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IN finished my first one 1/4/18T Tragic Toppings
H Haunt Couture and Ghosts Galore
E Eaves of Destruction
W Witch Slapped
I I, Eliza Hamilton
T Tequila & Time
N The New Countess
E Epitaph
S Stirred
S Shaken
F A Fatal Appraisal
O Off The Record: The Press, the Government, and the War over Anonymous Sources
R Relatively Dead
T A Treacherous Trader
H Habits of the House
E Edenbrooke
P The Power of Unlimited Imagination: A Collection of Neville's San Francisco Lectures
R Rum Runner
O Oxygen
S The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
E Every Wild Heart
C The CBS Murders
U Under the Hill
T A Touch of Stardust
I Intuition & Psychic Ability: Your Spiritual GPS
O Obsidian Curse
N The Night Bird
Cool idea! I'm in. I'll start with my favorite book And Then There Were None but will most likely add something else later :-)The Agatha Christie Reading Challenge
Start Date: 11/29/17
Completed: 1/30+
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I� would love to join this challenge as a budding Agatha Christie Fan. I� am not sure which book I� want to start with, I’ll edit here when I� have.
I'll give Option 3 a go, starting with the one I recently finished. It'll probably be January before I can get back to these, but that's why I love the Set Your Own Pacers._1. And Then There Were None - 10/18/17
_2. Hercule Poirot's Christmas: A Holiday Mystery - 1/4/18
_3. Murder on the Links - 6/1/18
_4. Cat Among the Pigeons - 7/10/18
_5. Hallowe'en Party - 10/30/18
_6. The Girl in the Train: A Short Story - 3/18/19
_7. The Under Dog and Other Stories - 5/21/19
_8. Poirot Investigates: Eleven Complete Mysteries - 5/2/19
_9. Murder on the Orient Express - 10/14/19
10. The Murder at the Vicarage - 11/8/19
11. Evil Under the Sun - 9/3/20 (oh my, it's certainly been a while)
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I will start with number three for nowThe A.B.C. Murders 12/13/17
A Caribbean Mystery 12/23/17
Dead Man's Folly 12/23/17
Endless Night 2/3/18
The Big Four 2/2/18
After the Funeral 2/4/18
At Bertram's Hotel 2/17/18
The Secret of Chimneys 3/16/18
The Tuesday Club Murders 4/1/18
A Pocket Full of Rye 4/11/18
Hallowe'en Party 4/28/18
The Clocks 4/28/18
The Hollow 4/28/18
Three Act Tragedy 4/28/18
Death on the Nile 4/28/18
Sad Cypress 4/28/18
Mrs. McGinty's Dead 9/17/18
Cat Among the Pigeons 9/17/18
The Mystery of the Blue Train 9/17/18
Appointment with Death 9/17/18
Third Girl 9/17/18
Cards on the Table 9/17/18
Challenge Complete!The Agatha Christie Reading Challenge
Duration: 12/2/2017-1/13/2018
Option #1: Hardcore Agatha Christie Fan
Spell out (using NBRC's spell out rules*) any Character from an Agatha Christie novel, a title from one of her books, or her name. (for example, Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, And Then There Were None)
Books Read: 27/27
A - Alpha Resolution by Flynn (12/2)
G - Garmache, Armand in A Fatal Grace by Penny (12/22)
A - Aurora Sky by Jefford (12/20)
T - To Kingdom Come by Thomas (12/5)
H - Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by McBride
A - Ark Angel by Horowitz (1/2)
C - Carter in The Red Pyramid by Riordan (12/31)
H - Halliday's (12/29)
R - Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard (12/5)
I - Imp series 1, Demon Bound by Dunbar (12/15)
S - Samson's Lovely Mortal by Folsom (12/28)
T - Tales of the Otherworld by Armstrong (12/19)
I - Isaacson, Kade in Kade's Dark Embrace by Grosso (12/26)
E - Essie in Ready to Were by Peterman (1/9)
H - Horowitz' Snakehead (1/4)
E - Elizabeth Ellery in First Grave on the Right by Jones (1/10)
R - Rigged for Murder by LeClair (1/8)
C - Cyrus Barker in The Limehouse Text by Thomas (1/2)
U - The Under Dog and Other Stories by Christie (12/18)
L - LaGrange, Desmond In A Vampire's Saving Embrace by Kuncytes (12/27)
E - Elizaveta in Shifting Shadows by Briggs (1/11)
P - Patricia Briggs' Cry Wolf (1/6)
O - Odell, Terry's When Danger Calls (1/1)
I - Isa in Nights Embrace by Rivers (1/13)
R - Raisin, Agatha's inLove, Lies, and Liquor by Beaton (1/6)
O - Once Bitten by Lee (1/8)
T - Tara Maya's Initiate (1/4)
#2 Hardcore Agatha Christie Fan COMPLETED BOOKS
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POIROT SERIES
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The mysterious affair at styles review 2.
