tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post5341664604952220440..comments2024-03-28T11:17:43.586+00:00Comments on Read-warbler: Catching upCathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-24603122300703081532018-10-30T10:37:05.447+00:002018-10-30T10:37:05.447+00:00Nan: I struggle to remember which ACs I've rea...Nan: I struggle to remember which ACs I've read. I suppose because there are so many and my brain is becoming addled. Thanks for the link, I'll check that out later. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-31257249262071114992018-10-29T02:43:20.124+00:002018-10-29T02:43:20.124+00:00I checked to see if I had read the AC and I did- t...I checked to see if I had read the AC and I did- ten years ago! I went back and read my report. I was just at the start of my Christie reading then. It's here if you want to read it. https://lettersfromahillfarm.blogspot.com/2008/07/book-reporthickory-dickory-dock.htmlNanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-72247038423748903772018-10-22T09:10:21.324+01:002018-10-22T09:10:21.324+01:00Tracy: This is the first one I'd read with Mis...Tracy: This is the first one I'd read with Miss Lemon too. I remember the actress who played her in the TV series and don't think she was really suited to the part. <br /><br />Mike Ashley's anthologies are pretty good, the ones I've read anyway. I think I've read the Mammoth book of horror stories or something like it and that was good too. But his new association with the British Library seems to be working very well. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-62729292569396544842018-10-19T00:59:03.241+01:002018-10-19T00:59:03.241+01:00I have not yet read a book with Miss Lemon in it. ...I have not yet read a book with Miss Lemon in it. (I am reading the books of each series in order, mostly.) I look forward to getting to a book that includes her.<br /><br />I am going to have to try one of Mike Ashley's anthologies. I have a book by him: The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction. It has very good summaries of information about a lot of mystery authors. Published in 2002, so somewhat out of date, and only covers authors alive at the time. Based on that, I can see where his introductions of authors of each story would be very interesting.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-23420109631710504762018-10-17T23:05:46.142+01:002018-10-17T23:05:46.142+01:00Margaret: I completely agree about AC's books,...Margaret: I completely agree about AC's books, and as they're spread over such a long period of time the books are very informative about said attitudes. It's so interesting and I find it odd that you get people who won't read these older books because of their prejudices... as though their attitudes ought to reflect ours in the 21st. century and not their own time period! <br /><br />I've checked my comment settings and I have them set to 'anyone' can comment so am not sure why it won't let you comment under Name/URL. The only other thing I can see is that I can switch from normal comments to Google + but I'm not sure what effect that would have and am a bit reluctant to try it. Very odd. I wonder if Google Blogspot is doing the same thing to Wordpress users as Wordpress sometimes does to me, and others, as a Blogspot user. I've heard people say that the two like doing this. It's all very frustrating!Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-71759029262953166272018-10-17T15:04:41.899+01:002018-10-17T15:04:41.899+01:00Agatha Christie is often thought of as just a crim...Agatha Christie is often thought of as just a crime fiction writer - 'Queen of Crime' etc, when I've often thought her books reveal people's attitudes and the prejudices of society at the time she wrote her books (over such a wide period as well). I'm a bit older than you but still wasn't old enough in the 50s to have had any knowledge about drug smuggling etc, but I agree that people didn't speak as openly as they do today - on practically any and every subject. Life was different then in that respect, but I suspect that things went on much the same as today.<br /><br />I've found that anthologies are almost always a mixed bag - some good stories, some not so good and often leave me wanting more depth.<br /><br />BTW - google won't let me make a comment on your blog under the Name/URL option, just thought you might like to know ...BooksPleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721650104596705715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-41716179899930268532018-10-17T09:38:40.304+01:002018-10-17T09:38:40.304+01:00Yvonne: I'm not sure either. I just know that ...Yvonne: I'm not sure either. I just know that whenever I come across mention of drug smuggling in vintage crime books I do this odd double-take. Possibly it wasn't quite the huge problem it is now? Possibly it was therefore something our parents/grandparents weren't too aware of? Perhaps such things tended to take place in small sections of society and that didn't include the masses who were consequently not aware of what was going on. I also think things were hushed up more back then, certain things people didn't speak about. It's a strange one but it does seem there's nothing new on this Earth.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-62147084399535016672018-10-16T05:54:14.861+01:002018-10-16T05:54:14.861+01:00I can totally relate to being behind with reviews....I can totally relate to being behind with reviews. I really must try out your approach of the concise review and see if I can bring down some of my backlog!<br /><br />I am not really a huge fan of the anthology. It was just that those you featured which had been edited by Martin Edwards really caught my eye and I will definitely be giving one of them a try very soon! <br /><br />You know, that like yourself, I am a fan of any Agatha Christie story and they are just about the only books I will consider for a re-read. <br /><br />We were only talking the other day, about the concept of whether things which we consider to be exclusive and bad about today's modern society, did in fact happen back in the day and it is just because of the instant nature of social media, that we get to know about them now. The perceived rise in the scale of such events is also, I guess, directly relevant to the rise and mobility of the population. Perhaps our parents, and those of us of a certain age, saw the earlier days through rather rose-coloured glasses? - I'm not sure!!<br /><br />Thanks for sharing and enjoy the rest of your week :)<br /><br />Yvonne<br />xxYvonne @ Fiction Books Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14821114534056290177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-12619709758213521802018-10-15T09:29:54.770+01:002018-10-15T09:29:54.770+01:00Pat: I'm not surprised you're struggling a...Pat: I'm not surprised you're struggling at the moment as you're just out of hospital. You take care and relax, just do what you feel like doing. <br /><br />Kay: The thing is, there are so many Christie novels that it's hard remembering the plots of individual books off the top of your head. LOL!Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-53420386435310440672018-10-14T13:21:08.659+01:002018-10-14T13:21:08.659+01:00I remember reading that Christie book a long time ...I remember reading that Christie book a long time ago, but the storyline had escaped my memory. When you said Miss Lemon was making mistakes, I remembered. Ha! I need to reread that one or listen to it. Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-66684995589274639892018-10-14T13:18:34.113+01:002018-10-14T13:18:34.113+01:00That one story does sound creepy!! once again I a...That one story does sound creepy!! once again I am falling way behind in reading since it tires me to hold up the book..this will be a bad reading year for me.. I loved your last puzzle ! And I always like when someone so good at it has "a time" with it! lol.. it's good to have a challenge now and then! love you!DesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.com