Appointment With Agatha discussion
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A new group name!
Appointment with ChristieSparkling Christie...
Perhaps ... Christie's Mysteries and her Contemporaries
Wanda wrote: "And then there was Agatha"Fabulous! I love that one.
The Little Grey Cells Club and Appointment with Christie are close runners-up for me.
Great suggestions so far!
Oh, I love The Little Grey Cells Club!Ditto Appointment with Christie (or maybe Appointment with Agatha?) and And Then There Was Agatha.
Further suggestions:
Murder at Greenway
Murder on the Christie Express
Bodies in Agatha's Library
I suggest Looking for Agatha Christie
or
In Search of Agatha Christie
because of the time she went missing or
Surfing with Agatha Christie
since she was the first British woman surfer to win competitions.
These are all so good! I thought of another one:Whitehaven Mystery Club
Hmmmm....
Christie's Conundrums
The Christie Mystery Club
Queen of Crime Club
The Mysterious Mrs. Christie
I do like Jazzy's suggestion Surfing with Agatha Christie!
Christie's Conundrums
The Christie Mystery Club
Queen of Crime Club
The Mysterious Mrs. Christie
I do like Jazzy's suggestion Surfing with Agatha Christie!
Christine PNW wrote: "These are all so good! I thought of another one:Whitehaven Mystery Club"
Oh, I like this one, too!
Jazzy wrote: "I suggest Looking for Agatha Christie ..."
I like this one -- or maybe just make it "Looking for Agatha"?
Cozy_Pug wrote: "Hmmmm....Christie's Conundrums
The Christie Mystery Club
Queen of Crime Club
The Mysterious Mrs. Christie
I do like Jazzy's suggestion Surfing with Agatha Christie!"
I love all of these, too!
I think we should put the name Agatha Christie in the title so when people search groups they will find it. (that's how I found it).
I think that’s a good idea Jazzy. Something that’s still easy for people to find the group.
When groups are created, the creator has the opportunity to add tags which are also searchable. So, whether the group name contains "Agatha Christie" or not, it will come up in a search for Agatha Christie because that is one of our tags. If you search her name, you get several groups that don't have "Agatha Christie" in their names!I want our name to be snappy and fun, and if it has Christie in it, that's fine too!
The Complete Agatha ChristieAll Things Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie Readers' & Reviewers
The Agatha Christie Clubhouse
Mike wrote: "Why Didn't They Ask Agatha?"Love this!
Mike wrote: "Why Didn't They Ask Agatha?"This might be my favorite!
Mike wrote: "Why Didn't They Ask Agatha?"Oh yes, I love this one, too!
Everyone who has made multiple suggestions, do me a favor. Narrow your suggestions down to your favorite. I will poll for the winner!If you haven't yet made a nomination, feel free to toss a name out, or if you love one of the suggestions from someone who made multiple suggestions and the one you like isn't their favorite, you can offer that as your suggestion, if that makes sense.
It might take a few polls to narrow us down to a winner, but it will be fun getting there!
On the whole I suggest only using the surname, it sounds more short and fun, perhaps also an "A" in the other word, like "All Things Agatha".
There are so many great nominations! I applaud everyone’s creativity. Your little grey cells are in fine form! 😄
Christine PNW wrote: "Everyone who has made multiple suggestions, do me a favor. Narrow your suggestions down to your favorite. I will poll for the winner!If you haven't yet made a nomination, feel free to toss a name..."
I'll narrow mine to two:
All Things Agatha
Why Didn't They Ask Agatha?
I have been thinking about this all day. Yes, definitely, pare down the list before we start polling. Too many choices.But also, give some some thought to criterion for a new name. Things like: it shouldn't be too similar to the names of any of the other AC groups. Maybe it shouldn't be too esoteric or obscure, so that we don't scare off potential members. Should it somehow reflect our mission: to read all her mystery novels in publication order? Do we need to say that we are more than just Christie?
These groups already exist (19 groups come up but only these are specifically Christie or Golden Age):
The Agatha Christie Reading Group
Agatha Christie Lovers
Reading the Detectives
Agatha Christie Book Club (London, UK)
Mission Marple Book Club
English Mysteries Club
While we are at it, we should consider using a different picture because another group uses the one we are currently using, even though it is not specifically Christie.
Peregrina651 wrote: "I have been thinking about this all day. Yes, definitely, pare down the list before we start polling. Too many choices.But also, give some some thought to criterion for a new name. Things like: i..."
Thanks for the list of group names - that is helpful!
When you say use a different picture, do you mean a different avatar? It actually is a picture of youngish Agatha.
Peregrina651 wrote: "I have been thinking about this all day. Yes, definitely, pare down the list before we start polling. Too many choices.But also, give some some thought to criterion for a new name. Things like: i..."