The Murder on the Link review 10.
Murder on the Orient Express (not reviewed)11.
Three Act Tragedy review 20.
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Hickory Dickory Dock review33.
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding review36.
Halloween Party (not reviewed)MARPLE SERIES
MYSTERIES SERIES
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And then there were none (not reviewed)
I've decided to venture into the world of Agatha Christie :D I found myself adding some of her books to next year's Popsugar challenge so I'll officially be a "Budding Fan". Will strike out books as I read them...1.
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The Agatha Christie Reading ChallengeDuration: December 3, 2017 - ???
Completed: 5/66
Option #2: Hardcore Agatha Christie Reader
Read each and every one of the Queen of Mystery's detective novels
Hercule Poirot Series
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I am in :)Start date: December 3, 2017
Finished: August 20. 2018
Option #1: Hardcore Agatha Christie Fan
T - „To trap a temptress� by Jane Cousing (Read Dec 19)
H - „Simply crazy� by Jenn Hype (Read Dec 6)
E - „Polar bared� by Eve Langlais (Read Dec 11)
B - „Baited truth� by Jenn Hype (Read Dec 14)
O - „The wolf king’s mate� by Olivia Arran (Read Dec 23)
D - „Dollhause asylum� by Mary Gray (Read Dec 8)
Y � Yolanda (character) in ”Dragon foretold� by Eve Langlais (Read Aug 8)
I - „Blood huntress� by Izzy Shows (Read Dec 12)
N - „To enthrall the demon lord� by Nadine Mutas (Read Jan 6)
T - „The warlord wants forever� by Kresley Cole (Read Dec 26)
H - „A hunger like no other� by Kresley Cole (Read Dec22)
E - „Hell’s kitty� by Eve Langlais (Read Dec 30)
L - "The light between oceans" by M.L. Stedman (Read Dec 3)
I � Indie (character) from „The naughty ones� by Kristina Weaver (Read Jan 21)
B - „Bear Necessities� by Selena Kitt (Read Dec 12)
R - „Asara zirnekļa tīklā� by Nora Roberts (Read Jan 16)
A - „An abundance of Katherines� by John Green (Read Dec 9)
R - „Room� by Emma Donoghue (Read Jan 17)
Y � Yolanda (character) from „Dragon reborn� by Eve Langlais (Read Aug 20)
I love Christie and definitely want to play. - (Lost track of this, but I do want to finish it, so I'm starting up again. Library sources don't have any Westmacott books, so I won't be reading them.) The Agatha Christie Reading Challenge - FINISHED
Duration: December 3, 2017 - ???
Option #2: Hardcore Agatha Christie Reader
Read each and every one of the Queen of Mystery's detective novels (66 in all, without the short stories) (skip the romance and the plays if you like). I'll do all of the mysteries.
