ACRC Update - 20 May 2009

I've just finished the 11th novel, THE SITTAFORD MYSTERY. Last week I bought second hand at a library sale, a large number of omnibus volumes, for about $1 each, accounting between them for about 55 novels, and I can see many of the next titles on their spines, so hopefully I'll be right for a while.

My intent in the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge is to read her books in order, so that I can get some idea of what she is doing, problems she is attempting to solve, and her development as a writer. If you look at some of my reviews you will see that I have been able to undertake some of this reflection.

Currently I am managing about a book a month.

Up until now I have been mainly borrowing the books from my local library but with my new acquisitions, this will be cut down quite a bit.

What I've read so far

1. 1920, THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES - finished
   
2. 1922, THE SECRET ADVERSARY- finished
   
3. 1923, THE MURDER ON THE LINKS - finished
   
4. 1924, THE MAN IN THE BROWN SUIT - finished
   1924, POIROT INVESTIGATES (short stories: eleven in the UK, fourteen in the US) - finished
   
5. 1925, THE SECRET OF CHIMNEYS - finished
6. 1926, THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD - finished
   
7. 1927, THE BIG FOUR - finished
   
8. 1928, THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN - finished
   
9. 1929, THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY - finished
   1929 Partners in Crime (fifteen short stories; featuring Tommy and Tuppence) - now on my shelves
10. 1930, THE MURDER AT THE VICARAGE - finished
    1930 The Mysterious Mr. Quin (twelve short stories; introducing Mr. Harley Quin) - waiting on the shelves (from library)
11. 1931, THE SITTAFORD MYSTERY (aka MURDER AT HAZELMOOR) - finished
12. 1932, PERIL AT END HOUSE - requested from the library.
    1932 The Thirteen Problems (thirteen short stories; featuring Miss Marple, also known as The Tuesday Club Murders in the US) - now on my shelves
    
13. 1933, LORD EDGEWARE DIES (aka THIRTEEN AT DINNER) - - now on my shelves
14. 1934, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (aka MURDER IN THE CALAIS COACH) - now on my shelves
15. 1934, WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK EVANS? (aka THE BOOMERANG CLUE) - now on my shelves

Check the opening blog post of the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge here.

I am using the list at Wikipedia of novels and collections of short stories. I will interlace the short story collections into the list where I can, but may have to read them out of order. I have decided on a method for reporting on the short stories.

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