tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post6649774300528018441..comments2022-07-19T07:48:28.683-04:00Comments on Belle, Book, and Candle: In Which We Celebrate the Queen of Crime's BirthdayBellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-8121399371933401512013-09-18T08:25:43.409-04:002013-09-18T08:25:43.409-04:00Kathy, thanks for confirming my determination not ...Kathy, thanks for confirming my determination not to read 'Curtain'. Hercule lives on in my world!<br /><br />I don't think I knew about the Westmacott pen name and books. 'Absent in the Spring' got rave reviews. I will have to give it a try. <br /><br />I wonder why an author chooses to write under another name? I think sometimes it has to do with a contract with his or her publisher. I will have to investigate this.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-55391607914360545822013-09-17T17:07:56.447-04:002013-09-17T17:07:56.447-04:00Funny you should mention Curtain--I've only re...Funny you should mention Curtain--I've only read it once. It's just too sad.<br /><br />I would love to meet you at Greenway Estate for tea and scones. My passport is ready!<br /><br />By the way, did you know that Agatha Christie wrote several books under the pen name of Mary Westmacott? I've read several of those as well, and remember being very taken by Absent in the Spring when I was younger. I'd like to reread it to see if I still like it as well.Kathy A. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499969787028085716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-76038899853286806052013-09-17T10:09:10.369-04:002013-09-17T10:09:10.369-04:00Let's just say we did see it together!
Ah, th...Let's just say we did see it together!<br /><br />Ah, the Chelsea Flower Show. How wonderful. Did you ever visit the Chelsea Physic Garden? It is such a lovely, quiet spot near the Royal Hospital. Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-26305924762399530102013-09-17T07:56:26.240-04:002013-09-17T07:56:26.240-04:00Never, never would I give away the ending!
We o...Never, never would I give away the ending! <br /><br />We only went to England in September, October, or November, or, one year, in March. I went to the Chelsea Flower Show about 13 years ago, so that would have been May. So, it's very possible we saw the show together!joan.kylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015342608992682333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-88111496147131671792013-09-16T14:10:09.203-04:002013-09-16T14:10:09.203-04:00Kathy, I don't think I own a one of Christie&#...Kathy, I don't think I own a one of Christie's books although I have read many, many of them - some more than once.<br /><br />At one time I did own a hardcover edition that contained the first and last Poirot mysteries but couldn't bring myself to read his final case, 'Curtain'. To this day I have not read that one! I finally gave the book away. It made me sad to see it on the shelf and to think that there was No More Poirot...<br /><br />A trip to Greenway Estate would be thrilling wouldn't it? We could meet there and enjoy a cup of tea and a scone. Get your passport ready!Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-19620346886611218342013-09-16T14:02:34.342-04:002013-09-16T14:02:34.342-04:00Wouldn't that be funny, Joan, if we had been s...Wouldn't that be funny, Joan, if we had been sitting next to each other in the darkened theatre! I was in London both times in September. I hope you haven't given away the play's ending...<br /><br />I love watching the Poirot mysteries. It is fun to see the fashions and the location shots. And I love hearing his French!Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-18493427119098838772013-09-16T13:59:37.996-04:002013-09-16T13:59:37.996-04:00You are so right, Kat. The only characters I haven...You are so right, Kat. The only characters I haven't really cared about are Tommy and Tuppence. Maybe I should give them another chance. Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-262285623595519272013-09-16T13:55:18.263-04:002013-09-16T13:55:18.263-04:00Oh, that is a good one, Lark. I re-read it last ye...Oh, that is a good one, Lark. I re-read it last year and as always was in awe of Christie's cleverness. It is a great movie too.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-51859000936309545292013-09-16T09:44:13.375-04:002013-09-16T09:44:13.375-04:00Dame Agatha is one of my favorite authors and I ha...Dame Agatha is one of my favorite authors and I have an extensive collection of paperbacks I picked up beginning in my teen years. I love that even though I've read each one more than once, I still often forget whodunit (not sure if that's a tribute to her skill, or a sad commentary on my memory). I would LOVE to visit her home someday, and it would be awesome if I could take my mom, who introduced me to Agatha Christie in the first place. Don't know that this will ever happen, but a girl can dream.<br /><br />David Suchet is my favorite Poirot too--hope you enjoyed your Agatha Christie celebration!Kathy A. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499969787028085716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-47002316640576778072013-09-16T08:39:26.603-04:002013-09-16T08:39:26.603-04:00Now that you've reminded me, I think I'll ...Now that you've reminded me, I think I'll read one of her mysteries or do what you're planning to do, watch one of the many excellent TV or movie adaptations.<br /><br />I'd have to check the dates, but we may have been in the audience together for The Mousetrap in London! Wouldn't that be eerie?!joan.kylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015342608992682333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-14575742617161089822013-09-15T17:27:51.457-04:002013-09-15T17:27:51.457-04:00Happy Birthday, Agatha! I have a copy of her auto...Happy Birthday, Agatha! I have a copy of her autobiography, too. It looks awfully good, but I don't know if I'll ever get to it.<br /><br />I've read all the Jane Marple books, but am sometimes confused about which Hercule Poiret mysteries I've read. It doesn't really matter, since they're all so good.Kathttp://mirabiledictu.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-63853615514763655652013-09-15T14:47:43.357-04:002013-09-15T14:47:43.357-04:00I just might have to pull out my copy of And Then ...I just might have to pull out my copy of And Then There Were None (formerly Ten Little Indians) in honor of Dame Agatha's birthday; it's my favorite Christie novel...and one I haven't read in awhile. Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.com