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Jan 07, 2014 08:08AM
Sounds good. I think that's not a bad idea.
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Excellent idea, but by now Agatha Christie is a somewhat renowned writer, it being 1930 and 10 years in her writing carreer.Just out of curiosity, her 2nd book was a Tommy & Tuppence novel. Do we read the non-Poirot and Non-Marples?- Or do we leave them aside??
So, we read the stand-alones after Tommy and Tuppence? Short story collections?
Sounds like a great idea! This will keep things interesting!
Reading in publication order would mean that we would end with some of her worst books (Nemesis, Elephants Can Remember).
Are we reading The Big Four, which is just a novelization of short stories written in Jan-Mar 1924? The reason I'm asking is it might be a good idea to put up the list for all of 2014.
Assuming we skip the Big Four, I think the reading plan for 2014 would be as follows:Jan: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Poirot, 1920)
Feb: The Murder at the Vicarage (Marple, 1930)
Mar: The Murder on the Links (Poirot, 1923)
Apr: The Body in the Library (Marple, 1942)
May: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Poirot, 1926)
Jun: The Moving Finger (Marple, 1943)
Jul: The Mystery of the Blue Train (Poirot, 1928)
Aug: A Murder is Announced (Marple, 1950)
Sep: Peril at End House (Poirot, 1932)
Oct: They Do It with Mirrors (Marple, 1952)
Nov: Lord Edgware Dies (Poirot, 1933)
Dec: A Pocket Full of Rye (Marple, 1953)
fine with me.I think it is a good idea to plan ahead so that all partipants know what they have to obtain way ahead of the game.
Lauren wrote: "Sounds good to me too. We can skip The Big Four as a group, but if we do, I am going to read it on my own anyway because it's one of the Poirot mysteries that I have not read."
I'll join as I do not have read it either.
I haven't read it either, so I'm ok either way.
Mark wrote: "Lauren wrote: "Sounds good to me too. We can skip The Big Four as a group, but if we do, I am going to read it on my own anyway because it's one of the Poirot mysteries that I have not read."
I haven't read it either and, like Mark, will read it but, oh, it's got a poor reputation
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Just downloaded all of the books on the reading list onto my iPad but since I just finished styles this week I will read the big four to be going on with....
I am also going to try one of her bk of short stories, if not more, so maybe we'll have enough for a side read on The Big Four. Just let me know ahead of time as it's not on the list above.
I don't think I'd read The Big Four. The last time I read a collection of mystery stories I was a little disappointed. It almost discouraged me from reading any other of their books. I don't want that to happen to me with Christie though I am sure it's still pretty good.
