Reading the Detectives discussion

A warm welcome to you too Brina.x

Thank you, Kelly :-)

I'm a bit behind on the Christie front but t will catch up. Welcome to Kelly and Brina.

Thank you, Roisin. This is turning out to be a friendly group :)

Thank you Roisin. A friendly group indeed.x

Hi Brina and Kelly and welcome to the group. Thought I'd point out they we are voting for our group read for June
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Thanks, Jill. I voted but the book I picked isn't doing too well. There's always another month.

Brina, any book which comes second goes into a second chance vote we will hold later in the year, so every vote counts! If your choice does not make the top two, then you can always re-nominate it for another month. We had a lot of strong options this month (as we do every month, it seems!) and so it is often difficult to choose between them :)

Thanks for the voting reminders! The poll closes early tomorrow (UK time) so it's the last chance to vote in this round!

Hi. . This is Sifat from Indian subcontinent. I am a big fan of Agatha Christie, James hadley chase, sydney sheldon and many more. I inhale crime fiction books.

Hi Sifat and welcome to the group! If you love crime fiction, you are in the right place :)

Welcome Sifat, glad you have found us. I think quite a few of us inhale crime fiction! :)

Hi All
(a) I am a Fiction Writer and Reader
(b) I am From Beautiful London
(c) My Favourite Authors: Erle Stanley Gardner, Agatha Christie, John Grisham
(d) My Favourite Books: Compiled a Big list and waiting to add more to my profile

Kind Regards,
Brenda

Welcome Brenda, glad you found us. We have lots of Agatha Christie fans here and currently have a Miss Marple challenge under way. I have read a couple of books by John Grisham but no Erle Stanley Gardner yet.

Hi Brenda and welcome. I am also from London and Christie is my favourite author :)

My parents both read Erle Stanley Gardner avidly and I picked up their copies in my youth. I remember liking Perry Mason and his cast of characters but its been a long time since I've read any.

I've never read Grisham but know he has a large following.

Welcome.

II enjoy Erle Stanley Gardner and his A. A. Fair books.

I think on this read through I am on #3, The Case of the Lucky Legs.

Hi there, my name is Elizabeth and I am a long time vintage mystery fan, preferably set in England. However, I also enjoy Mary Roberts Reinhart, Dashiell Hammett, and Raymond Chandler. I love DL Sayers, Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie, and Patricia Wentworth. Looking forward the books in this group.

Hi Elizabeth - welcome to the group. we have read quite a few of those authors, so you should feel at home here!

Welcome Elizabeth! It’s great that you've joined. We have a Miss Marple challenge under way and are also discussing an Allingham book at the moment, so lots to discuss. :)

Ulya wrote: "Hi!

My name is Ulya! I like detectives and read a lot about adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Maigret, Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and Nero Wolfe.

I am so glad I come across your group..."

Welcome! I just finished a great Nero Wolfe (Some Buried Caesar) and we have a Miss Marple challenge this year. Hope you can join in.

Well Ulya, I can say that you are in the right place! Welcome!

Hi Ulya - welcome to the group! We're glad you found us :)

Welcome Ulya, great to meet you and I'm impressed by you reading Miss M in the original!

Welcome Ulya

Welcome, Ulya. Hope you enjoy this group.

Greetings Ulya! Hope you enjoy the group.

Hello! several of you know me, many may have heard a bit about my attempt to read not only Christie's books in sequence as published but to also read in sequence the female writers I believe influenced her and/or wrote similar in style, technique etc, with hers, over her long life. Needless to say, it's a ton... Currently my FEMS PROJECT bookshelf has almost 2000 possibles! check it out if you like, don't know how to add as link but is myst-fems-project shelf under My Books.

Between-the-wars period has always fascinated me, in all sorts of ways not only mystery writings, so many of my shelves and interests reflect this. Likely a lot of you feel the same. I look forward to connecting with you and having a good time "talking" about some of our most favorite things.

was ill and had been away from reading much or reviewing or GRlibrarian-ing for a while, now trying to reconnect within GR, doing a lot of catching up! Here's to good times, both long past, and coming up!

Welcome, back. You have such an extensive collection and resource for us :)

Welcome Abbey, glad to meet you! That sounds like an amazing undertaking - I will look forward to exploring your shelf. Yes, here's to good times!

