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yeah, there was also a series, but okk. I didn't bother beyond 1,not even sure which one.
If I may, I gave a Tommy and Tuppence book 5 stars, back when I was more lenient in my bookish experiments.In France, police and detective novels are called Polars.
I prefer Marple as a character to Poirot. Miss Marple has a trick where she looks on her past with satisfaction, while I get a bit solemn and philosophic about life and youth.
Luffy wrote: "If I may, I gave a Tommy and Tuppence book 5 stars, back when I was more lenient in my bookish experiments.In France, police and detective novels are called Polars.
I prefer Marple as a characte..."
Oh, that's interesting.
Same. I like Poirot but I love Jane more. I have not read all of AC's works, but Poirot is mostly about methods and using his grey cells whereas Marple has this strange (in a good way) psychological aspect of looking at the characters involved at the murder and connecting it to the folks of her village. I don't think any professional detective (which she's not) will ever take the risk of thinking in that sense, as it may mislead the investigation.
AC has created a really interesting Marple.
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Em Lost In Books wrote: "I have read few Poirot but no Ms Marple yet."Oh. If you have time, do try A Murder Is Announced. You'll like Marple, I think :)
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Or, Murder at the Vicarage is one of the best Marple (as per general consensus). I have yet to get to it.
Em Lost In Books wrote: "Will pick it up sometime this year. :)":)
Bookworm wrote: "Luffy wrote: "If I may, I gave a Tommy and Tuppence book 5 stars, back when I was more lenient in my bookish experiments.In France, police and detective novels are called Polars.
I prefer Marple..."
I might add to that the little acts that Poirot pulls off in trying to solve a murder, such as going in a suspect's home while the latter is away and threatening the servants in giving him information, like he did in The Mystery of the Blue Train.
Add to that the entire debacle of The Big Four, and a completely different picture of Poirot emerges.
Bookworm wrote: "Em Lost In Books wrote: "I have read few Poirot but no Ms Marple yet."Oh. If you have time, do try A Murder Is Announced. You'll like Marple, I think :)"
My favorite Marple books, apart from the short stories, are Sleeping Murder and 4:50 from Paddington. Also, A Pocket Full of Rye. :)
Luffy wrote: "Bookworm wrote: "Em Lost In Books wrote: "I have read few Poirot but no Ms Marple yet."Oh. If you have time, do try A Murder Is Announced. You'll like Marple, I think :)"
My favorit..."
Oh yeah, I have read Paddington and Pocket full of Rye. I liked 4:50 Paddington too. Sleeping Murder yet to read. :)
And Big Four, I have no idea what was happening in AC's mind. Definitely not what I had expected.
It is rare that I can deduce the culprit's identity, and I couldn't for A Pocket Full of Rye. But I did manage to do so for both Paddington and Sleeping Murder. I don't remember getting even close for Poirot's books.Christie wanted to write an international thriller for the Big Four. It was a disaster.
What are some other mystery series you regularly read?
Agreed. Poirot's very few I could have a suspicion on and even then have been wrong so many times. Marple ones, I sometimes guess the who, but not the why and how, for sure. They're still entertaining for me. I haven't read many series since few years, so it's mostly been AC and some standalone mysteries/thrillers.
Recently, Detective Galileo series caught my eye. If you haven't read, highly recommend to start with by The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, Or even Malice by the same author.
I actually found these due to @EmLo.
Bookworm wrote: "Agreed. Poirot's very few I could have a suspicion on and even then have been wrong so many times. Marple ones, I sometimes guess the who, but not the why and how, for sure. They're still entertain..."Thank you for the recs. My recs don't fall in the mysteries category but rather in the cozies one. But then I remember that AC herself started the genre of cozies.
For mystery/thrillers, I recommend one of the usual suspects, Sue Grafton.
Luffy wrote: "Bookworm wrote: "Agreed. Poirot's very few I could have a suspicion on and even then have been wrong so many times. Marple ones, I sometimes guess the who, but not the why and how, for sure. They'r..."That's true. AC was the one, I think. :)
Will surely check it out. Thanks!
Devotion of Suspect X is on my TBR. Have a paperback, haven't gotten around to reading it.
Em - Body in the Library- Jane Marple at her iconic.followed by The Glass Cracked. that's just heart wrenching. I agree about ACs murders being more difficult to crack. the best part is how so very different these 2 guys are.both are old toolder,are very satisfying their lives and have an innate streak of kindness in them. that's really what sets these 2 apart. J see this underlying kindness in House rhe TV Series he's such a grouch and so disappointed with life,but that kindness while treating his patients is amazing.
