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#Two4Tuesday
Thanks for the tag, @TheSpineView! 🥰

1. Hmm. Living in Phoenix my whole life, I wonder what I would pick ... 🤔 ... the absolute coldest wintry cabin high in the mountains of course! ❄️
2. I love winter mysteries usually at big estates, for some reason... like the short story I tagged with good ol' Hercule Poirot.

All are invited to play.

3✨ This was a very short Poirot mystery. The guests invited Poirot to their Christmas get together, but they staged a murder for his amusement. Or was it a real murder 🫣. Cute short read and mini mystery. It seems to just end though. #WinterGames #GingerbreadGems

I've been reading one Poirot a month in order and this one happened to fall for this month! It was a short story in which Poirot is asked to spend Christmas with a family in order to find a stolen jewel. This full-cast audio has music and sound effects and was very festive. The story was a bit predictable but I had fun listening to it play out
#SeriesLove2023 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

Quick little Poirot story set at Christmas in the English countryside. #wintergames #restinggrinchface

#Naturalisty #MidWinterSolstice

The promise of a traditional, English Christmas at a country manor house is just the thing to motivate Hercule Poirot to take on this Christmastime case. A young prince is in diplomatic hot water for lending a family jewel to a woman who seizes the opportunity to steal it. An international scandal is ready to break ... will Poirot be able to save the day, and the prince's reputation? Bonus: it's a short story!

#Naturalisty #MidwinterSolstice
@Alldebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

📖 What books do you enjoy this time of year? Cozy, feel-good stories; ghost stories; murder mysteries; classics--all related to some kind of December holiday
📖 Do you have a preferred genre? mysteries
📖 Do you have a traditional read? A Christmas Carol
📖 What would you recommend? The tagged story, which can be enjoyed in one sitting. A total British Xmas!

#WondrousWednesday
@Eggs
@TheSpineView

1️⃣“The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding“ doesn't qualify as a book, but it's a long short story and one of my favorite holiday rereads.

2️⃣New York-style cheesecake + coffee & Bailey's. 😍

Bk12 of my #BookMail is the 3rd of my Dame Agatha Special Editions. This one‘s a short story anthology with both Poirot & Miss Marple stories, including The Mystery Of The Spanish Chest, Four and Twenty Blackbirds & Greenshaws Folly.

Bk3 of my #BookHaul & the last Dame Agatha is another SE. An anthology of stories set around the festive season, mostly Poirot with an appearance by the fluffy old lady of crime, Miss Marple. Believe it or not, I don‘t think I‘ve actually read this one before, one of the few Dame Agatha‘s I have not. There‘s 4 more of the SE coming out by the end of the year, Autumn Chills, Dead Man‘s Folly & 2 of my faves Hallowe‘en Party & Five Little Pigs.

8/23 What I learnt from this book of short stories is that I prefer Christie‘s full length mysteries. Not because she isn‘t skillful in the short stories but because I get less time to guess what‘s happened! My favorite story was the last. Great for #192925 #1960 & #booked2023 #ashortstorycollection though.

It‘s February and I‘m finally getting to some of my #booked2023 prompts. I‘m listening to this one for #shortstorycollection and I‘m also ready Whisper Network for #titlebeginswithavorw

A short story in which Poirot attends a Christmas party in order to investigate the disappearance of an expensive ruby.
#LitsyLoveReads

It's way too cold for Florida, so I'm getting ready to snuggle up with my quilt, read this mystery (I love Poirot) and try my new coffee. This is my favorite way to spend an afternoon!
#HolidayFriends

Nothing like a good old fashioned Christmas 🎄 and Hercule Poirot solving a mystery. A nostalgic listen on Hoopla

It's been a few days since I caught up on reviews!! I was excited to get into this collection of Christie stories, but found myself somewhat let down because the title story has already been included, in a truncated form, in the Midwinter Murder collection, as had the second story, The Mystery of the Spanish Chest, which was the Baghdad Chest in Midwinter Murder, and was narrated by Hastings rather than in 3rd person as it was here. The other ⬇️

And I‘m tucked into bed with this pretty collection of six seasonal Christie stories.

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Have I mentioned lately how much I love @LitsyEvents ?? I was able to find three December readathons this morning that I would have missed just by checking out their page!! It's so awesome to have this info in one place!!

@Patchshank is hosting this readathon for mysteries, ghost stories, horror, etc., and may also win the prize for best graphic because I freaking LOVE this! 😂 I actually have several Agatha Christie books on deck this ⬇

Still I have two more holiday books to read. Has been a crazy week couldn‘t read much. Now I realised I have not posted my week 3 pts( 432) 🤦🏻‍♀️ Sorry 😞 #teamreadnosedreindeer #wintergames2020

Hopefully I will do better in this last few days !

6th book finished for #DashingDecember, 5th book for #WibterSolstice

This book has seven short stories in, 6 involving Hercule Poirot and 1 with Mrs Marple. A very enjoyable book, and helped me get to love Poirot more and more, and get a clearer feel for his methods. #AuthorAMonth has helped build, this love of Poirot. Now onto Murder on the Orient Express

#ProgressitDecember #WinterGames #Crushtherush #ReadYourway #BookSpinBingo

Time for sone Agatha Christie. #Authoramonth @Soubhiville

#DashibgDecember #ReadYourWay #CrushtheRush #BookSpinBingo #ProgressitDecember #WinterSolstice #WinterGames

There was nothing particularly outstanding about this one, but if you‘re looking for a quick holiday-themed read, it‘s fun and entertaining.

