tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144784325334181261.post4976411242456867824..comments2024-02-10T14:38:45.874-06:00Comments on Wordsmithonia: Agatha Christie Challenge--The Mysterious Affair at StylesRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17786139533776263328noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144784325334181261.post-46682762528944044362009-08-23T10:11:09.359-05:002009-08-23T10:11:09.359-05:00I'm also in the challenge and I liked this one...I'm also in the challenge and I liked this one a lot because of our first introduction to Poirot. My review can be found <a href="http://justareadingfool.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/the-mysterious-affair-at-styles/" rel="nofollow"> here</a>. I will add a link to your review at the bottom of it here shortly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144784325334181261.post-50533531495675740162009-07-27T17:27:47.738-05:002009-07-27T17:27:47.738-05:00Thank you both for dropping by. The encouragement...Thank you both for dropping by. The encouragement is appreciated!Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786139533776263328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144784325334181261.post-63909504238425497642009-07-27T17:12:15.832-05:002009-07-27T17:12:15.832-05:00Um, I'm perhaps a bit more laidback in my appr...Um, I'm perhaps a bit more laidback in my approach to Christie, but I love her and I'm sure you'll have a good time with the challenge! I agree that it's definitely best to read the books in order. It's just better that way.<br /><br />Good luck on your challenge, and I'll be looking forward to reading the reviews!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11391243721286424613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144784325334181261.post-78962662979854047962009-07-27T13:07:43.206-05:002009-07-27T13:07:43.206-05:00I am so excited about your Christie project! I rea...I am so excited about your Christie project! I read my first Christie when I was visiting my aunt in Albuquerque when I was 15, and I found a copy of Funerals are Fatal on her shelf. I don't remember what came next, but shortly after that I struck gold. I was reading an Agatha Christie novel when the couple I was babysitting for came home. The woman was so excited to see what I was reading, she dragged out a huge box of old Christie's and GAVE them to me! I still have them, and, even though they are falling apart, I love the old covers.<br /><br />I've read all the Christie books, plus her plays, poems and Mary Westmacott books. And just about every book written about her, too.<br /><br />While Styles wasn't a favorite of mine, I like to read it to rediscover the way Christie introduced us to Hastings, Poirot and Japp. David Suchet captures Poirot's essence so well that I now have a hard time separating my mental image of Poirot from Suchet's characterization. It's funny to think that, in Style's, Poirot was new to Agatha Christie, too!<br /><br />Good luck with this, Ryan, and keep us posted about your progress at the Mystery Book Club!Becke Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347467350985614111noreply@blogger.com