Completed: 86/88
Novels: 33/33
Hercule Poirot
1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) 3/16/18
2. The Murder on the Links (1923) 4/29/18
3. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) 10/28/2018
4. The Big Four (1927) 5/21/2018
5. The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) 12/14/2022
6. Peril at End House (1932) 1/24/2021
7. Lord Edgware Dies (1933) 2/11/18
8. Murder on the Orient Express (1934) 3/30/2023
9. Three Act Tragedy (1935) 12/6/2022
10. Death in the Clouds (1935) 11/26/2021
11. The A.B.C. Murders (1936) 3/16/2021
12. Murder in Mesopotamia (1936) 1/19/2018
13. Cards on the Table (1936) 12/16/2022
14. Dumb Witness (1937) 11/16/2022
15. Death on the Nile (1937) 7/28/2018
16. Appointment with Death (1938) 6/19/2018
17. Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1938) 12/5/2022
18. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940) 1/13/18
19. Sad Cypress (1940) 6/21/2023
20. Evil Under the Sun (1941) 1/7/2023
21. Five Little Pigs (1942) 6/24/18
22. The Hollow (1946) 2/2/2023
23. Taken at the Flood (1948) 3/22/2023
24. Mrs. McGinty's Dead (1952) 1/1/18
25. After the Funeral aka Funerals are Fatal (1953) 12/17/2022
26. Hickory Dickory Dock (1955) 11/20/2023
27. Dead Man's Folly (1956) 3/1/18
28. Cat Among the Pigeons (1959) 5/11/18
29. The Clocks (1963) 3/30/2021
30. Third Girl (1966) 12/23/2021
31. Hallowe'en Party (1969) 2/7/2023
32. Elephants Can Remember (1972) 4/3/2018
33. Curtain: Poirot's Last Case (1975) 12/31/17
Miss Marple 11/12
1. The Murder at the Vicarage (1930) 3/4/18
2. The Body in the Library (1942) 12/10/2022
3. The Moving Finger (1942) 6/9/18
4. A Murder is Announced (1950) 6/2/18
5. They Do It with Mirrors (1952) 4/2/2023
6. A Pocket Full of Rye (1953) 4/9/18
7. 4:50 From Paddington/ (1957) 12/31/17
8. The Mirror Crack'd (1962) 7/15/2023
9. A Caribbean Mystery (1964) 4/26/2023
10. At Bertram's Hotel (1965) 4/1/2018
11. Nemesis (1971) 3/8/2021
12. Sleeping Murder (1976) 11/17/2020
Tommy and Tuppence 4/4
1. The Secret Adversary (1922) 3/10/2019
2. N or M? (1941) 4/25/2018
3. By the Pricking of My Thumbs (1968) 6/21/2018
4. Postern of Fate (1973) 4/15/2023
Superintendent Battle 4/4
1. The Secret of Chimneys (1925) 12/30/2017
2. The Seven Dials Mystery (1929) 1/11/2018
4. Murder is Easy (1939) 2/26/2023
5. Towards Zero (1944) 3/8/2018
Standalones 13/13
1. The Man in the Brown Suit (1924) 4/3/2018
2. The Sittaford Mystery (1931) 1/24/2023
3. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1934) 5/17/2023
4. And Then There Were None (1939) 4/4/2018
5. Death Comes as the End (1944) 4/11
6. Sparkling Cyanide (1945) 6/8/2017
7. Crooked House (1949) 10/10/2017
8. They Came to Baghdad (1951) 6/3/2018
9. Destination Unknown (1954) 7/18/2018
10. Ordeal by Innocence (1958) 4/10/2018
11. The Pale Horse (1961) 12/2/2022
12. Endless Night (1967) 5/30/2023
13. Passenger to Frankfurt (1970) 5/11/2023
Optional Short Story Collections: 20/22
1. Poirot Investigates (1924) 9/13/2019
2. Murder in the Mews (1937) 6/11/2018
3. The Labours of Hercules (1947) 7/28/2019
4. Poirot's Early Cases (1974) 3/29/2018
5. The Thirteen Problems (1932) 4/12/2020
6. Miss Marple's Final Cases (1979) 1/6/2023
7. Partners in Crime (1929) 7/52018
8. The Mysterious Mr. Quin (1930) 3/10/2023
9. The Hound of Death (1933) NA *
10. The Listerdale Mystery (1934) *
11. Parker Pyne Investigates (1934) 1/24/2021
12. The Regetta Mystery and Other Stories (1939) 1/20/2018
13. The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (1948) 3/29/2018
14. Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1950) 5/7/2018
15. The Under Dog and Other Stories (1951) 5/29/2018
16. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960) 11/17/2022
17. Double Sin and Other Stories (1961) 3/29/2018
18. Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories (1965) 11/19/2022
19. The Golden Ball and Other Stories (1974) 6/5/2018
20. Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (1991) NA
21. The Harlequin Tea Set (1997) 5/21/2018
22. While the Light Lasts and Other Stories (1997) NA
* This book was not published in the US and I can't get it from the library. I have read all of the stories in other books, though, so I'm counting it as read.
