after I read 6 books in the summer I stopped because I have to learn for school..."

oh to be 14 again! haha. Sounds like we started reading AC at the same age, Flavia! I was about 14 when I began reading them. My first was And Then There Were None, then Murder on the Orient Express. I think you should read And Then There Were None, even if you know the ending, it's still an adventure! ;)

What language do you read in?

[Flavia]

Trevor: well, I tried to but after I read the first chapter I lost interest so I decided to try something else. I will probably read it later, after I forget the ending or just, I don't know, if I am curious how they died.. :)

{ "I think you should read And Then There Were None, even if you know the ending, it's still an adventure! ;)" }
I know what you mean, it's like watching the movie after you read the book, but in this case I know just the ending:(

Well, even if I know English and I would understand the books, I prefer to read them in my native language (Romanian) because I'm scared I could lose some details so I prefer to read other books, where not EVERY DETAIL is important, in English, and the Agatha Christie books in Romanian
:)

[Nathan]

That's really cool! I envy people who are bilingual so much! haha.

[Eszter]

All novels, short collections and plays-which is ca. 100 books. I have not, however, read her novels written under the name Mary Westmacott.

[Flavia]

Trevor: I kinda know German too, but not that good :))
And, well, people who don't talk in English where they live kinda have to learn English to communicate with people from other countries (for example, I couldn't be in this group if I didn't know English and that would be sad...)

[Denise]

I think that Romanian and Catalan are the only two Romance languages I haven't studied. I've taken French, Spanish (have a BA and MA in it), Portuguese, and a short class on Italian where I didn't really learn much. I did take a year of German, but found it very different than the Romance languages, so I didn't like it as much, although I am half German!

[Flavia]

OH MY GOD! How awesome! :o
Well, Romanian is not so wonderful, it doesn't have an accent or something like this (or at least I don't think so) but it has a kinda hard grammar...

[Akash]

wow...u guys are interested in learning languages!!?? i live in india and its necessary to know atleast 4 to 5 languages and i really dont like it...i prefer only english!!

[Flavia]

I'm not really interested, I learn them at school :)

[Ana]

So far I've 38 of her books

[Scott]

I've read 24 of them so far

[Akash]

Flavia wrote: "I'm not really interested, I learn them at school :)"
we have to learn them at school too...its compulsary to learn them:(
its really lucky if u can choose what subjects u want to learn!!

[Flavia]

Akash: we have to learn English and we have to choose between German and French, but in my school for general classes we can only learn German 'cause there's not a French teacher :(

[Karen]

Trevor wrote: "That's really cool! I envy people who are bilingual so much! haha."

Me also, I tried when young and am not gifted there. Too much to do also since I have so many hobbies already.I wish I had twice as long at life to fit it all in.

[Akash]

in india most people know 4 to 5 languages because of the different states and all that...unfortunately i know only english well,so its rather tough .being able to learn languages is seriously an awesome gift!!

[Nupur]

All n many of them twice or thrice:)

[Carolyn F.]

Flavia wrote: "Akash: we have to learn English and we have to choose between German and French, but in my school for general classes we can only learn German 'cause there's not a French teacher :("

I met some people who were from Sweden and Germany in a group my husband is in. They had never been to America and could absolutely speak fluently with slang and all. I was amazed and ashamed. I talk like a 2 year old (maybe not even that well) in Spanish and that's it!

[Jonathan]

As well as I can remember 21. Plus, I have read her first Collection of Poirot short stories twice. Has anyone noticed that she almost exactly mimicked Doyle's Holmes character and setting in those short stories. Also, a lot of her early novels are very similar to Doyle's work. Captain Hastings marrying a woman he met during a case was very similar to how Dr. Watson found his wife. Additionally, having the less than brilliant side kick who writes down the cases that is another thing she "borrowed" from Doyle. The Big Four also very similar to Doyle's "Sign of Four". Just surprises me because I read her stuff long before the Holmes' books.

[Carolyn F.]

I never noticed the similarities before Jonathan :)

[Denise]

Jonathan, are you familiar with the C. Auguste Dupin stories by Edgar Allan Poe (The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, The Purloined Letter)? They are generally considered the first detective stories. Doyle 'borrowed' some of those elements from Poe to begin with - the detective that relies on his brains, with the sidekick that records the stories. There are some more similarities between the Poirot and Holmes stories, though, like as you pointed out, the sidekick's marriage, and also both Holmes and Poirot admired a woman who was a challenge to them (Irene Adler and Countess Vera Rossakoff, respectively).

[Juhi]

I have not had very much time to read many AC books as i was only introduced to them very recently (18 months ago) and am also a VERY BUSY high school student...
However i have watched the films and thoroughly enjoyed David Suchet's portrayal of the great Hercule Poirot..

[Carolyn F.]

I love David Suchet Juhi! He narrates a few of the audiobook too.

[Angana]

Denise wrote: "All of them!!! Even some of the plays, as well as her memoir Come, Tell Me How You Live, and her autobiograpy. I have not, however, read her romantic novels written under the name Mary Westmacott."

Aha, I have company. I have read her plays, short stories, autobiography, memoir, everything, and even her Westmacott novels! But, not all the mysteries. I have a few, about 4 or 5 left!

[Angana]

Akash wrote: "wow...u guys are interested in learning languages!!?? i live in india and its necessary to know atleast 4 to 5 languages and i really dont like it...i prefer only english!!"

Which part of India do you live in that needs 4 to 5 languages?! I think 2 is enough....Hindi and your state language I suppose!

[Akash]

I live in Karnataka on the border of Maharasthra..(Belgaum)...
so Marathi,Kannada,Hindi and of course English..:(:)

[Angana]

So you are pretty well off, so what have you to complain about? I know 4 languages too. When I am an old maid, jobless and bored I plan to learn Japanese.

[Akash]

hey not everyone picks up languages easily..i find it quite difficult to learn them so please dont assume anything at all..anyway this is getting a bit off topic

[Lakshmi]

All of them:)

[Carolyn F.]

Wow Lakshmi!

[Amrutha]

49, by far.

[Carolyn F.]

Good for you Jamie!

[Simran]

I read 36 books by christie. n all of them were amazing. I guess there are few writers whose so many books I find awesome....

[Mahdia S 140A501]

Three till now and I would like to read more.. :)