I've read a lot of romance this week finish g off Mt BOTMS and a few challenges so I can tackle Persuaison without any interruptions. I've still to get around my crime botm - Such a Quiet place
Leena wrote: "Em - Body in the Library- Jane Marple at her iconic.followed by The Glass Cracked. that's just heart wrenching. I agree about ACs murders being more difficult to crack. the best part is how so ver..."
Yeah, Body in the library was good too.
Do you mean the Mirror crack'd from side to side (where The Lady of Shalott was referenced) ? Most of her works are released by other names as well, different edition, so I'm not sure.
Or is it another of her works?
Nathan wrote: "Devotion of Suspect X is on my TBR. Have a paperback, haven't gotten around to reading it."Nathan wrote: "Devotion of Suspect X is on my TBR. Have a paperback, haven't gotten around to reading it."
It also has many movie adaptations, so if you have watched any of those then you might feel the similarities.
Since I haven't watched, I really enjoyed the book.
Bookwork.- yes that's the one. a movie was.made too. that one has just left an imprint on me. its just such a sad book.
Yeah. Haven't the movie though. So many of Marple clues are actually in the phrases that the supporting characters use. It makes up for enjoyable reading experience. :)
Bookworm wrote: "Yeah. Haven't the movie though. So many of Marple clues are actually in the phrases that the supporting characters use. It makes up for enjoyable reading experience. :)"I never cottoned up to that. Maybe it is due to my appalling memory and that I never reread most books. I noticed this device of giving away clues in The Hound of the Baskervilles. Very daring of Doyle. Agatha Christie though, is really on par with any other writer in the genre.
They are very subtle. Like first time reading no one catches on to the clues. It's only at the end when things are revealed, and then if we go back (at the very instant) we do find it. It's not like a solid hint either, she conceals it so well, it only helps Marple catch onto those things, along with all the other connections she has made.
I read the mirror crack'd from side to side few months ago, (view spoiler)
Similar incident in 'A Murder is Announced'.
So, maybe we can't call them as clues exactly. :)
I don't recollect 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. I only remember enjoying it, read it part of school work. It was ages ago.
In THoTB, the murderer himself literally points at himself and says he is the perpetrator. I usually don't enjoy that type of giveaways in MOVIES. But in books when done right it is terrific.There is a time travel movie called Primer (2004) where you watch the movie from end to end, yet you don't understand what has happened. I didn't have a clue. It was only by examining the clothes and stubble of the two main characters that the puzzle is pieced together. Btw that is a recommendation :)
Oh yeah. Btw, there was an actual hound involved right, it belonged to someone in the family, I guess. My memory's all hazy. My love for mysteries started from then. First Doyle and then AC.Thanks for the recommendation. Will check it out. :)
On similar lines, I read a sci-fi last month Recursion (it has time travel aspects too). I really enjoyed it.
Recursion is a cruelly neglected book by me. I don't know how I haven't read it yet. I took bigger gambles when choosing other books with more risk.I gave The Mirror Cracked From Side To Side 3 stars only. I read it at a time when other, more modern books were beginning to become known to me. So I wasn't impressed by AC's offering. I'm not saying 'AC ki teisi' but there was more to be had for me out there.
Luffy wrote: "Recursion is a cruelly neglected book by me. I don't know how I haven't read it yet. I took bigger gambles when choosing other books with more risk.I gave The Mirror Cracked From Side To Side 3 s..."
haha. Yeah, I understand.
Bookworm wrote: "Oh yeah. Btw, there was an actual hound involved right, it belonged to someone in the family, I guess. My memory's all hazy. My love for mysteries started from then. First Doyle and then AC.Thank..."
Hey,
Recursion in your message captured my attention.
I love reading Blake Crouch for the innovative science fiction he writes always involving Time travel in it.
This one too was quite unique and I realised that it was a time paradox after I finished it.
It's been a while I think i should take it up for re-reading however I loved Dark Matter much more than Recursion.
On another note, People who loved reading Dark Matter and Recursion, please do me a favour and DO NOT READ PinesIt's a stupid book really. As if Blake wanted to write something just for the heck of it and published Pines as a result.
