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BookNook
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#ChristiesCapers, #AgathaChristieClubR3
I got a late start, but the 1st is finished. I actually read this about a year ago, but I want to be true to the publishing date order so... . Every time I read an AC mystery I always tell myself to pay attention to every detail, especially early on; and every time I always miss or forget something. This was a good read. Looking forward to “The Secret Adversary“.

Librarybelle Yay!! 3d
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Librarybelle
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We‘re less than two weeks away from our next #ChristiesCapers discussion! To anyone who has started it, how is it going? #AgathaChristieClubR3

Aims42 I have it on my Kindle to read so I‘m at Step 1 😆 5d
Cuilin I read it, so ready!!!! 5d
kspenmoll I have read it! 5d
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MaleficentBookDragon
The Big Four (Poirot) | Agatha Christie
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Mehso-so

Meh. One of my least favorite of Christie‘s works so far.
Hastings was especially annoying in these stories.
I mostly listened to the audio while knitting Estella, my emotional support chicken, seen here with the paperback, so it was worth it.
I got laid off last month & am having a hard time finding a new job. Thankfully I have books & hobbies to keep me from falling too far into depression. #christiescapers #agathachristieclubr3 #audioknitting

AmyG Your chicken is 🙌🏻❤️ 1w
dabbe So sorry to read this about your job. Your book review is spot on, your chicken is beyond adorable. I hope you find a new job soon. 🧡🩶💜 1w
quietlycuriouskate Estella is fabulous! 🤩 1w
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Librarybelle Love Estella! 1w
julieclair Estella is beautiful! I hope the perfect job presents itself to you soon. 💙 1w
Ruthiella Good luck with the job search! Love the picture - perfect color combination . 👌 1w
Tamra I love your support chicken - she‘s gorgeous! 1w
Bette Estella is wonderful! So well done. Best of luck. 🤞 1w
RamsFan1963 I know that feeling. I got laid off back in December, and only started working again in April. It seems bad now, but some times a fresh start is the best thing possible. Good Luck 🍀 1w
Yuki_Onna Emotional support chicken! 😂👏 I didn't know this was a thing. Now I need one! 🐓 1w
MaleficentBookDragon @Yuki_Onna they were trending in the knitting and crochet communities awhile back. It looked too difficult to do to me so I let my kit just sit for almost 2 years. It really wasn‘t as hard as I expected. Mistakes WERE made, but that just adds to her charm. 1w
TheBookHippie Love the chicken!!! 1w
Yuki_Onna She really is charming! 1w
Bookzombie I love your chicken! I hope you find a great job soon. 💕 3d
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kspenmoll
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#bookreport
Started Fearless today; almost at the end of the Blue Train. finished the other books this past week. Murder at the Gulls Nest is a standout.Between the indomitable Nora Breen‘s character & the audiobook‘s narrator, Siobhan McSweeney‘s voice, I was both enthralled & enchanted. #sundaybuddyread #AgathaChristieClubR3 #ChristieCapers #NoraBreenInvestigates #readyourkindle #ThematicCozies #Books #September #historicalfiction

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Repost for @Librarybelle

The September #ChristiesCapers is the sixth book featuring Hercule Poirot. Let‘s hop on the blue train and solve the mystery using our little gray cells.

Discussion on September 28th. All are welcome! Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the tag list. #AgathaChristieClubR3

Original post - https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2896617

Librarybelle Thanks for reposting! 3w
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Librarybelle
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The September #ChristiesCapers is the sixth book featuring Hercule Poirot. Let‘s hop on the blue train and solve the mystery using our little gray cells.

Discussion on September 28th. All are welcome! Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the tag list. #AgathaChristieClubR3

Cuilin I‘ve already started. 😊 3w
Sparklemn I may be able to join you. I‘ll see how my next week goes. 3w
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Librarybelle That‘s great, @Sparklemn ! Would you like to be tagged for just this book or included for the whole readalong? 3w
JenlovesJT47 My sister brought me a copy of this in French, excited for a reread! 3w
Librarybelle That‘s so cool, @JenlovesJT47 ! 3w
BookNook Got onto this bandwagon late. I've enjoyed many of ACs mysteries over the past many years and it will be interesting to go through them in order of publication as I can squeeze them in between my other stacked books. I love the way she has of “tickling the little grey cells“. 2w
Librarybelle That‘s wonderful, @BookNook ! Some in the group are squeezing in the books as well. 2w
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suvata
The Big Four (Poirot) | Agatha Christie
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Reading on #Litsy with Christie‘s Capers (Reading Agatha Christie's books in publication order) Hosted by @Librarybelle #AgathaChristieClubR3