In light of these other group names, maybe go for something that makes it clear we're not just another Christie group but one that has come together with the specific purpose of reading all of her novels in publication order?
(Not one of my best ideas, but something along the lines of "The Christie Readathon"?)
(That said, I still think pretty much *all* of the suggestions in this thread are vastly more inspired than the names of the other Agatha Christie groups ...:D)
I like “Why didn't they ask Agatha".
Perhaps you could compile a list of the nominations and ask for seconds for people's favorites and the top so many go to poll?
When you say use a different picture, do you mean a different avatar? It actually is a picture of youngish Agatha. Yes, the avatar. Another group is using it. I saw that when I was making the list of names already in use. The two groups were side by side. Not that they are always side by side in a list sorted by most recent activity.
I see in a Google search that the headshot version of the same picture may be available.
(Not one of my best ideas, but something along the lines of "The Christie Readathon"?) I have always liked the word "Centenary" as part of our name and wonder if we should try to keep it, if for no other reason than for continuity. For the people who come looking for us again and might not recognize us in our new garb?
"Agatha Christie Centenary Read"?
"Agatha Christie Centenary: A Book a Month"?
(That said, I still think pretty much *all* of the suggestions in this thread are vastly more inspired than the names of the other Agatha Christie groups ...:D)
Hah. They left the field wide open for for us and our collective imagination.
Peregrina651 wrote: "When you say use a different picture, do you mean a different avatar? It actually is a picture of youngish Agatha. Yes, the avatar. Another group is using it. I saw that when I was making the lis..."
Thanks. I will also go and recon the competition, lol.
The Christie Crime Club has a nice alliterative ring, and sort of riffs on her publisher & their Collins Crime Club.
Agatha Christie Centenary Celebration : 100 years and counting!my favourite is still Surfing with Agatha Christie.
I haven't ever really loved the avatar picture, and with Peregrina pointing out that another group is using the same image, I decided to look around for something else. The group avatar image that I just uploaded is a picture of a Remington typewriter, which was supplied by the Christie archive trust. Once we select a name, I might edit the picture to include our group name. Or I might just leave it alone.I hope everyone likes the change!
I like the typewriter.I also like the original group name, since it does stand out-maybe because it contains the word Celebration.
Rosemarie wrote: "I like the typewriter.I also like the original group name, since it does stand out-maybe because it contains the word Celebration."
And also The Mysterious Affair at Styles wasn't published in the UK until 21 January 1921. So we're sort of still in an extended centenary year!
Christine PNW wrote: "I haven't ever really loved the avatar picture, and with Peregrina pointing out that another group is using the same image, I decided to look around for something else. The group avatar image that ..."
Love the typewriter!
Love the typewriter!
Okay, as long as we are changing things, maybe we should look at the group description as well.After reading a few of the group descriptions as I was gathering group names, I realized how hard it was to figure out what the group was about just from the first few words of the description. Most of the descriptions try to set the stage rather than getting to the meat at the outset. Not good marketing. When faced with a long list of possible choices, I want to be able see what the group is about quickly and easily. Most of the descriptions did not make it easy because they are written to appear at the top of the group page and without thinking of how the appear in a search.
I'm suggesting that we move the important bits to the front of the sentence. Let's make it clear in the first few words what our group is about and that we are currently at the start of the 'let's read them all' cycle. Let's do what many other groups haven't done -- especially if we are taking "Centenary Celebration" out of the group name. Moreover, if we state our purpose in the first few words of the description, we don't have to be as descriptive in our title and can opt for a less mundane name.
CURRENT DESCRIPTION: In honor of the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, we're going to read all 66 of her full length novels, one per month, chronologically, starting in October of 2020.
POSSIBLE REVISION: Started October, 2020. Reading and discussing all of Agatha Christie's full-length novels, one per month in order of publication, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the publication of her first full-length novel THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES in October, 1920.
Peregrina651 wrote: "Okay, as long as we are changing things, maybe we should look at the group description as well.After reading a few of the group descriptions as I was gathering group names, I realized how hard it..."
I'm open to a revision of the group description as well. I think I would go with:
We are reading and discussing all of Agatha Christie's full-length novels, one per month in order of publication, starting in October, 2020, as well as exploring other classic mysteries published prior to 1970.
I'm not sure we need the 100 year anniversary part in the group description, & since the side reads are a big part of the group, it makes sense to include information about them in the description.
One benefit to the monthly header is that it immediately tells anyone who clicks on the group which book we are reading.
I love typewriters in general. I have an Olivetti Valentine :)
Christine I think that is quite a good description.By the way I only recently found out that her short Poirot stories were NOT the novels! Tut, well i have those as well if we fancy reading any short stories sometime.
Jazzy, we did read some of the short stories before reading her first novel.
The Christie Reader
Reading the Dame
The Little Grey Cells Club
Let's hear some more suggestions!