tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post786044220341716135..comments2023-12-19T06:54:20.572-05:00Comments on Answer Girl: Five Great Agatha Christie NovelsEllen Clair Lambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-32117350979282947912009-09-17T16:34:16.655-04:002009-09-17T16:34:16.655-04:00Agatha Christie novels were my gateway too! It...Agatha Christie novels were my gateway too! It's been so long since I've read them that I can't honestly say which ones are my favorites. I do remember reading her autobiography and developing a made desire to track down some devonshire cream to have with scones at tea time. It wasn't something you could find easily in Cleveland and she made it sound so delectable.<br /><br />-KathleenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-71332860421151430682009-09-17T11:56:08.299-04:002009-09-17T11:56:08.299-04:00I need to go back to MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS,...I need to go back to MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, which I haven't read since high school . . . I recently reread AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, and although the plot remains ingenious (and deeply creepy, and far more plausible than the film or theater versions), character development is not its strength.Ellen Clair Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-81875084317306439552009-09-17T11:46:50.253-04:002009-09-17T11:46:50.253-04:00Very cool! As it turns out, I'm reading And Th...Very cool! As it turns out, I'm reading And Then There Were None with Hayley at night, though each of us has read it before, this time we're marveling how well she constructs her books--even when you know how its going to turn out the book still works extremely well. Certain sections suddenly take on new meaning now. <br /><br />I'd have to include this one among my top five. That, and Ten Little Indians. (Joke.) <br /><br />There's some good stuff on Agatha Christie week to be found on the online Guardian site, including a quiz.Tom Ehrenfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631646873808799064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-8059746699514620162009-09-17T11:39:38.848-04:002009-09-17T11:39:38.848-04:00Very interesting. You might remember the post I w...Very interesting. You might remember the post I wrote a while back in which I re-read "Murder on the Orient Express" to see if it still stood up since I first read it as a child - despite all the naysayers, I thought it stood up incredibly well. That would be among my favourites, as would "Evil Under the Sun" and the Tommy and Tuppence mystery, "Dial M for Murder".<br /><br /><br />Amazingly, of yours, I've only read one (Death on the Nile - superb) and started another (Passenger to Frankfurt - not right for me at the age of 11). But I've just noticed I have a copy of "A Murder is Announced" and with have to buy a copy of Baghdad.<br /><br />I can also recommend her archaeological memoir "Come, tell me how you live".Kevin Wignallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00387105790403552165noreply@blogger.com