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I find that I really enjoy Christie! This is one of her earlier books with no Marple or Poirot, but it was fun and entertaining, and very dated of course. I enjoyed all the characters!

#bookspinbingo - my #doublespin for this month!
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#pop24 - book that came out in a year that ends in 24
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Celebrating its centenary this year - this book is perhaps better described as a youthful adventure with high jinks than a mystery. Anne was sweet and foolhardy and alongside her band of fellow adventurers this felt like a grown up Famous Five adventure! There are aristocrats, politicians, jewel thieves, ocean voyages, distant lands, all with an Empire feel. Harmless - but I‘m glad Christie experimented and then moved on!

This was a fun adventure-the first with Colonel Race. As always, I was completely wrong about who the “bad guy” was 😂

A fun Christie mystery with the plucky and recently orphaned Anne Beddingfeld !! She has spirited, often amusing, adventures; starting with watching a man tumble to his death in the path of a train at the tube station. She‘s convinced it was not an accident and is now in pursuit of a man with a brown suit…

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Ok so is anyone else having issues with Litsy I think I always logged in using FB but now I have to start over because it somehow deleted my account years of reading logged and now I‘m back at the beginning

#TBRTarot. picture on the spine. So pleased one of my current reads fits this month‘s prompt since I am STILL working on finishing March‘s prompt! 😂

Not a fan of this one—almost bailed. It was quite dated and at times seemed ridiculous. I guess I‘m really just a fan of Agatha Christie‘s whodunits: Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. The podcast was fun and made it worth finishing the book. For now I will continue reading her books in order, but I may adjust this if there are more like this. 😬

Just finished listening to this early Agatha Christie it‘s a one off mystery- no Poirot or Marple. Colonel Race is the only recurring Christie character to appear. I enjoyed the reader‘s voice work. A good mystery despite some cringey colonial ideas. Set in 1922 💚🐉

Notes from that book so far (and I did not highlight some mansplaining...)

This starts out as a fun adventure, but turns into pure silliness in the back half.

“Girls derive a lot of comfort from ice-cream sodas.”

Ok, some tipsy bath-time in-progress thoughts on this book I didn‘t know existed until I got it for my b-day: 1) The prologue is totally unnecessary and embarrassingly full of exposition-via-unnatural-dialogue, 2) I love Mrs. Blair—Christie does fabulous so well. I like Sir Eustace too but his diary portions are redundant 3) there was a revelation about the MC being in love that really confuses me b/c it wasn‘t set up in any way. ????

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Not one of Christie‘s better books, I think she did locked-room mysteries or murder mysteries in quiet villages better than thrillers. The 1989 film adaptation is only slightly more engaging.

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Not bad to listen to while walking

Delightful mystery (if occasionally outdated)

I thought for a while that this was going to be my favorite Christie so far, with the lady detective and the interesting setting, but then there were some weird bits about what women find attractive in a man along with this being illustrated in mildly icky and alarming ways, and now I'm not sure what to think. I'd almost like to rewrite the second half of this book.

I read this Aug 24-27 and gave it 4 ⭐️. I found that it was a little harder to get into this one but overall it was a fun read. Once again, I had a hard time figuring out the whodunnit part. I did like the character of Anne but I didn‘t like how Christie ended things with her. The story did drag a bit at the middle.

Caught up for #AgathaChristieClubR2 during #24b4Monday.

-The Man in the Brown Suit: a highly entertaining romp; hadn‘t heard of it before, but I‘m glad I had a reason to pick it up ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-Poirot Investigates: Poirot‘s fun, but these stories are almost too short to feel satisfying. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Enjoying this Agatha Christie novel :) 46-year old paperback has about had it. Pages brittle...cover damaged & stained....but it has character :) The cover art is awesome! So 1970s

I finished this but never posted my review! This was a fun read. It‘s a stand-alone novel that doesn‘t feature one of her famous detectives, but does have Colonel Race, who shows up in some other books. Diamond theft, family honor, and a secret master criminal, set in 1920s South África, which is a surprisingly primitive place...I guess it was pretty undeveloped outside the main cities, I just don‘t think of it that way. I‘m glad I read this.

Free on Kindle FTW
#myyearwithagatha

I'm sorry for the late posting of discussion questions! I got back from two weeks in Scandinavia late last night, and I'm jet-lagged. International travel is the greatest, but I could do without the recovery period, you know?

Anyway, questions below! #agathachristieclubR2

I don‘t actually have time to keep up with #agathachristieclubr2, but someone mentioned that the group read this last month, and I realized that I didn‘t remember anything about this book. I read it once, a long time ago, but my Christie fandom has focused mostly on frequent re-reads of Poirot and Marple novels. So I found it on Scribd, and I‘m re-reading it now. It‘s nice to be reading a Christie book that‘s essentially new to me!

A re-read for me; this was the December read for #agathachristieclubr2 . It‘s been fun revisiting the older Christie novels!

This is my letter M for #LitsyAtoZ .

I didn‘t know anything about this crime before I started reading, so I say waiting for Poirot for a long time, but this is not a Poirot or Miss Marple mystery.

This is about young Anne who sees something strange at the metro station, and want to find out more. It turns into quite the adventure and I didn‘t see the twist towards the end.

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#TBRRead #WinterGames #ReadNosedReindeer
My 3rd book finished for #24B42020

One last #TBRread for #WinterGames - I love Christie so much, and this is on of my faves. It's just so over-the-top, a genuinely funny, entertaining romp of a story. Read for #agathachristieclubr2 and also just because I love it!

