Category Archives: Reading

Hungry

Posted on 10/19/2010 by chick

I was just thinking that I was hungry and needed a late-night snack. That brought to mind this silly little comment that Poirot made in “The Theft of the Royal Ruby.” You arouse my gastronomic juices, madame.

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The Doctor Is In

Posted on 10/09/2010 by chick

Poirot on colds: Everyone always thinks they have ‘flu.’ It sounds more important. One gets more sympathy. The trouble with a catarrhal cold is that it is hard to glean the proper amount of sympathetic consideration from one’s friends. from … Continue reading →

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The Marplethon’s End

Posted on 10/04/2010 by chick

It’s so sad that I didn’t have much time to devote to the end of the Marplethon, and even sadder that I don’t have time for more than a few words about each of the last books. Double Sin and … Continue reading →

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Location Isn’t Everything

Posted on 10/03/2010 by chick

It is a gray day. Chilly. Not the kind of day that draws you out of the house. I wish I were at the seaside enjoying the sun. Replies Poirot, The sun shines. The sea is blue. But you forget … Continue reading →

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Less Love, More Mockery

Posted on 09/27/2010 by chick

As you may remember, I once reviewed a book called Dragondoom by Dennis L. McKiernan. I gave it a positive review in spite of all its silliness. It is a special book, I think. Recently, as part of the GLP, … Continue reading →

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Mind Your Own Business

Posted on 09/26/2010 by chick

Poirot knew what he was about. Murder is my business. And it is my business before it has happened as well as afterward. From “Wasps’ Nest”

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The Weekly Poirot

Posted on 09/19/2010 by chick

How far would I have to go back in my memory to reach a time when I didn’t know who Agatha Christie was?  I remember playing Trivial Pursuit while on vacation at my grandparents’ lake cottage. I was maybe 10 … Continue reading →

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Done!

Posted on 09/15/2010 by chick

Today marks the 120th anniversary of Agatha Christie’s birth and the end of the Marplethon. Did I finish in time? Of course.  I finished  the last few stories tonight. I will tell you about them some time later this week … Continue reading →

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Libraries and Hotel Disappoint

Posted on 09/07/2010 by chick

The realization that I had fallen behind on the Marplethon prompted me to figure out exactly which books I had left to read and where I might find them (hence the recent post). On Saturday, I discovered that a nearby … Continue reading →

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Wherefore Art Thou, Marple?

Posted on 09/05/2010 by chick

I am so far behind on the Marplethon. I don’t know how it happened. One minute I had all the time in the world, the next minute it had been almost a year. Time doesn’t just fly, it hauls ass. … Continue reading →

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