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The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (Poirot)
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (Poirot) | Agatha Christie
Agatha Christies seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection.
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Roary47
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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

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peanutnine
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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

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

dabbe I just love this story! 🤩🤩🤩 4mo
Sarahreadstoomuch @dabbe it was so fun! 4mo
dabbe @Sarahreadstoomuch 💙❄️💙 4mo
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dabbe
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#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!

AllDebooks Ooooo 🩵 4mo
IndoorDame Nice!!! 4mo
dabbe @AllDebooks 💙❄️💙 4mo
dabbe @IndoorDame 💙❄️💙 4mo
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dabbe
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#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!

AllDebooks We have very similar taste 😊 4mo
dabbe @AllDebooks Why am I not surprised? #greatminds! 💙❄️💙 4mo
AllDebooks @dabbe I'll say xx 4mo
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dabbe
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#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. 😍

TheSpineView Excellent! Makes me hungry just looking at it! 9mo
Eggs You had me at Baileys 🤤🤤 9mo
dabbe @Eggs ☕️🤣☕️ 9mo
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Lizpixie
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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.

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Lizpixie
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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.

dabbe Loved this one! Look forward to hearing what you think about it! 🤗 11mo
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Magpiegem
Mehso-so

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.

LiteraryinLawrence I agree! I like the novel length best for her. 14mo
Cinfhen Yay!!! I‘m not a huge fan of short stories but Dame Agatha is definitely a good way to go!! 14mo
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Magpiegem
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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

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

TheBookHippie Yum Christmas pudding 🤣♥️ 1y
LeslieO I enjoyed this one ,too! 1y
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CoffeeNBooks
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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

TheBookHippie I love your quilt!!! And snoopy! 1y
IndoorDame Looks so cozy ❤️ 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Enjoy ❤️❤️❤️ 1y
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Andrew65 Perfect excuse, sounds a good day ahead. 1y
mhillis Cute mug!! 1y
batsy The mug! ❤️ 1y
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Dragon
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Nothing like a good old fashioned Christmas 🎄 and Hercule Poirot solving a mystery. A nostalgic listen on Hoopla

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TheAromaofBooks
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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 ⬇️

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) stories were good, as usual, but not remotely Christmasy or even wintery. So still a pick for the collection because they were all quite good, but a bit disappointing just because they were not all new stories. I really wish that these special editions would focus on actual full-length novels instead of collections of short stories. These stories were originally printed together by Christie, but the other special editions are shorts ⬇ 2y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) that HC has put together, which can lend itself to repetition. Considering how many of Christie's novels exist, it seems like they could manage to print these beautiful editions without repeating themselves! 2y
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DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 2y
LeahBergen Yes! I‘m reading it right now and was thinking, “Hmm… I know this story 🤔 Where did I read it?” 2y
Jadams89 🎉👍🏻🎁 2y
TheAromaofBooks @LeahBergen - It was extra weird because the version of Christmas Pudding in this one was much longer and more fleshed-out than the version included in Midwinter Mysteries. The Chest story was also strange - in this version, Poirot is working with Miss Lemon & talking about how much Hastings would enjoy the mystery, while in the Midwinter version, Hastings is the one telling the story, with no Miss Lemon in sight! I was so confused! 😂 2y
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LeahBergen
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And I‘m tucked into bed with this pretty collection of six seasonal Christie stories.

🔎 🔎 🔎

Cathythoughts Looks good 🎄😁 2y
LeahBergen @Cathythoughts I‘ve enjoyed the first few stories! 2y
elkeOriginal I love that this sounds like the story of a pudding that went on an adventure… 2y
LeahBergen @elkeOriginal I‘d read that. 😆 2y
elkeOriginal @LeahBergen 😆😹 (I would read that too😉) 2y
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TheAromaofBooks
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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 ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) month, including the tagged book which is the latest special edition (soooo gorgeous!!!) that just came yesterday (and that I also forgot I had ordered and thus isn't actually on any of my lists LOL). Can't wait to see what else I find that fits for the #HolidayHorrorsReadathon !!! 2y
Yuki_Onna Woohoo!!! How cool is this?!? Thanks for bringing this to my attention - right up my alley! (Oops, that reminds me I still need to post my #bookspin December list... Let's get going...) 2y
Suet624 Yes, many thanks to whoever is behind the @LitsyEvents page. 2y
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TheAromaofBooks @Yuki_Onna - Yes!!! I love when there are readathons that focus on different genres or ideas!!! 2y
TheAromaofBooks @Suet624 - I think several people are running it together, which is a great way to do something like that, as it's a lot of responsibility for one person!! There used to be another page (LitsyHappenings maybe?) that seemed to fade away, so I'm super stoked that there is a new place to find it all!! I don't always have time to scroll my whole feed, and especially this time of year there are so many challenges & readathons to join!! 2y
Suet624 I wondered what happened with LitsyHappenings. But did I offer to help? Nope. Oh well, thankful to those who do the work. (edited) 2y
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Blackink_WhitePaper
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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 !

StayCurious You're doing great! 3y
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Andrew65
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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

TheSpineView Great job! 👍🤩📖📚 3y
Andrew65 @TheSpineView Thanks 😊👍 3y
Bookgoil I should read more of Poirot too I enjoyed Murder on the Orient Express! (edited) 3y
Andrew65 @Bookgoil Only just really getting into him! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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Andrew65
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
TheSpineView On my TBR list! 📖📚🤩 3y
Bookgoil Looks fun! ❤️ 3y
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Andrew65 @Bookgoil @TheSpineView About six stories in it and enjoying it. 3y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Nice! I haven't read any Hercule Poirot books yet so I might read the first one. If there's time this month, I might read this one. 3y
Andrew65 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick This had done amusing short stories. 3y
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Angitron
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There was nothing particularly outstanding about this one, but if you‘re looking for a quick holiday-themed read, it‘s fun and entertaining.

