Showing posts with label Agatha Christie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Agatha Christie. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

The Mysterious Mr. Quin



Author: Agatha Christie
Genre: Mystery
Series: This book isn’t in a series, and as far as I know, the characters don’t appear in any other Agatha Christie books. However, the book is kind of a collection of short stories, all involving the same main characters.
My rating on a 1-10 scale: 8.5
Type: Fiction
Number of pages: Probably abou
Time period: 1800’s
My overall opinion: Quite as usual, this book by Agatha Christie was amazing. How in the world she comes up with these mysteries is beyond me! The stories in The Mysterious Mr. Quin were interesting and spell-binding. You won’t be able to put it down in the middle of a story! Thankfully, this book has lots of smaller stories – with most books by Christie, you just HAVE to read it the whole way through. This one’s good for picking up when you have a few minutes.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

An Autobiography

**I didn't take that picture**

Author: Agatha Christie
Genre: Life
My rating on a 1-10 scale: 7.5
Type: Biography
Number of pages: 521
Time period: Early 1900’s
My overall opinion: It wasn’t fascinating, but it was pretty interesting to learn about Agatha’s life from her point of view. As you can see, it was a very thick book…didn’t make it more interesting, I’m afraid. But, overall, it was okay.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd


Author: Agatha Christie
Genre: Mystery, adventure, classic
My rating on a 1-10 scale: 9
Type: Fiction
Time period: 1800’s
Exciting events: Murders!
My overall opinion: This is a classic Agatha Christie. It is almost unbelievably complex, yet still quite easy to understand. I highly recommend it to any mystery lovers.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

And Then There Were None



(previously published as Ten Little Indians)

Author: Agatha Christie
Genre: Mystery
My rating on a 1-10 scale: 8
Type: Fiction
Number of pages: 173
Time period: 1800's
Main characters: There are a bunch.
Exciting events: Murders! And lots of them...
My overall opinion: It was exciting. And weird. Really weird. What quirks! A very exciting Agatha Christie.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Crooked House



Author: Agatha Christie
Genre: Mystery
My rating on a 1-10 scale: 8
Type: Fiction
Time period: 1940's
Main characters: Charles, Sophia, Brenda, Josephine, Lawrence, Eustace, Edith
Exciting events: Two murders, one near death encounter, mysterious circumstances.
My overall opinion: A good book, one anyone should enjoy.