NA - This book is not available through my library or at a reasonable price used or in ebook, so I won't be reading it.
Plays & Adaptations: (not counted)
The Unexpected Guest by Osborne 12/10/2023
Black Coffee 12/10/2023
Spider's Web
I love reading Agatha Christie novels! I will go for Option #3 for now.Budding Agatha Christie Fan
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1. Murder at the Vicarage 2/18
2. Death on the Nile 2/22
3. ABC Murders 2/27
4. Five Little Pigs 3/15
5. Elephants Can Remember 6/20/18
6. The Man in the Brown Suit 6/5/19
7. 4:50 From Paddington 1/5/20
8. A Murder is Announced 1/25/20
9. Crooked House 4/11/20
10. The Body in the Library
11. Curtain, Poirot's Last Case 7/6/20
12. Death in the Clouds 12/10/20
13. Sleeping Murder 3/8/21
14. Cards on the Table 4/3/21
15. The Moving Finger 4/17/21
16. The Secret Adversary 8/9/21
17. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
18. Dead Man's Folly 4/26/22
19. Appointment With Death 6/27/22
20. Endless Night 6/28/22
21. Hercule Poirot's Christmas
I am definitely a Hardcore Fan in my teens I read as many as I could find in our little town library....I think I managed to read 40...haven't tried any of the romance so added them just in caseThe Agatha Christie Reading Challenge
Duration: December 7, 2017 -
Completed: 1/96
Option #2: Hardcore Agatha Christie Reader
Read each and every one of the Queen of Mystery's detective novels
Hercule Poirot Series 1/34
1.The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) December 30 2017
2.The Murder on the Links (1923)
3.The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
4.The Big Four (1927)
5.The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)
6.Peril at End House (1932)
7.Lord Edgware Dies (1933)
8.Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
9.Three Act Tragedy (1935)
10.Death in the Clouds (1935)
11.The A.B.C. Murders (1936)
12.Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)
13.Cards on the Table (1936)
14.Dumb Witness (1937)
15.Death on the Nile (1937)
16.Appointment with Death (1938)
17.Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1938)
18.One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940)
19.Sad Cypress (1940)
20.Evil Under the Sun (1941)
21.Five Little Pigs (1942)
22.The Hollow (1946)
23.Taken at the Flood (1948)
24.Mrs. McGinty's Dead (1952)
25.After the Funeral (1953)
26.Hickory Dickory Dock (1955)
27.Dead Man's Folly (1956)
28.Cat Among the Pigeons (1959)
29.The Clocks (1963)
30.Third Girl (1966)
31.Hallowe'en Party (1969)
32.Elephants Can Remember (1972)
33.Curtain (1975)
34.The Monogram Murders
Hercule Poirot Collections 0/4
35.Poirot Investigates (1924)
36.Murder in the Mews (1937)
37.The Labours of Hercules (1947)
38.Poirot's Early Cases (1974)
Miss Marple Series 0/12
1.The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)
2.The Body in the Library (1942)
3.The Moving Finger (1942)
4.A Murder is Announced (1950)
5.They Do It with Mirrors (1952)
6.A Pocket Full of Rye (1953)
7.4:50 From Paddington (1957)
8.The Mirror Crack'd (1962)
9.A Caribbean Mystery (1964)
10.At Bertram's Hotel (1965)
11.Nemesis (1971)
12.Sleeping Murder (1976)
Miss Marple Collections 0/2
13.The Thirteen Problems (1932)
14.Miss Marple's Final Cases (1979)
Tommy and Tuppence Series 0/4
1.The Secret Adversary (1922)
2.N or M? (1941)
3.By the Pricking of My Thumbs (1968)
4.Postern of Fate (1973)
