Comments | txorakeriak: books i've read this year...

txorakeriak

books i've read this year...

Jul 07, 2006 15:03

1. Jane Austen: "Emma"
2. David Cordingly: "Life Among the Pirates - the Romance and the Reality"
3. John Hampden & Francis Drake: "Sir Francis Drake - Pirat im Dienst der Queen"
4. Dan Brown: "Angels and Demons"
5. Dan Brown: "The DaVinci Code"
6. Anthony Blackmore: "Rum, Sodomy & The Lash - A Devon Lad's Life in Nelson's Navy"
7. Agatha Christie ( Read more... )

media: agatha christie, media: books

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giddy_london July 7 2006, 13:14:13 UTC

Oooh, I haven't read The Murder of Roger Ackroyd in years! I've loved Agatha Christie since I was a kid. I wonder do I still have a few of her books...?

txorakeriak July 7 2006, 16:24:12 UTC

Oh! You must read it again! It's really a great story - not her best, of course, because I'm all too biased towards Curtain: Poirot's Last Case, which is too brilliant for words, but The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is ingenious as well, especially for the reasons I mentioned. :)

I wish I had more of her books, really, because they always make such a good read. :)

jack4will July 7 2006, 13:27:04 UTC

Love Agatha Christie. There are only a few mystery writers I like. She is one of the best. I nearly have all of her books.

txorakeriak July 7 2006, 16:24:50 UTC

Yeah, I've become quite nitpicky as well when it comes to mystery writers. I don't like many of them, and Agatha Christie has been, is and will always be my Queen of Crime. :)

jack4will July 7 2006, 16:57:38 UTC

Oh yeah she always will be. I like Conan Doyle, Dick Francis, Lillian Jackson Braun and one other one who sets her stories in the elite of Boston Society.

txorakeriak July 7 2006, 17:00:27 UTC

I don't like Arthur Conan Doyle - at least not Sherlock Holmes - because he gives the reader NO CHANCE AT ALL to guess the culprit. Agatha Christie gives you lots of clues and if you pay attention and keep a clear head, you actually stand a chance against the master detectives or the police. That's what I love about crime fiction. :)

Apart from her, I like Elizabeth George (Lynley/Havers), Georges Simenon (Inspecteur Maigret) and Brigitte Aubert (various). :)

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wee_mango July 7 2006, 14:13:52 UTC

Aaaah Paul....;) :p I like the little scene where Dr Lord & Roddy nearly have a bit of a head-to-head when Roddy comments on not wanting to have to see the room again and Lord comes back at him with "I'm not surprised..." ;) And of course, "Can I take you home?" Nnnnngh!!! :P

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txorakeriak July 7 2006, 16:25:40 UTC

Aww! Yes, that was too cute. :)
Have you read the book? If yes, were you disappointed because they left out so many cute scenes with Dr Lord?

wee_mango July 7 2006, 16:30:40 UTC

Have you read the book? If yes, were you disappointed because they left out so many cute scenes with Dr Lord?

Nope, I tend to just watch the TV episodes! There was more of the Doc in the book version?? 0_0 Now I feel cheated and deprived!! ;)

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txorakeriak July 7 2006, 16:41:22 UTC

Now I feel cheated and deprived!!
Yeah, that's what I feel. And there's not only more of him in the books, there's more CUTE of him in the books... *nodnod*

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