Category Archives: Reading

Watch Your Mouth!

Posted on 11/06/2011 by chick

Said Poirot, In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth! from A Holiday for Murder

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Sad but True

Posted on 10/30/2011 by chick

For your Weekly Poirot enjoyment, another conversation between Hastings and Poirot. “Is it really necessary to tell such elaborate lies, Poirot?” I asked as we walked away. Poirot shrugged his shoulders. “If one is going to tell a lie at … Continue reading →

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Hard Choices

Posted on 10/24/2011 by chick

I have to face it. I just don’t have time to do everything I would like to do. So unless I want to miss out on the things that really matter to me, I have to give up some of … Continue reading →

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Just the Facts?

Posted on 10/23/2011 by chick

Here is another conversation between Poirot and his friend Hastings. “Mon ami—you know my suspicious nature! I believe nothing that any one says unless it can be confirmed or corroborated.” “That’s right, old boy,” I said affectionately. “A thoroughly nice, … Continue reading →

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Separation of Church and Narnia

Posted on 10/22/2011 by chick

The Magician’s Book: A Skeptic’s Adventures in Narnia by Laura Miller Grade: B Are you one of those people who loved Narnia as a child but came to dislike it later when you realized it was all about Christianity? Not … Continue reading →

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Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

Posted on 10/21/2011 by chick

Poirot Loses a Client by Agatha Christie Grade: A- In Poirot Loses a Client, Poirot received a rather peculiar letter from a woman named Miss Arundel. She wrote, “I am emboldened to write to you in the hope that you … Continue reading →

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Thought for the Day

Posted on 10/20/2011 by chick

All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett

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Who’s That Girl?

Posted on 10/19/2011 by chick

Third Girl by Agatha Christie Grade: B+ Poirot was sitting at the breakfast table with a cup of hot chocolate, feeling quite proud of himself for a recent literary accomplishment, when his butler informed him that a young lady was … Continue reading →

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Connoisseur of Mustaches

Posted on 10/16/2011 by chick

A conversation between Poirot and “The Third Girl.” “And how did you know me, may I ask? What made you recognize me?” “Your mustache,” said Norma immediately. “It couldn’t be anyone else.” He was gratified by that observation and stroked … Continue reading →

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First in the New Marathon

Posted on 10/11/2011 by chick

The Gremlins: A Royal Air Force Story (The Lost Walt Disney Production) by Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl Grade: B+ The Gremlins is the first book in my Roald Dahl reading marathon. It is an old-fashioned, cutesy kind of story. It … Continue reading →

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