Tommy and Tuppence Collections 0/1
5.Partners in Crime (1929)
Superintendent Battle Books 0/5
1.The Secret of Chimneys (1925)
2.The Seven Dials Mystery (1929)
3.Cards on the Table (1936)
4.Murder is Easy (1939)
5.Towards Zero (1944)
Standalone Novels 0/13
1.The Man in the Brown Suit (1924)
2.The Sittaford Mystery (1931)
3.Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1934)
4.And Then There Were None (1939)
5.Death Comes as the End (1944)
6.Sparkling Cyanide (1945)
7.Crooked House (1949)
8.They Came to Baghdad (1951)
9.Destination Unknown (1954)
10.Ordeal by Innocence (1958)
11.The Pale Horse (1961)
12.Endless Night (1967)
13.Passenger to Frankfurt (1970)
Short Story Collections 0/15
1.The Mysterious Mr. Quin (1930)
2.The Hound of Death (1933)
3.The Listerdale Mystery (1934)
4.Parker Pyne Investigates (1934)
5.The Regetta Mystery and Other Stories (1939)
6.The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (1948)
7.Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1950)
8.The Under Dog and Other Stories (1951)
9.The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960)
10.Double Sin and Other Stories (1961)
11.Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories (1965)
12.The Golden Ball and Other Stories (1974)
13.Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (1991)
14.The Harlequin Tea Set (1997)
15.While the Light Lasts and Other Stories (1997)
Mary Westmacott 0/6
1.Giant's Bread (1930)
2.Unfinished Portrait (1934)
3.Absent in the Spring (1944)
4.The Rose and the Yew Tree (1948)
5.A Daughter's a Daughter (1952)
6.The Burden (1956)
The Agatha Christie Reading ChallengeStart Date: 12/8/17
Books read: 2/65
Option 3: Read as many Agatha Christie books as you can that you haven't read before
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1. The Murder on the Links (1/2/18)
2. Poirot Investigates (3/6/19)
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I love Agatha Christie! I'm trying to ration her books over the course of my life so I'm going to go with a spell it out of my fav character: Hercule Poirot and his trusty sidekick Cpt Hastings H -
E - We Should Have Left Well E nough Alone -- Ronald Malfi
R - R aze -- Tillie Cole
C - The C ruest Month -- Louise Penny
U - The U nleashing -- Shelly Laurenston
L - Fantasy L over -- Sherrilyn Kenyon
E - The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 -- E lizabeth George
P - Still Life with Murder -- Louise P enny
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S - The Bazaar of Bad Dreams -- S tephen King
T - The Best American T ravel Writing 2015 -- Andrew McCarthy
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I have a bunch of her books and wanted to start reading them. So this challenge is perfect!!Option #2: Hardcore Agatha Christie Reader
Hercule Poirot Series 0/34
1.The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
2.The Murder on the Links (1923)
3.The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
4.The Big Four (1927)
5.The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)
6.Peril at End House (1932)
7.Lord Edgware Dies (1933)
8.Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
9.Three Act Tragedy (1935)
10.Death in the Clouds (1935)
11.The A.B.C. Murders (1936)
12.Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)
13.Cards on the Table (1936)
14.Dumb Witness (1937)
15.Death on the Nile (1937)
