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I‘m torn between Agatha Christie novels placed in small English villages or the ones with the settings at world heritages sites. I loved this one because the murder happened at Petra. 🏛️

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#Desert
Set in Jordan (Petra).

On his first night in Jerusalem, Poirot overhears a man telling someone that she has to be killed. Then Poirot travels to Petra along with several others, among them the Boynton family. While there, Mrs Boynton is found dead and Poirot decides to find out if it was murder and if so, who did it?

Once again, Christie had me fooled, because I didn‘t see that ending coming. Even if I have seen the TV dramatization

Hugh Fraser is an amazing narrator

#WeeklyForecast

I‘ve just started My Men and want to continue that

I started Babysitter yesterday and want to finish that

I also hope to finish my audio, Appointment with Death

On November 1st I‘ll start The Christmas Chronicles and A Glass of Blessings

I also want to get a good stat on the 2nd book in Marklund‘s new crime series

#BookReport

I finished Jagua Nana and Anne of Green Gables.
I‘ve read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I did get in some more listening of Appointment with Death

I‘m currently reading the 11th book of the Hanne Wilhelmsen series

Still thinking about you and your family, Cindy

#WeeklyForwcast

I want to finish Jagua Nana, and start Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I want to continue listening to Appointment with Death

I want to finish Anne of Green Gables and start on the 11th book in the Hanne Wilhelmsen series

#BookReport

I finished The Garden Party and All the Little Bird-Hearts

I read Heartstopper 1-4 and The Moth Keeper

I listened a little to Appointment with Death

I‘m currently reading Jagua Nana and Anne of Green Gables

Always good!

#WeeklyForecast

I want to finish The Garden Party and start Jagua Nana

I want to continue with my audio, Appointment with Death

I want to finish All the Little Bird-Hearts

I want to reread Heartstopper 1 - 4, read The Moth Keeper and start my rereading of Anne of Green Gables

#PhotoChallenge #Death

I was sure more of Christie‘s works had death in the title, but I could only find these three. And I have almost all of them. 😂

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Day 3: Death/Dead

Old lady who was over controlling to her family is murdered, and nobody seems upset. Sounds like quite a mystery, and I wasn‘t inclined to think otherwise. Kept getting underfoot how these tourists would talk about their Arab guides. And for some reason Jews. The mystery itself started fine, but by the end I do no understand where it comes to. M. Poirot is as offbeat as usual.

What I enjoyed of this story was the psychological analysis made for almost every single main characters. How well those dysfunctional personalities were described by that time. They were analyzing each other😂 Also I liked that Poirot analyzed the “suspects” from different angles to support or discard his involvement in the crime. I still think the end was a little rushed. But how arrogant, narcissistic Poirot is, what a character☺️3.8⭐️

3. Appointment with Death tackles the abusive behaviors of a parent. How sensitively did you think this was handled? What would you keep and what would you change?

(Bonus question: why on earth is this Southeast Asian diety on the cover of a book set in Jordan?)

#agathachristieclubR2

2. Christie famously wrote in the introduction to the serialized version of this book, "There have been moments when I have felt: 'Why-why-why did I ever invent this detestable, bombastic, tiresome little creature!" Why do you think she felt this way?

#agathachristieclubR2

YIPES! Apologies #agathachristieclubR2 friends: it took a really long time for my hold to come in (and I can't figure out why - was there a run on this book in Nashville?), and then a weirdly long time for me to finish reading it. The month is almost over and I'm just now done. On to questions!

As always, please tag all previous commenters to keep the conversation flowing.

1. Did you enjoy this book? Why or why not?

I felt like this one fell a little flat compared to some of her other ingenious plots. Most of her mysteries are character driven - it‘s all about the psychology with Agatha! - but this one seemed so preoccupied with the psychology that the plot suffered a little. Or maybe it just me 🤷🏻‍♀️

Todays #joyousjanuary reading:
2 installments of Christmas Carol on Serial Reader
Part I of Appointment With Death #serieslove2023

I made this graphic for Hercule Poirot books because even though they can be considered a series, they largely stands alone and I‘m not reading them in order. So I X‘d the ones I‘ve already read and we will see how many I get to this year!
#SeriesLove2023

I will wait to discuss with #AgathaChristieClubR2 @ferskner in January -
Overall, enjoyed this read .
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Make a great day everyone 🎉

This book was given to me a while back, and I enjoyed it so much. I love Agatha Christie books so much. I loved the characters in the book. I rated this book a 5 out of 5 stars

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#Death
#Scarathlon2022

• Litsy Group Read for September 2022
#AGATHACHRISTIECLUBR2

#StoryGraph: fiction classics crime mystery mysterious slow-paced
304 pages | first published 1938

A repugnant Amercian widow is killed during a trip to Petra...

Mrs. Boynton is found with a tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her. Hercule Poirot has just 24 hours to solve this mystery.