Another Christmas book done! Only one book in this collection was Xmas related, 26 points for #teamreadnosedreindeer #wintergames.
The title story was the best one. The rest were meh for me. Poirot is growing on me!

When a priceless ruby, belonging to a Far Eastern prince, is stolen from him whilst he is on a visit to England, Poirot is asked to make a quiet investigation. The ruby was destined for the prince‘s bride-to-be and a scandal must be avoided. Another fun Poirot mystery-fun to life stem to while wrapping gifts 🎁
#authoramonth2020 @Soubhiville

Not the best by Christie, but Poirot is always good company for #audiowalk Between pick and so-so. So-so for the mystery part of the story, pick for everything else 🤷‍♀️ #AuthorAMonth

Here's my end of year #bookspin list. I decided to do a couple more generic entries from my overwhelming #TBR collection - NetGalley, Non-Fiction, Audio-book, Swap Gift, and #BOTM. If these get picked I select one of my owned books from that category. This way I can still, kind of, be a mood reader. @thearomaofbooks

Another Agatha Christie.

Short and sweet Poirot! A classic detective story, more of a switcheroo than anything. I did like the holiday setting, though!

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I was able to squeeze in 1 more book before the New Year! I listened to this quick short story by Agatha Christie.

It was a very quick and fun mystery of Hercule Poirot

#TeamElectricSex #HolidayRead Winter Games

Final reading time for #24B42020 is 14 hours (I accidentally left my timer on after I finished the audio book 🤦‍♀️, luckily I looked at the time before I started!)

Happy New Year everyone! Stay safe 💚

I read this Poirot short story last night before bed so some of the details are a tad fuzzy, but it was a fun holiday read — you can‘t go wrong with Dame Agatha! 4⭐️

#WinterGames
#TMSkellington
#HolidayRead
#24B42020

Fun little holiday mystery. Perfect for listening to while getting the house ready for the holidays. #ImpulseRead #WinterGames #JingleBallets @FantasyChick

#WinterGames #MerryReaders #HolidayRead - multitasking today. A Christmassy Christie while writing Christmas cards (I‘m so behind this year).

Perfect light little mystery to pair with lunch today! ❄️
#HolidayRead #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

Suchet will always be my Poirot!

5 stars for this short story in 'The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries'. I'm going to try to tag each separate story so that I don't have to keep reviewing the same book.

#wintergames #readnosedreindeer #tbrread @Clwojick @StayCurious

Final #WinterGames #TeamFestivus post for today. I always start my holiday movie watching with White Christmas 5pts, completed the tagged book 5pts and started a December cross stitch project, one of two I would like to complete.

@wanderinglynn @Clwojick @StayCurious

#weeklybookreport. I finished Anne of GG #4 which was ok and Becoming Nicole which was fantastic, especially
watching the growth in her dad. I made some small progress on Hild. #Weeklyforecast I will start my #wintergames reading with the tagged audiobook on my drive home later today and hope to get a couple of these read before the end of the week. @Cinfhen

@Clwojick @StayCurious @wanderinglynn 1 pt participation #TeamFestivus

Murder mystery you said? I‘m all ears 👀
Any Agatha Christie fans here? 🕵🏻‍♂️
P.s say hiii to my Litsy model guys 😂

I enjoyed this collection of stories. The title story has an excellent festive atmosphere, and I had fun comparing The Mystery of the Spanish Chest with my memory of the Suchet TV adaptation.

Holiday reading with a holiday beverage (hot chocolate, mmmmm).

"Mr. Jesmond made a peculiar noise rather like a hen who has decided to lay an egg and then thought better of it."

I picked this up at the end of November, as it covers Christmas and well I love Agatha Christie. I didn't really see that it is short crime stories. They were all quite interesting. Mostly Poirot, the last story is Miss Marple. #books #agathachristie #bookcover #crimestories

In the short story "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding", a few mischievous children plan to make a snowman that resembles Poirot and present him with a surprise Christmas gift of a fake murder scene. Kids are so sweet sometimes!

#FrostytheSnowman #WinterWonderland @TrishB @Cinfhen

Bought a bunch of Agatha Christie books at a book sale a few years ago because I loved the Poriot series. I don‘t love her writing style and it‘s kind of bumming me out #mystery

#MarchMunchies Day 4: Puddings

My first foray into the world of Agatha Christie which is weird because I devour mysteries, I can‘t think why I have never read her work before. I chose this one because of the season, it felt right to read about a Christmas pudding at Christmas time. I enjoyed the stories and particularly liked the character of Hercule Poirot who popped up in most of them. This was a hardcover crime series featuring the three books above.

I‘m heading off for a few days of relaxation (reading 😉) with no technology. See you in a week.

When the day is over, everyone has gone home with uncomfortably full tummies, and I finally have some peace to read on my own - bliss ✨

My contribution to our Christmas meal is the trifle. No idea if it's in any way like a British trifle, and I've never met two people who made it the same way. This is the way my mom has always made it, bar the whipped cream from a can as I didn't think fresh cream would make it in this heat. It's a layer of Swiss roll slices covered by liquid jelly (Jello) mixed with sherry and left to set, covered by tinned mixed fruit, custard and cream.

No books for me sadly (it‘s like these people don‘t know me at all 🤣) but I did get a couple of vouchers for my local bookshop so there is a silver lining. We had a typical Queensland day, stinking hot all day and a violent thunderstorm in the late afternoon. A simple family Christmas with fond memories of past times. I hope your day was lovely.

It‘s Christmas Eve and I still have so much to do. I‘ll just read one more page...

A Christmas mystery to get me in the mood...for Christmas not crime lol. Thought I had better clarify that. I‘m not off to rob a bank or anything.