Read Runners discussion

Which one? I forgot.
I sort of dislike Holmes. He acts high and mighty.

Anirudh wrote: "Thing with Holmes is, his plots always include stuff ordinary people wont know about. And he focuses in facts a lot. Christie makes fun of it in some of her books. In fact in one book she even crea..."

Yeah, it was in The Murder on the Links.

@Psmith, as sheetal said it must be murder on the links :)

Holmes us good too, not that his stories are bad. But I will always prefer Christie :)

I am yet to read any of these.:(

Manju, in one way I envy you. You will be starting fresh, whereas I will be sort of knowing subconsciously who is the murderer

But you are also starting from very first book and every book is going to have a different murderer.

How many have you read from the series?

I think, almost all. Many I haven't added in goodreads as those were read before joining here.

PSmith wrote: "I think, almost all. Many I haven't added in goodreads as those were read before joining here."

I have read most of her books too but this is one of the 2-3 books of Poirot which I haven't read. So I am really excited about it.

Sheetal, am excited too. Planning to follow the crime detection careers of Marple and Poirot in a systematic way. :-)

Me too.I always read books in messed up but reading books in order has an advantage as there is some character development throughout the series.

Thread for the first book has been set up here

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Thanks sri :-)

Ini - I am putting you in as the discussion leader for this genre. Will make it official on the first post of this month's read. From next month onwards, we can see who wants to do it, else you can handle it. Hope that's okay with you? :)

thats okay sri :-)

Saw a lot of discount of Christie books if anyone is interested.

On flipkart? Christie is one author that I love to collect.

Amritha wrote: "On flipkart? Christie is one author that I love to collect."

Yes

Thank you :)

Amritha wrote: "Thank you :)"

No problem :) Were you planning to buy?

Yes. Got 2 Christies and (I don't really know how I ended with these) 2 kafkas.

Amritha wrote: "Yes. Got 2 Christies and (I don't know really know how I ended with these) 2 kafkas."

Cool :)

Question

What is the situation on this series? Has everyone finished book 2? Should I begin book 3 from the 1st of April or from 15th as originally planned? Do let me know as I am planning to set up the threads for the other reads, so if this needs to be changed, we can do that from the 1st OR if you think we should give it a month as that might gather more readers/participants, we can do that as well.

I finished . But a few are yet to. Perhaps 15th would be fine .

Cool Smitha! :)

For ages, I've been wanting to start with Christie chronologically. Doing it now. Onto book 1.

Vimal, I too am on a chronological Christie journey this year. Have read all her books ages ago. So mostly a re-read.

I finished second book last night.:)

@Vimal: good luck.:)

Smitha, I wonder if there is any book that you haven't read in the past. If there is one, you most likely forgot that you read it :D

Anyway,Its great that you are re-reading.I've read only one Christie so far.The one that many people consider to be her masterpiece - And Then There Were None

@Manju, Thanks! I'm expecting some reasonable reading time until April end. So hoping to get to book 3 soon

ha, Vimal. Not as many books as I would have liked to. Life interferes. But seriously I wish I become a book reading ghost that haunts libraries in my afterlife. :P

Yeah thats the only way to read them all.Too many good ones.

Vimal wrote: "@Manju, Thanks! I'm expecting some reasonable reading time until April end. So hoping to get to book 3 soon"

I will start book 3 next month. :)

@to everyone: please help me with ebooks of 3 & 4 Hercule series.:)

Manju, I shall send them in a couple of hours or so. :)

PSmith wrote: "Manju, I shall send them in a couple of hours or so. :)"

thanks :)

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is the third
But as to the fourth book, next mentioned is The Big Four- which is a collection of 11 short stories featuring Poirot. Am not sure whether we will be reading short stories here - left to the moderators to thresh out.
Then comes The Mystery of the Blue Train

My personal opinion Let's move on to The Mystery of the Blue Train after the third. Short stories can be done at the end. I don't think it has much of a bearing on the chronology or development.

However, I shall leave it to the group to decide what they want. There is no hard and fast rule regarding reading short stories, especially if they form a part of the chronology. I think it is more a question of personal interest. So whatever the group decides, I am okay with that. :)

I too am not that keen on stories. So, I am all for Roger Ackroyd, and then the Blue train.

PSmith wrote: "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is the third
But as to the fourth book, next mentioned is The Big Four- which is a collection of 11 short stories featuring Poirot. Am not sure..."

@Smith.....ah, Roger Ackroyd...masterful...Christie at the height of her powers...
And I very humbly and lovingly beg to differ, sweetie, Big Four is a full-length Poirot...but yea with such a long list of Christies it's easy to get mixed. I think you meant blue train?
Yep...big 4 is more an detective novel/chase/adventure (parts of it are a bit bombastic even, like the very old Batman and Robin serial) than a true mystery, since the villains are all known at the outset. Hah!

Zaara wrote: "PSmith wrote: "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is the third
But as to the fourth book, next mentioned is The Big Four- which is a collection of 11 short stories featuring Poir..."

Oh... Wikipedia mislead me.
I will check again...

Yes, Zaara , you are right. Big Four is Hercule Poirot # 5

I am sorry folks,
I got misled in Hercule Poirot order
Goodreads gives it as...
Poirot Investigates at No.3 - this one is a short story collection which we may ignore. Confirmed with GoodReads that it's indeed a collection. :P
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd at No. 4
The Big Four at No. 5


So The Murder of Roger Ackroydshould be the next in order..
Thanks Zaara, for pointing out.

I'm done with Poirot 2, so I'm ready to start anytime. I have to locate the book first though.

Her short stories are not good.

Zaara wrote: "PSmith wrote: "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is the third
But as to the fourth book, next mentioned is The Big Four- which is a collection of 11 short stories featuring Poir..."

My fav book :)

Mine is Curtain, Roger Ackroyd is also up there :)

Akshay wrote: "Mine is Curtain, Roger Ackroyd is also up there :)"

I have the book from past 4 years but have not read it :)

Anirudh wrote: "Akshay wrote: "Mine is Curtain, Roger Ackroyd is also up there :)"

I have the book from past 4 years but have not read it :)"

Same here. Have the book for a long time, but haven't read. Maybe because I do not want to read the last case...

Bhavya wrote: "Anirudh wrote: "Akshay wrote: "Mine is Curtain, Roger Ackroyd is also up there :)"

I have the book from past 4 years but have not read it :)"

Same here. Have the book for a long time, but haven't..."

Exactly :)

When are we starting third book?

We had decided for 15th. I think in another 2 days.

I am in
Planing to read Five Little Pigs next