2021 Challenge - Assorted Christies!

[Valerie]

That's a good list. There are two I don't own, I'll have to track them down.

[Sandy]

Tracey wrote: "Thank you for organising this. Very excitingly, all 12 are new reads to me.

Out of curiosity, how did you pick the order? As I note they are not in date published. Is it random, or are there themes?"

Speaking for the two moderators that actually did all the work, we alternated the crime books with those that are more spy / thriller types. The October and December reads are slightly Halloweenish and Christmasy.

[Tracey]

Good to know. Thank you!

[Tara]

Robin wrote: "Susan wrote: "Before we post our decided challenge books, can I just say that your moderator's have spent much time picking, arguing (in a friendly way!) and debating over which Christie's to choos..."

Endless Night is one of those books that has really stuck with me after reading it. She does such an excellent job of creating a dark and foreboding atmosphere.

[Bicky]

I join in thanking Susan and Judy.

[Adrian]

Susan wrote: "Before we post our decided challenge books, can I just say that your moderator's have spent much time picking, arguing (in a friendly way!) and debating over which Christie's to choose and which ...

Our Assorted Christies! challenge will be as follows:..."

Thank you moderators for a great mixture of books. I am happy to say my late mother comes up trumps again, and I have them all :-)
I will be there come January !!

[Susan]

Good to hear, everyone.

[Judy]

Thank you to Susan, who did nearly all the work of drawing up the list. I have only read a few of these so far, and am looking forward to the challenge.

[Bicky]

Judy wrote: "Thank you to Susan, who did nearly all the work of drawing up the list...."

OK. Thanks, only to Susan!

[Agnesh]

Read all Agatha Christie's many times over and still don't tire. I've also been rewatching all the tv shows and movies. She is my favorite author of all time.

[Adrian]

Bicky wrote: "Judy wrote: "Thank you to Susan, who did nearly all the work of drawing up the list...."

OK. Thanks, only to Susan!"

Ha ha

[Susan]

As it was Judy's idea, perhaps we should all say thanks to her ;)

[Judy]

Or maybe we should thank everyone who is looking forward to taking part in this one :)

[Susan]

And maybe we should thank Agatha for writing them :)

[Jill]

I expect Agatha is too busy thinking about the next one she would have been writing, or singing along with Vera Lynn

[Robin]

Jill wrote: "I expect Agatha is too busy thinking about the next one she would have been writing, or singing along with Vera Lynn"

I do like this string of comments, and this one really is wonderful. Thank you, all.

[Piyangie]

I'll be joining in too. I haven't read any of the chosen ones. Thank you.

[Bicky]

To sum up. Thanks to Agatha. And thanks to Susan and Judy for not only this list but all the work they put in for helping run this wonderful group.

[Susan in NC]

Bicky wrote: "To sum up. Thanks to Agatha. And thanks to Susan and Judy for not only this list but all the work they put in for helping run this wonderful group."

Hear, hear!

[Judy]

Thank you for all the thanks! Great to hear that people are looking forward to this challenge.

[Adrian]

Judy wrote: "Thank you for all the thanks! Great to hear that people are looking forward to this challenge."

And thank you for the thanks for our thanks, no seriously :-)

Yeah definitely up for it !!

[Victoria]

Just been looking over my bookshelves to see which ones I have. There are five I couldn't locate, but I would swear I have Secret of Chimneys and Crooked House at least, even if I probably don't have the other three. I'll hit up the secondhand bookshop next time I'm in town, they usually have a good range.

[Judy]

We're at the end of our challenge! Which were your favourites of the 12 Christie books we have read over the year?

I think my favourite of all was the very first, Why Didn't They Ask Evans? My next favourite was possibly the last book in the challenge, The Sittaford Mystery.

[Susan]

I enjoyed reading Sparkling Cyanide, which I hadn't read before.

[Susan in NC]

I liked all three of those as well, but had fun with the exotic locales and adventurous international espionage plots in They Came to Baghdad and Destination Unknown. Realistic, hardly, but fun and rather unusual to have female leads having adventures! Also, all five of these books (actually, most of the challenge list titles) were new reads for me, which was a treat!

[Jill]

I always enjoy Christie, so hard to say which I liked most. Some to me were very familiar so I must have read before. The one I liked least was Why Didn't They Ask Evans? and I'm sure I was disappointed with it the first time I read it. The most upsetting is Curtain but pleased the club got me to finally read it .

[Michaela]

I liked Sparkling Cyanide, Sittaford Mystery and Ordeal by Innocence best. Unusual but gripping.

[Marie]

Secret Adversary has always been a favorite of mine. I loved the premise of Death Comes as the End, and I enjoyed revisiting They Came to Baghdad.

[Susan in NC]

Marie wrote: "Secret Adversary has always been a favorite of mine. I loved the premise of Death Comes as the End, and I enjoyed revisiting They Came to Baghdad."

Oh, thanks for reminding me, Marie - I forgot Death Comes as the End, I had read it once before, many years ago, but find ancient Egypt fascinating. I enjoyed that one very much, as well - it was like a new read, as I didn’t remember a thing about it.

[Susan]

Death Comes as the End was the other one I hadn't read before. Glad I finally got to it.