16.Appointment with Death (1938)
17.Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1938)
18.One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940)
19.Sad Cypress (1940)
20.Evil Under the Sun (1941)
21.Five Little Pigs (1942)
22.The Hollow (1946)
23.Taken at the Flood (1948)
24.Mrs. McGinty's Dead (1952)
25.After the Funeral (1953)
26.Hickory Dickory Dock (1955)
27.Dead Man's Folly (1956)
28.Cat Among the Pigeons (1959)
29.The Clocks (1963)
30.Third Girl (1966)
31.Hallowe'en Party (1969)
32.Elephants Can Remember (1972)
33.Curtain (1975)
34.The Monogram Murders
Hercule Poirot Collections 0/4
35.Poirot Investigates (1924)
36.Murder in the Mews (1937)
37.The Labours of Hercules (1947)
38.Poirot's Early Cases (1974)
Miss Marple Series 0/12
1.The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)
2.The Body in the Library (1942)
3.The Moving Finger (1942)
4.A Murder is Announced (1950)
5.They Do It with Mirrors (1952)
6.A Pocket Full of Rye (1953)
7.4:50 From Paddington (1957)
8.The Mirror Crack'd (1962)
9.A Caribbean Mystery (1964)
10.At Bertram's Hotel (1965)
11.Nemesis (1971)
12.Sleeping Murder (1976)
Miss Marple Collections 0/2
13.The Thirteen Problems (1932)
14.Miss Marple's Final Cases (1979)
Tommy and Tuppence Series 0/4
1.The Secret Adversary (1922)
2.N or M? (1941)
3.By the Pricking of My Thumbs (1968)
4.Postern of Fate (1973)
Tommy and Tuppence Collections 0/1
5.Partners in Crime (1929)
Superintendent Battle Books 0/5
1.The Secret of Chimneys (1925)
2.The Seven Dials Mystery (1929)
3.Cards on the Table (1936)
4.Murder is Easy (1939)
5.Towards Zero (1944)
Standalone Novels 1/13
1.The Man in the Brown Suit (1924)
2.The Sittaford Mystery (1931)
3.Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1934)
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And Then There Were None (1939) 03.31.185.Death Comes as the End (1944)
6.Sparkling Cyanide (1945)
7.Crooked House (1949)
8.They Came to Baghdad (1951)
9.Destination Unknown (1954)
10.Ordeal by Innocence (1958)
11.The Pale Horse (1961)
12.Endless Night (1967)
13.Passenger to Frankfurt (1970)
Short Story Collections 0/15
1.The Mysterious Mr. Quin (1930)
2.The Hound of Death (1933)
3.The Listerdale Mystery (1934)
4.Parker Pyne Investigates (1934)
5.The Regetta Mystery and Other Stories (1939)
6.The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (1948)
7.Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1950)
8.The Under Dog and Other Stories (1951)
9.The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960)
10.Double Sin and Other Stories (1961)
11.Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories (1965)
12.The Golden Ball and Other Stories (1974)
13.Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (1991)
14.The Harlequin Tea Set (1997)
15.While the Light Lasts and Other Stories (1997)
Mary Westmacott 0/6
1.Giant's Bread (1930)
2.Unfinished Portrait (1934)
3.Absent in the Spring (1944)
4.The Rose and the Yew Tree (1948)
5.A Daughter's a Daughter (1952)
6.The Burden (1956)
This has been a slow, ongoing challenge. It's nice to find it here:Read as many Agatha Christie books as you can that you haven't read before:
1. Evil Under the Sun , 5/27/18
I will go with Option #3: Budding Agatha Christie FanRead as many Agatha Christie books as you can that you haven't read before
Dec 1, 2017 - ongoing
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Agatha Christie 12/92.
