tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post489480074856852555..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: There is Nothing Like A DameStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-39741691023402119982010-08-13T20:59:39.943+01:002010-08-13T20:59:39.943+01:00I grew up stealing my older sister's SVH books...I grew up stealing my older sister's SVH books. I love that you enjoyed them, too. (Did you know Diablo Cody is making a feature film about them?)<br /><br />I came to Agatha Christie quite late, only discovering them roughly the same time my graduate thesis needed to be written. My mother, who loves most of the great mystery novelists of the time, seems to have cocked a snoot at Agatha Christie, and to this day won't read them. Shame, because as you say, they're (generally) very well written and she is very, very funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-4071650191689054622010-07-14T20:56:27.401+01:002010-07-14T20:56:27.401+01:00The Murder at the Vicarage...why haven't I rea...The Murder at the Vicarage...why haven't I read that one yet either haha. The short story with Miss Marple you referred to..is that the one where the detectives are dining together?....I love mystery.gotta check that one out.lAnon E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11188879707320934683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-71754477188094068342010-07-13T22:55:44.830+01:002010-07-13T22:55:44.830+01:00SO glad you are back!
and with a post I just lo...SO glad you are back! <br /><br />and with a post I just love. Sweet Valley High- be still my heart.DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435206223622005832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-15820907676245016472010-07-13T19:26:52.596+01:002010-07-13T19:26:52.596+01:00Trixie Belden, the thinking girl's Nancy Drew....Trixie Belden, the thinking girl's Nancy Drew. Susan in Texas, you must be a kindred spirit.Susan Dhttp://www.destevenson.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-17608472256355632592010-07-13T17:47:26.933+01:002010-07-13T17:47:26.933+01:00I have been reading Christie for over a decade and...I have been reading Christie for over a decade and I still dont get tired. My favorite and yes , very cliched, detective is Poirot. I have a collection of 50 short stories where Poirot features as a detective and those are my favorite. I do think "Then there were none" is a brilliant novel. My all time favorite is "Death on the Nile" probably its the first AC mystery that I read. I do like Miss Marple and think that she is very endearing but I prefer the logical deduction of Poirot rather than the inspirations of Miss M ( Miss M always looks at real life for solving her mystery, a talent yes but a tad boring)Vipulahttp://shadesofwords09.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-81043710706718241722010-07-13T14:51:54.422+01:002010-07-13T14:51:54.422+01:00Just to let you know I discovered your blog while ...Just to let you know I discovered your blog while you were away, and I absolutely love it! I have searched for a long while for a blog that reflects my reading tastes – but more specifically my attitude to reading – as well as being so well written. More power to your blogger’s elbow. (You’ve already made me fancy a Marple – I only really know the Margaret Rutherford incarnation.)Nick Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618461043660129105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-45574907512631335282010-07-13T14:12:05.971+01:002010-07-13T14:12:05.971+01:00Welcome back! You were missed while you were away...Welcome back! You were missed while you were away, but glad to hear that you had a wonderful vacation.<br /><br />Ah, the love for Dame Agatha is great at our house. I read through all I could get my hands on back in my early teens and still have my beaten up paperbacks that my oldest two children are now enjoying. I've seen some lovely new hardback editions, but I'm letting my girls collect those for their own libraries -- preferring the memories in my paperbacks. :) Last week for my birthday I rec'd a copy of Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks. If you haven't seen it, you might find it interesting.<br /><br />(SVH was after my time, I'm afraid. My similar indulgence would've probably been Trixie Belden mysteries. :) )Susan in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550766549670690646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-46915306187676828002010-07-13T11:08:26.344+01:002010-07-13T11:08:26.344+01:00I am in a bit of a grump as I tried to comment on ...I am in a bit of a grump as I tried to comment on this last night and my silly iphone hates blogger hahaha. <br /><br />Anyways am thrilled to be part of a delightful duo to make you subconciously want to read Christie again.<br /><br />I do wonder if Miss Jane Marple is in any of the books of hers as much as you think they are. She isnt in the 4.50 From Paddington very much its her niece that is. I don't think she was in Bertrams Hotel that much either. Maybe I am wrong? I must read another one... just to check of course hahaha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-61763769042250992102010-07-13T10:56:28.356+01:002010-07-13T10:56:28.356+01:00I'm afraid it doesn't mean that, Rosie... ...I'm afraid it doesn't mean that, Rosie... I've tried two Sayers novels and didn't get on with them at all... not least because I wanted to give Peter Wimsey a slap! (Sorry! I know I am almost alone in my dislike of him...)