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I have never ready a book by Dorothy Sayers or Josephine Tey so I'd be interested on one of those!
Not terribly familiar with any of them except Christie, but open to the others.
I'm open to whatever you choose, Pghfan. It's your birthday choose what you want to. (To paraphrase a song lol)
It's funny that you mentioned Tey, someone suggested I read The Daughter of Time
and I'm on hold from the library with it. I will participate for the July read, I should be back to normal. But I do love to read the classics. I made a personal goal of reading at least five Christie books a year, so yea, I'm willing to read a classic, I do enjoy them.
Since I binge watched lots of episodes of Miss Marple and Poirot on Netflix I'm not sure which Christie books id like to read. I'll have to look at the library. That's a neat goal, Jill. I haven't thought of doing that but every once in a while I kin to take a break from cozies. I have 2 weeks of from work starting today so I have lots of reading time!!! Yippee!!!
What a nice break from work that you could knock off some reading on your TBR. As far as which Christie book to start with, I would suggest Murder on the Orient Express
it's a personal favorite of mine. I read it a long time ago before seeing the movie and it's still a favorite that I go back and visit every couple of years, just because. If I read it during my personal goal I don't count it because I read often.
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1. Murder on the Orient Express, very good, but a plot most of us already know
2. Murder of Roger Ackroyd, one of the best with a controversial ending
3. Cards on the Table, another very good one with an ingenious ending, and one not generally read.
What do you all think? All should be easy to get from a book store or library (unless you have it already!)
I'd go for Cards on the Table since I've read the others. I can definitely get it at the library.
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Off topic: Pghfan, bought a copy of Art of the English Murder. Yikes. That era of mystery buffs was not the cozy bunch we read about in cozies. Least not so far. The photos in mid section are gruesome so should you get this book, find it at the library. Check out the photo section before you decide to read it. ;-)
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Sounds fascinating, Tina!! I'll see if the library has it.
I'm just like Nicole- Cards on the Table is the only one I haven't read and I know I can get it from the library.But it's YOUR choice Pgh! ;)
I have never read Sayers so that would definitely be a new experience for me but I will join in with whatever you choose!
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Sounds like a plan. I have a few books to finish up before the 4th of July and then I can head to the library.
Pgh- should we wrap-up Diva before you begin? I have been waiting to hear how the PIs want to handle the finale but so far you are the only one who has so indicated.
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J, I'll go along with however you want to wrap up diva, So maybe do it how you want to do it since it's you that is hosting.
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Pghfan wrote: "Sounds not too delightful. Probably more Jack the Ripper than Agatha Christie. I might check it out (literally) from the library. Thanks!"
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Nicole wrote: "Sounds fascinating, Tina!! I'll see if the library has it."
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Would love to tackle Sayers and Mary Roberts Rinehart in the future.
Picked up a copy of Cards on the Table at the library so I hope that is the definite choice.
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I looked up (and purchased at $9.99 for a Kindle edition!)
on Amazon and I see that it is Book 3 in a series apparently featuring Superintendent Battle. I have never heard of this character before, nor did I know that there is a 5 Book series featuring him. I had heard of Book 2, The Seven Dials Mystery, before but none of the others. Does it matter if we read this series in order?
Something tells me that you don't have to read the series in order but I could be wrong. They are probably lumped together because of the Superintendent character being present in those particular books. The name does sound familiar and I probably saw him in the Poirot series on Netflix.
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Tina wrote: "I'll go with Ackroyd or Cards. Either is fine with me.Off topic: Pghfan, bought a copy of Art of the English Murder. Yikes. That era of mystery buffs was not the cozy bunch we read about in cozi..."
I just picked up The Art of the English Murder from the library. Interesting so far. I looked at the pics and they weren't too bad. I was expecting worse! Have you ever read a Jack the Ripper book? Those usually include some gruesome pictures.
I would agree with you Nicole, the Jack the Ripper books that I've seen are mouth grabbing! I've ordered this one from my library, should have it hopefully by tue or wed. since the library is closed Mon.
My Christie book is "in transit" so I expect to get it tomorrow. In the meantime I'm reading The Art of the English Murder and a book I am reviewing for the Cozy Mystery Review Crew. It's a mystery but more humor. Just right for a lazy summer day!
I went to my library today only to find out that it was closed do to there HVAC system is broken I'll have to try tomm
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Nicole wrote: "Tina wrote: "I'll go with Ackroyd or Cards. Either is fine with me.
Off topic: Pghfan, bought a copy of Art of the English Murder. Yikes. That era of mystery buffs was not the cozy bunch we read ..."
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Books mentioned in this topic
Cards on the Table (other topics)Murder on the Orient Express (other topics)
The Daughter of Time (other topics)
I'd like to test the waters to see whether any of you are interested in a change to one of the older mysteries of the classic period. Think Christie or Dorothy Sayers, of course, but also some of the newer ones like Catherine Aird, Peter Lovesey, Simon Brett, Josephine Tey, etc.
As a plus, most of these will likely be available from your local library, so you don't have to buy!
Let me know!