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Hestapleton
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Mehso-so

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!

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Eggs
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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

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Simona
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Pickpick

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

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MaleficentBookDragon
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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

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
BookmarkTavern What a clever way to do that! 3y
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twinkletoes74
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Pickpick

Another Agatha Christie.

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thea-block
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Pickpick

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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Laughterhp
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Pickpick

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 💚

Andrew65 A great time. Thanks fir playing along and Happy NewYear. 👏👏👏🙌 4y
Redwritinghood Happy New Year! 4y
LibrarianRyan ⭐ 😁 4y
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JenlovesJT47
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Pickpick

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

Andrew65 A lot of Agatha Christie reading going on during this Readathon! A good time. 👏👏👏 4y
coffees 21pts!! 12.29 didn't know she had xmas specific reads 😯👌 4y
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SamAnne
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Fun little holiday mystery. Perfect for listening to while getting the house ready for the holidays. #ImpulseRead #WinterGames #JingleBallets @FantasyChick

FantasyChick 21pts 4y
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veritysalter
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Pickpick

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

Clwojick 21 pt 4y
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Linsy
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Perfect light little mystery to pair with lunch today! ❄️
#HolidayRead #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

MidnightBookGirl Both look good+ 4y
rather_be_reading 21pts🍬 4y
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jenniferw88
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Pickpick

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

StayCurious Love that moustache...+20 points for holiday read; +5 book to movie adaptation; +1 for participation = 26 points! 4y
AlaMich I checked this out of the library after seeing it in a post of yours. I‘ve read about four stories so far and I‘m enjoying it very much. If only it weren‘t so heavy... 4y
Twainy He will always be mine too 🥰 4y
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Deblovestoread
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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

Addison_Reads Yay! Go #TeamFestivus! 🎄🙌 4y
wanderinglynn I love White Christmas—it‘s one of my favorites too. ❤️⛄️ 4y
wanderinglynn 5 pts for the movie, 20 pts for the holiday read, & 5 pts for the holiday craft + 1 pt participation = 31 pts! ⛄️ 4y
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Clwojick Woohoo! 🙌🏻🎄❤️ 4y
Deblovestoread @wanderinglynn Woo hoo! For craft projects is it 5 points a day for working on the project or 5 pts per project? 4y
wanderinglynn I believe it‘s 5 pts per project. But 1 pts participation for every time you post. 👍🏻⛄️ 4y
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Deblovestoread
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#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

Cinfhen Looks like you have holiday fever 🎄💚❤️🎄 4y
Clwojick There are so many audio versions of The Christmas Carol. Wonder which one will be the best. 🥰 4y
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Mishu94
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Murder mystery you said? I‘m all ears 👀
Any Agatha Christie fans here? 🕵🏻‍♂️
P.s say hiii to my Litsy model guys 😂

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rabbitprincess
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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.

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

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rabbitprincess

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

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emmaturi
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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

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batsy
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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

rubyslippersreads I think I need to read this for Christmas. 😊 5y
Aimeesue Awwwwww! 5y
TrishB Lol! Great pick 👍🏻 5y
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Tanisha_A Ahahahah. Love this 5y
saresmoore 😂 5y
LeahBergen 😆😆 5y
batsy @rubyslippersreads The collection has a variety of stories but the Christmas Pudding one is a short and fun read for the season 🙂☃️ 5y
Faibka Lol, I need to get to this one 5y
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Panpan

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

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neet_reads
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#MarchMunchies Day 4: Puddings

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Jhullie
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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.

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

GrilledCheeseSamurai Have so much fun! 🙋‍♂️ 6y
Cortg Jealous! Enjoy!!! 6y
jhod Glorious!! 6y
Jhullie @GrilledCheeseSamurai @Cortg @jhod it was wonderful, far too hot though (I missed my air conditioning) I read 5 books so now I need to go book shopping. 6y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @Jhullie Yaaaaay for book shoping! 🙌 6y
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Jhullie
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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 ✨

Texreader Love the tree!! Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 !!! 6y
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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.

MommyWantsToReadHerBook No, it's not the same with fresh fruit without a hideous amount of sugar 😊 6y
melissajayne Whenever I think of trifle I think of Friends when Rachel made her trifle. 6y
MommyWantsToReadHerBook Oh yes! Ew. No mince meat or peas in this one, thank goodness! 6y
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Jhullie
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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.

mhillis Happy holidays ☀️ 6y
AmyG Merry christmas 🎁 6y
sprainedbrain Merry Christmas! 6y
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Daisey Merry Christmas! 🎄 6y
Lizpixie It was freezing here in Sydney! Rainy and 20C instead of the usual mugginess & thunderstorm. Merry Xmas lovely!🎄 6y
JessClark78 Merry Christmas! 6y
Simona Merry Christmas 😘 6y
Bookzombie Merry Christmas! 🎄 6y
Dragon Merry Christmas 🎄😻 6y
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Jhullie
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It‘s Christmas Eve and I still have so much to do. I‘ll just read one more page...

rubyslippersreads Great cover! 6y
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Jhullie
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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.

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Jhullie
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I‘m thinking I might start my Agatha Christie experience with this timely tome 🎄🎅🏻🎁📖