<br /><br />And who'd have thought, everyone else, that my innocent and momentary mention of Sweet Valley High would cause such mirth! I had rather expected it, but I thought I'd be honest ;-)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-48670799860314293472010-07-13T10:46:44.877+01:002010-07-13T10:46:44.877+01:00Does your comment about the underwhelmingness of o...Does your comment about the underwhelmingness of other Golden Age detective authors mean that you haven't read any of Dorothy L. Sayers' Wimsey novels? (Yes, I am a big enough fan that I cannot conceive of anyone being underwhelmed by them.) If so, tut tut! And you an Oxford-dweller too! The first in the series is Whose Body?, but you could equally well start with Strong Poison (for the romance arc) or The Nine Tailors (my own starting-point and one of the best).Rosie Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-58654217206362263772010-07-13T10:30:07.853+01:002010-07-13T10:30:07.853+01:00Never feel ashamed for the SVH reading, Simon! I r...Never feel ashamed for the SVH reading, Simon! I read a few but I was addicted to the Sweet Valley Twins (and BSC) at younger age and then the SV College books later on, somehow bypassing the SVH books in full. I also loved Point Horror :)<br /><br />I have a strange aversion to anything Christie that doesn't feature Poirot...Paperback Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579608422235511054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-67468363240287267532010-07-13T10:18:46.961+01:002010-07-13T10:18:46.961+01:00Glad you had a good holiday! You made me smirk whe...Glad you had a good holiday! You made me smirk when you admitted you read Sweet Valley High - bless you!<br />I was more a Babysitters Club girl myself!<br /><br />I have only read one Agatha Christie - The Body in the Library. I loved it! But I haven't read any others since. My grandad is her biggest fan and has about ten copies of each of her books. So I have no excuse really. I'll ask to borrow one next time I see him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-796159146794661252010-07-13T08:55:59.797+01:002010-07-13T08:55:59.797+01:00Hugely entertained by your SVH confession - that&#...Hugely entertained by your SVH confession - that's another guilty reading past of mine. I'm actually rereading a similiar series at the moment!verityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825551404394913715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-57067171430275940792010-07-13T08:46:11.231+01:002010-07-13T08:46:11.231+01:00Although I read all of them years ago, I always re...Although I read all of them years ago, I always return to AC (or Aggie as she is known in our family!) for comfort reading - I love most of the plots and yes, i find her funny.... My favourite Marple is A Murder is Announced - have you tried that Simon? I think you might enjoy it. <br />Thanks for sharing<br />HannahHannah Stonehamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11139146341592918233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-84710621168510137082010-07-13T08:04:24.301+01:002010-07-13T08:04:24.301+01:00While we are confessing... Biggles.
Mmm.While we are confessing... Biggles.<br />Mmm.OVWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-55371637505755060372010-07-13T03:16:30.426+01:002010-07-13T03:16:30.426+01:00Sweet Valley High!!!! it passed me by as I was too...Sweet Valley High!!!! it passed me by as I was too old at the time!<br /><br />Agatha Christie is someone you go back to again and again and again. I read the books in my teens originally, am in my fifties now and still going back to them.Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-29691214473576774282010-07-13T02:35:18.869+01:002010-07-13T02:35:18.869+01:00Oh dear. I never would have pegged you for a Sweet...Oh dear. I never would have pegged you for a Sweet Valley High Reader (I was one too.) And I was also in my younger days a reader who would get obsessed and read nothing but my current series/author obsession. <br /><br />I haven't read any Agatha Christie for years, but I do have fond memories of performing in a couple of Christie's plays. In And Then There Were None, I was Dr. Armstrong--because there weren't enough boys in our drama group and too many girls for the three female roles. I was also the housekeeper in an obscure play of hers called The Unexpected Guest, the climax of which involved my trying to wrestle a gun away from another character. Yep, fond memories.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896331683344872038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-70195044747050591862010-07-13T01:05:29.741+01:002010-07-13T01:05:29.741+01:00Christie is a funny writer. She gets a lot of crit...Christie is a funny writer. She gets a lot of criticism for writing one-dimensional characters, and I can see how it would bother people, but she writes "types" in a way that always amuses me. And I will say for her that she never lets what "type" a character is get in the way of who's done the murder.<br /><br />Love this post title, btw!Jennyhttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-46447482294391659342010-07-13T00:06:10.754+01:002010-07-13T00:06:10.754+01:00Oh, goodness, Simon! I love that you read Sweet Va...Oh, goodness, Simon! I love that you read Sweet Valley High! I'll make you feel less embarrassed: I definitely read the vampire spin-off (pre-Twilight by over 10 years!). No shame!<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed your vacation and your reading. All those conspirators who try to keep us from reading should just resign themselves to the fact that is impossible for us NOT to read!Read the Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997187112713403821noreply@blogger.com