This is my personal opinion, I'd be glad if this worked well for any of you
There was this discord server that I recently logged out of; long story.The roots of this community lies on YouTube, where an ex DJ in his late 40's being also an English fellow, hosted a review and general analysis of everything Science Fiction-y.
The host is called Moid, and the channel is Media Death Cult.
The style and presentation were nice and it was intriguing to join the YouTube channel.
I then followed them on discord.
Moid was always mentioning the cult (Join us!) and making jokes about mums, Phillip K Dick (guess what the joke here is), and anything in between.
Moid's Holy Grail is The Shadow of the Torturer. When I linked a GR one star review of that book, the thread was deleted from discord almost immediately by Moid.
Then I realised, this is really a cult!! Didn't see that twist coming. It was a cult. Wow.
Makrand wrote: "Bookworm wrote: "Oh yeah. Btw, there was an actual hound involved right, it belonged to someone in the family, I guess. My memory's all hazy. My love for mysteries started from then. First Doyle an..."Hey,
Yeah, Recursion was an entertaining crazy ride.
I have yet to read Dark Matter actually.
It's in my tbr. Hopefully, soon.
Will skip Pines. Too many books on my tbr already.
Luffy wrote: "There was this discord server that I recently logged out of; long story.The roots of this community lies on YouTube, where an ex DJ in his late 40's being also an English fellow, hosted a review ..."
Whoa!
I'm glad you got out.
I often wonder why do people expect others to like a book/music/an actor exactly the way they want.
If someone hates a book, they hate it and it's okay but somehow people don't get this.
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Bookworm wrote: "Makrand wrote: "Bookworm wrote: "Oh yeah. Btw, there was an actual hound involved right, it belonged to someone in the family, I guess. My memory's all hazy. My love for mysteries started from then..."Glad you got out.
On a lighter note, you now have an interesting story to tell :)
I'm currently reading Atonement. I started that book long back and I couldn't get past 50 pages. It was too slow for me and had way too much details than needed. But I'd picked a book so I'll see myself through completion, no matter how long it takes! Besides, some GR reviews say it gets better as the story progresses. I'll keep you posted!And yes, also reading Persuasion whenever time permits.
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I hope I can connect with it. I stopped at a point due to the story not really moving past introduction of characters. Then I came across a review that said the person had a great impact. So decided to give it a try!
Even I could not push past few pages in Atonement. maybe will try again... currently reading
Red Widow by Alma Katsu
Disgrace by J M Cortzee
The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo
Couldn't get to much reading this week.The books on my agenda are -
Persuasion - BOTM
Confessions by Minato Kanae - Very enticing blurb.
That's good because I have set some very high expectations due to the blurb.
Atonement provokes familiar unresponsiveness to discomfort in many readers. We anti atonements don't like the book and we're not going to go away! :)
Bookworm wrote: "Couldn't get to much reading this week.The books on my agenda are -
Persuasion - BOTM
Confessions by Minato Kanae - Very enticing blurb."
Confessions is one the best books I've read so far .
It's dark and dangerous.
Kanae Minato has done a splendid job there and that too in her debut
I managed quite a bit of reading - 1. Historical BOTM 1 - In Bed with the Highlander - Maya Bznks.
Rating 2.75 🌟
2. My first of the February challenge for the Perks group.
Marriage for One by Ella Maise- The Hero is a grouch.
3. Persuasion.
4. Ive started 9 November by Colleeen Hoover. And I really loved it.
Makrand wrote: "Bookworm wrote: "Couldn't get to much reading this week.The books on my agenda are -
Persuasion - BOTM
Confessions by Minato Kanae - Very enticing blurb."
Confessions is one the ..."
So many good reviews! Maybe I'll have to pick it up tonight itself instead of tomorrow. Will try. :)
Leena wrote: "I managed quite a bit of reading - 1. Historical BOTM 1 - In Bed with the Highlander - Maya Bznks.
Rating 2.75 🌟
2. My first of the February challenge for the Perks group.
Marriage for One by El..."
Wow! You're on a roll. :)
Book worm are you wriggling out of a romance?? We'll convert u still😄
Oh, I wouldn't dare! 😄 I'm reading Persuasion. That should count for something! :D
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next few months, so I'll just keep updating you guys."
Sure Leena. That'll be great.
I hope to complete more of Christie's works this year. I love reading her works.
Till now, I have read only 13 (Poirot, Marple combined) of hers including standalones like crooked house and then there were none.
Have you read - Tommy and Tuppence of hers? They're less famous compared to Poirot and Marple series.