Judy wrote: "Welcome Abbey, glad to meet you! That sounds like an amazing undertaking - I will look forward to exploring your shelf. Yes, here's to good times!"

Thanks Judy and Brina. BTW, I *never* reveal important plot details in my reviews without using spoiler blocks, and even then I will go far out of my way to talk around such things. Trailers, book blurbs/reviews that give you most of The Good Bits (i.e. important twists, The Murder ID, etc) drive me mental, it's a real Pet Peeve of mine, and I tend to rant.....!

Welcome to the group, Abbey. Glad to hear you are back on Goodreads :)

Hi :)
I'm Luci. Have been reading A.Christies, G.Simenons and A.C.Doyles books since my childhood. Think the first classic crimebook I read in my childhood was The hound of Baskerville. Loved it and still love it. Planning to read more of the classic crime authors. Hope to get around to read DL Sayers and Ck chesterton books soon.

Welcome Luci

Thank you :)

Welcome Luci, glad you found us! I love The Hound of the Baskervilles too. :)

Hi Luci - welcome to the group! We did D L Sayers as a group challenge last year and the discussion threads will remain open if you want to add your comments.

Judy wrote: "Welcome Luci, glad you found us! I love The Hound of the Baskervilles too. :)"

As do I- it does give one the shivers, doesn't it?

Welcome. My father introduced me to Holmes and The Hound of the Baskervilles is still a favorite. Hope you enjoy the group.

Thank you all for the welcome :)

Hello! I'm Julie from the Philippines. I've been trying to read Agatha Christie sequentially & just finished with Death on the Nile. I also greatly enjoy DLS and Rex Stout. I'm glad to have found this group & excited to read more!

Welcome Julie, glad you found us! We are currently reading all the Miss Marple books for our group challenge - and I think a few other members are also reading all of Christie in order.

Hi Julie. I'm reading (very slowly) all of Christie's in order. I was inspired to do this by a podcast "All About Agatha" which reads and rates Christie in order. Luckily they do the short stories as well as novels, but even so I'm far behind. My next read will be The Seven Dials Mystery.

Hi Julie - welcome to the group :)

Thank you all for having me! :))

Sandy wrote: "Hi Julie. I'm reading (very slowly) all of Christie's in order. I was inspired to do this by a podcast "All About Agatha" which reads and rates Christie in order. Luckily they do the short stories ..."

Ohh that sounds interesting! I have to check out that podcast too. Slowly but surely we'll finish them all, Sandy :)

Julie wrote: "...reading all of Christie's in order."

Hi Julie, Welcome!

My Goodreads name is Abbess (Abbey) and if you check out my Fems Project shelves
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

or go to my page and click on my shelves there, you'll find my long long-running attempt to read and, in many cases REread all Agatha Christie in as-published or written order, AND (here's where it gets peculiar -grin-) female writers who were writing at the same times she was (roughly 1920-1970) and either seemed to me to have been strongly influenced by her and/or wrote similar styles to hers. Since Christie wrote in many different styles that leaves it wiiide open!!!

Yeah. Crazy. -grin- but truly am nuts about old books, so this is fun. I've been reviewing and attempting to review the books as I go, lost track for a couple of years but lately trying to get back to "work" and rereading several again so can review them..

Good Luck to you too! Most of her books, particularly from the 20s, 30s, 40s, are so much FUN!

Abbey wrote: "Julie wrote: "...reading all of Christie's in order."

Hi Julie, Welcome!

My Goodreads name is Abbess (Abbey) and if you check out my Fems Project shelves
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4..."

Hi, Abbey! Wow! That's an incredible list, almost 2000! Definitely going to browse through this, thank you :) You're right, Agatha Christie is just so much fun, and I'm enjoying every minute of it. Good luck on your amazing endeavor too!

Hi, my name is Sandy and I am from Utah. I am the mother of 8, 4 adult children & 4 teens. I am also an elementary school teacher. My mother is a major Agatha Christie fan and I have read quite a few of her books. I hope to find other authors that appeal to me as well.

Welcome Sandy, glad you found us! We are reading all the Miss Marple books for our challenge this year but we do read and discuss a lot of other authors too, so hopefully you will find some more favourites here. :)

Hi Sandy. Welcome to the group, I'm sure you will find other authors here that you like. I definitely have since I joined this group