Still racking up some #24b42020 time, too!!

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@BookNAround - My #LastFirst reads!!

Looks like the tagged book - The Man in the Brown Suit - is going to be my last of the year - always good to go out on classic Christie! For my first book, I think I'm going to pick up The Storm Keeper's Island by Catherine Doyle, my first read for #NewYearWhoDis !

Well, yesterday ended up being a revolving door of visiting relatives, so I didn't get much reading done (although it was a lovely day, so no complaints!). I've hit my original goal of 10hrs, but probably won't hit my secondary goal of 15. Still, fun times!!

Tried to use Paisley as a prop for my time. She was very suspicious of the stopwatch 😆

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This one was okay. It wasn‘t my favorite Agatha Christie. The mystery was pretty good but I found this one kind of boring. I stopped listening for a while and didn‘t really have a desire to continue, but I powered through! I was definitely surprised by who the Colonel was.

#AgathaChristieClubR2 #TeamElectricSex Winter Games #TBRRead (ahh forgot to turn on my timer because it usually ends on Sunday!) I had 2 hrs left on the audio.

I really loved this one! Perfectly paced and kept my interest the entire time. I‘m so glad I‘m participating in #AgathaChristieClubR2. I probably would‘ve stopped after that last Poirot if left to my own devices. So glad I didn‘t!

Plus two more hours for #24b42020, totaling at 11 so far.

#WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals #TBRRead

Finished a second book in my #24b42020! This moved so fast and packed a LOT into its 300 pages. Looking forward to the #agathachristieclubr2 discussion - this is the first time I‘ve managed to finish the book in advance!!

Have to stop for a bit, too tired to continue. Having fun with The Man in the Brown Suit though! It‘s reigniting my Agatha Christie fervor. 7 1/4 hours down! 🕯

I finished 3 more of the #ChristmasLightsScavengerHunt. I haven‘t found any reindeer on the rooftop though! 🤷‍♀️

#24b42020 #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

December's book is the globetrotting The Man in the Brown Suit! I hope you'll join in the #agathachristieclubR2!

This was a pleasant surprise. I loved Anne Beddingfeld as the heroine. #agathachristie

I love this adventure! I‘m reading it for the millionth time, somewhat satisfying my summer wanderlust.

In the story, once the ship docks, Anne and Suzanne will proceed to the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town.

I‘m always curious when I read specific places in older books, and often look them up to see if they were fictional or actually existed. Mount Nelson was a real hotel, and still is. It is also amazingly gorgeous! 😍

I always love sitting down and just powering right through an Agatha Christie in an afternoon. This was a fun tale full of great protagonists and villains. There were moments where I felt things were a bit implausible but nothing too severe that it detracted from the story. I also greatly liked the dual narration of events from two strong characters full of personality. An awesome read!

Agatha Christie never disappoints. Even if this one doesn't have her usual detectives, I say the heroine had a Miss Marple feel to her.

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I just adore Sir Eustace.

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Gotta love a good listener! #agathachristieclub

I have so many books that I want to read, I‘m finding it difficult to pick one to start. Opting for this one to try to catch up to the #agathachristieclub. I hear it‘s a fast read. 🤞🏻#upnext #currentlyreading (Pilot is not amused that I used him to prop up the book for the photo 😂) #dogsoflitsy

A fun adventure! I enjoyed this book, I read it in a day and a half. 👍🏼👍🏼😀

He flung down the rifle and turn to me.

"Anne! You beauty! You wonder! You little queen! As brave as a lion. Black-haired witch!

This book shows a side of Christie that we don't see much of in her other books. I've laughed out loud several times with this one.

"It is a really hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are."

??? That's a tough life right there. ???

#agathachristieclub @Bambolina_81 I started the club late so I‘m trying to do at least a couple of stories a month. These are finished so I should get the next one done this month and maybe even December‘s book. They are quick reads.

Well, that was a fun ride! The characters were great and the plot challenging. I kept thinking I figured out who the "Colonel" was, but ended up being entirely wrong. Agatha Christie is always way ahead of me. Highly entertaining! And with this book, I've completed my GR challenge, yay! #agathachristieclub

I like that the back of this edition has "Agatha Christie, C.B.E., at work". Tried to do a pic collage with front & back covers but does anyone else on Android struggle with the default photo cropping on Litsy. You spend a lot of time making a pic collage but then it goes croppety crop! And cuts out the best parts. So I do a freestyle collage hoping I get it small enough to fit. But sometimes you need to see things clearly. Like Christie's face.

A light, fluffy mystery that I enjoyed despite myself, or rather despite the antiquated ideas about sex & attraction. There's always a sense that there is more to Christie than what you get, & what you inevitably get in this case is a mystery that's meant to entertain. In later Christie the mysteries are very good & the dialogue often stodgy, but here in her early work it's more playful & irreverent. Very tongue in cheek. #agathachristieclub

Rainy Sunday reading, perfect for #litsypartyofone #agathachristieclub And a 💋 from Betty Boop. #emojinov @RealLifeReading

(Well, this was a perfect situation five minutes ago. Now, as it turns out, an aunt has dropped in for a visit... #UnfortunatePartyofMoreThanOne)

When I first started this, I thought it was so-so. But, as the action picked up, it became a pick for me. The latest read for the #agathachristieclub features murder, deception, adventure and romance. At times, the whole mystery seemed comical - various characters bumbling around, trying to solve the puzzle, while Christie keeps the reader (at least me) guessing who is good and who is bad.