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Congratulations Chie!
May I Join in? Option #2: Hardcore Agatha Christie Reader
Read each and every one of the Queen of Mystery's detective novels (66 in all, without the short stories) (skip the romance and the plays if you like) - including the short stories but omitting the romances and the plays.I would like to read them in chronological order, as listed below; I will review them as I read them :)
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1924
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1929
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1930
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1979
1991
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I'm in for Option #1 :D Starting with "Murder on the Orient Express"
M - Gefährliche Schatten (The Secret Zoo #2) by Bryan Chick; Megan
U - UnSouled (Unwind Dystology #3) by Neal Shusterman
R - Harry Potter und das verwunschene Kind (Harry Potter #8) by J.K. Rowling
D - Drachengold (Temeraire #7) by Naomi Novik
E - Eiskalter Tod (Young Sherlock Holmes #3) by Andy Lane
R - Rückkehr der Wölfin (Women of the Otherworld, #2) by Kelley Armstrong
O - 1984 by George Orwell
N - Kriegerin der Schatten (Midnight Breed #12) by Lara Adrian, Nathan
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H - A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab, Holland
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R - Black Jack (Die verschollene Flotte 2) by Jack Campbell, Rione
I - Die Insel der besonderen Kinder (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #1) by Ransom Riggs
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N - UnDivided (Unwind Dystology #4) by Neal Shusterman
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X - Die Auserwählte (Black Dagger Brotherhood #29) by J.R. Ward, Xcor
P - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter #3) by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter
R - Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2) by Richelle Mead
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S - The Forever Song (Blood of Eden #3) by Julie Kagawa, Allison Sakemoto
S - Sieben Minus Eins (Berger & Blom #1) by Arne Dahl
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As someone who just started to dive into Chritie's novels, I'm in!#3 Budding Agatha Christie Fan
(1/20)