A highly entertaining read, filled with fascinating psychology, and a solution that is so clever and so simple—after Poirot explained it to me that is. One of my favorites. #agathachristieclubr2

My very wonky #bookspinbingo! My #bookspin (tagged above) is for #agathachristieclub2 and #doublespin (tagged below) is a #fantasticstrangelings pick. Can't wait to get started!! I'm at least going to get one bingo this month, hopefully more, for #scarathlon2022. Go #teamslaughter! 🔮📚🍄

The ending of this one took me completely by surprise! Christie creates a fascinating character study of the Boynton family. The manipulative matriarch is found dead in Petra and Poirot has 24 hours to prove how a death assumed as heart failure is actually murder.

This audiobook left me surprisingly emotional, which I think says more about my current emotional state than it does about the novel, which is a fairly typical post-Orient Express Poirot mystery. Hugh Fraser's American accents are quite good in this one, which is lovely because there are a lot of American characters. Kind of makes me want to visit Petra, but I suspect traveling in that region now is quite different than it was in the 1930s.

Another good, clever mistery. I like that the murder only takes place halfway through the book, it gives us time to know the people involved (and absolutely despise the victim, tbh.)

"You see, don‘t you, that she‘s got to be killed?"

(An excellent way to start a murder mistery. )

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Finished my reread of this one. I am still trying to read them all in order. I skipped the one before this because it was a different narrator and I didn‘t like him 🤷🏻‍♀️.

If I‘m listening to a Poirot novel, it needs to be read by Hugh Fraser.

When I started reading, some things came back to me, but I never remember the endings, so it was still an enjoyable read.

Bk9 of August is done. Been #audiocrafting all afternoon, making beaded stitch markers for my knitting. Remembered I had my jewelry making kit with plenty of pretty beads & charms so figured rather than buying online & waiting for delivery, I can just make a couple of dozen & save time & money. God knows I got nothing else to do. Listened to a Dame Agatha I‘ve only read once before about the poisoning death of an awful old woman in Petra. 4⭐️

#ReadingAsia21 ( a weak pick as I learnt almost nothing of #Jordan) but I really ENJOYED this Poirot mystery. A domineering matriarch reaches her end on a family excursion to the ancient city of Petra. Was it murder, or a heart condition? Could it be a member of her family, or someone she‘s crossed paths with (as her temperament was unfriendly and combative)!?! I adore Hugh Fraser‘s narration and this one didn‘t disappoint #Hoopla

Continuing my love affair with Agatha Christie and narrator Hugh Fraser but man...the casual racism is jarring 🤬
#ReadingAsia21 #Jordan (weak but there is a death {{murder☠️}}that takes place there)

I actually enjoyed this Poirot story. The “victim” is a terrible person whose death you almost have to celebrate. 😂 Poirot is off-stage for at least a third of the book, which was a relief for me, but I did enjoy the solution. It feels a little like cheating, but since most of the book takes place in Petra, I‘m counting this as #jordan for #readingasia2021. 😆

I‘ve read both of these during the past week. Neither are going to be my favorite Christie, but they‘re still good. Christie played with the format a bit in both of these, which was interesting. Appointment with Death deals with emotional abuse within a family. Sad Cypress centers around a trial after a young woman is murdered.

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I‘m not proud, but this is my pick for #ReadingAsia #Jordan I like Agatha Christie and the book also fits #Booked2021 prompt - author‘s first name starts with A, B or C. It‘s not Christie‘s best work - twist is predictable, the clue is very transparent, but I did have a fun reading it.🤷‍♀️

This was actually the first Agatha Christie I ever read, I enjoyed returning to it 16 years later. I felt now, as I did when first reading, that the old woman had it coming. She was such an unlikeable person that I would‘ve been shocked if she wasn‘t killed. #AuthorAMonth #LittenListen #BookSpinBingo #WinterGames2020 #TeamReadNosedReindeer +16 pts

Sadistic matriarch dies of what appears to be a heart attack at Petra. But there is the mark of a syringe in her wrist and some medicine missing. Poirot happens to be in the vicinity when the death is reported to the authorities.

Was A C running out of steam when she wrote this? Lots of remarks about “if this was a detective novel“ and all of the characters seem quite oblivious to the ruins at Petra, which is surely what tourists go there for.

#teaandabook

Sarah sighed.

‘They turned me out of one place today because I had on a sleeveless dress,‘ she said ruefully. ‘Apparently the Almighty doesn‘t like my arms in spite of having made them.‘

Had such a hard time getting motivated to read today. This made me feel less guilty....

#HerculePoirot
Thriller time
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Monday Reading

It still happens! I found these oldies at a thrift store today.1940s paperbacks ,one Bantam ,one Pocket Book and two Dells. The inset upper left are the backs of the Dells,they are called mapbacks for obvious reasons.Happy, Happy, Joy,Joy!