4 Stars • In Agatha Christie's The Big Four (1927), Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings investigate a shadowy international crime syndicate known as the Big Four. ⬇️

suvata The group, led by four enigmatic figures—a Chinese mastermind, an American millionaire, a French scientist, and a elusive operative—plots global domination. Poirot and Hastings follow a trail of mysterious deaths and conspiracies in a thrilling, espionage-driven adventure to stop them.

#TheBigFour #HerculePoirot #AgathaChristie #Bookish
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kspenmoll Love your review! 3w
Librarybelle Glad you liked this one! 3w
suvata So far, I have been loving all of them. I am so glad I decided to do this read along. 3w
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Librarybelle
The Big Four | Agatha Christie
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It‘s time for our #ChristiesCapers discussion! I have five questions posted as spoilers; you can find them on my feed, the book‘s feed, or by searching the group‘s hashtags.

Next month is another Poirot novel; this time, we‘re traveling on the Blue Train! Official post tomorrow! #AgathaChristieClubR3

Aims42 Can‘t wait for next month‘s read 🤗 3w
Librarybelle @Aims42 I think it‘s better than this month‘s book! 3w
Aims42 @Librarybelle Wahoo! 🥳 3w
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Librarybelle
The Big Four | Agatha Christie
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5. The ending...Poirot faking his own death to unmask the rest of the Numbers! We of course know that Poirot cannot possibly die at the end of this book, but imagine being a reader in 1927. Would you believe that Poirot was dead?

Incidentally, critics do say that this aspect was a good Poirot move...the book is not great, but at least there is a glimmer of the real Poirot in this move. #ChristiesCapers #AgathaChristieClubR3

Cuilin Yeah, I probably would‘ve believed that. Christie was killing of Poirot but I liked that part of the story. I‘m not sure about the twin aspect though. 3w
MallenNC I would have believed it back then and been surprised, I think. The twin bother trick was a little less believable though. 3w
dabbe Christie plays a masterful trick not just on the characters, but on her entire audience. She exploits the absolute trust the reader has in the narrator (Hastings) and the unspoken rules of the detective genre, only to shatter them in a spectacular and joyful reversal. For a few brief, heartbreaking chapters, the world would have genuinely believed the little Belgian detective was gone. Or would they? #sherlockinthefinalproblem

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BarbaraJean I didn't believe it for the obvious reason that I've read later books, but I also didn't really believe it in the context. I don't trust the “twin“ trope! I don't know how much of my disbelief is based on that and how much is based on my previously-formed opinion of Hastings' gullibility, though! 1w
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Librarybelle
The Big Four | Agatha Christie
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4. Let's think about the characters beyond Poirot. We have Hastings back in this novel, and we fall into the conspiracy rabbit hole with this group of individuals who wish to control the world. Any thoughts on the Numbers? Any other characters worthy of discussion? #ChristiesCapers #AgathaChristieClubR3

OutsmartYourShelf Hastings didn't irritate me as much as usual in this one. 3w
MallenNC I was somewhat interested in the female scientist in the Big Four. She was unusual as a villain 3w
willaful @MallenNC yeah, a bit less of a type than the others. 3w
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dabbe To me, Madame Olivier is perhaps the most chilling member, representing the corruption of knowledge and intellect. Science, which should be used for human betterment, is in her hands a tool for destruction. Her development of powerful explosives and deadly radium-based weapons prefigures the real-world anxieties of the nuclear age. She symbolizes the danger of scientific advancement without ethical constraints. 3w
BarbaraJean I agree with @MallenNC & @dabbe for sure--Madame Olivier was fascinating. I would have liked to see more of her. The foreshadowing there of science/tech advancement with no regard for ethics feels pretty contemporary to me, especially in the realm of warfare/AI/privacy/etc. I'd read a whole book with Madame Olivier as the main/only villain. (I don't know that I'd want Christie to write it, though...) I could have done without the other Numbers! 1w
dabbe @BarbaraJean Agree 💯!!! 1w
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