Started 2/18/18
1. The Murder on the Links 2/21/18
The Agatha Christie Reading ChallengeLevel: Hardcore Agatha Christie Reader
Duration: March 2018 - Present
Hercule Poirot Series 1/34
1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
2. The Murder on the Links
3. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
4. The Big Four
5. The Mystery of the Blue Train
6. Peril at End House
7. Lord Edgware Dies
8. Murder on the Orient Express
9. Three Act Tragedy
10. Death in the Clouds
11. The A.B.C. Murders
12. Murder in Mesopotamia
13. Cards on the Table
14. Dumb Witness
15. Death on the Nile
16. Appointment with Death
17. Hercule Poirot's Christmas
18. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
19. Sad Cypress
20. Evil Under the Sun
21. Five Little Pigs
22. The Hollow
23. Taken at the Flood
24. Mrs. McGinty's Dead
25. After the Funeral
26. Hickory Dickory Dock
27. Dead Man's Folly
28. Cat Among the Pigeons
29. The Clocks
30. Third Girl
31. Hallowe'en Party - READ October 2015
32. Elephants Can Remember
33. Curtain
34. The Monogram Murders
Hercule Poirot Collections 0/4
35. Poirot Investigates
36. Murder in the Mews
37. The Labours of Hercules
38. Poirot's Early Cases
Miss Marple Series 4/12
1. The Murder at the Vicarage
2. The Body in the Library - READ January 2013
3. The Moving Finger
4. A Murder is Announced
5. They Do It with Mirrors
6. A Pocket Full of Rye
7. 4:50 From Paddington - READ January 2013
8. The Mirror Crack'd
9. A Caribbean Mystery
10. At Bertram's Hotel - READ October 2010
11. Nemesis - READ October 2010
12. Sleeping Murder
Miss Marple Collections 1/2
13. The Thirteen Problems READ January 2016
14. Miss Marple's Final Cases
Tommy and Tuppence Series 0/4
1. The Secret Adversary
2. N or M?
3. By the Pricking of My Thumbs
4. Postern of Fate
5. Partners in Crime (Collection)
Superintendent Battle Books 0/5
1. The Secret of Chimneys
2. The Seven Dials Mystery
3. Cards on the Table
4. Murder is Easy
5. Towards Zero
Standalone Novels 0/13
1. The Man in the Brown Suit
2. The Sittaford Mystery
3. Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
4. And Then There Were None
5. Death Comes as the End
6. Sparkling Cyanide
7. Crooked House
8. They Came to Baghdad
9. Destination Unknown
10. Ordeal by Innocence
11. The Pale Horse
12. Endless Night
13. Passenger to Frankfurt
Short Story Collections 1/15
1. The Mysterious Mr. Quin
2. The Hound of Death
3. The Listerdale Mystery
4. Parker Pyne Investigates
5. The Regetta Mystery and Other Stories - READ May 2017
6. The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
7. Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
8. The Under Dog and Other Stories
9. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
10. Double Sin and Other Stories
11. Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories
12. The Golden Ball and Other Stories
13. Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories
14. The Harlequin Tea Set
15. While the Light Lasts and Other Stories
Mary Westmacott 0/6
1. Giant's Bread
2. Unfinished Portrait
3. Absent in the Spring
4. The Rose and the Yew Tree
5. A Daughter's a Daughter
6. The Burden
May I be a part of this challenge? I am new learning how to follow and participate.
Finally finished my second one:T Thor and Peace
H Hardcore Twenty-Four
R Robicheaux
E East of the Sun
E The English Wife
A The Astronaut Wives Club
C Chronicle of a Plague, Revisited: AIDS and Its Aftermath
T The Tea Rose
T The Trial
R The Remorseful Day
A All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid
G A Grave Mistake
E Every Woman for Herself
D Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
Y You Must Remember This: Life and Style in Hollywood's Golden Age
Off to number 3!
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Absolutely! Welcome!
Temitayomiyoshiseun, your challenge post is linked HERE
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T Thor and Peace
H Hardcore Twenty-Four
R Robicheaux
E East of the Sun
E [book:The English Wife|34945..."
Mini congrats Jennifer!
Agatha Christie Reading ChallengeOption #2: Hardcore Agatha Christie Reader
Duration: March 17, 2018 - Current
Completed: 5/66 books
Hercule Poirot Series:
1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles - 3/17/18
2. The Murder on the Links - 7/13/18
Tommy & Tuppence:
1. The Secret Adversary - 6/17/18
Other:
1. The Man in the Brown Suit - 8/3/18
Superintendent Battle:
1. The Secret of Chimneys - 9/5/18
Finished a third on 4/10 .....but it had all short words! We'll see which one gets done next...The Big Four
T The Touchstone
H Haunted Is Always in Fashion
E The Exiles
B Bran New Death
I Instant Manifestation: The Real Secret to Attracting What You Want Right Now
G The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace
F Faith
O One Night in Paris
U The Unfortunates
R The Ranger Way: Living the Code On and Off the Battlefield
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Option #3: Budding Agatha Christie Fan: Agatha Christie books not yet read.
Daisy wrote: "Option #3: Budding Agatha Christie Fan: Agatha Christie books not yet read."1.
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Duration: You set the pace!
Pick an option:
Option #1: Hardcore Agatha Christie Fan
Spell out (using NBRC's spell out rules*) any Character from an Agatha Christie novel, a title from one of her books, or her name. (for example, Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, And Then There Were None)
Option #2: Hardcore Agatha Christie Reader
Read each and every one of the Queen of Mystery's detective novels (66 in all, without the short stories) (skip the romance and the plays if you like).
Option #3: Budding Agatha Christie Fan
Read as many Agatha Christie books as you can that you haven't read before
(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.
As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A�, ‘An�, ‘The�, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.