Book Quiz (Dec 30)

Book Quiz (Dec 30)

For the month of December, this Agatha Christie book will be used.

Agatha Christie ~ Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

ISBN: 0-517-321777

Agatha Christie - Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

Which of the complete stories from this book are the quotes from:

• Miss Marple frowned in some slight puzzlement. She got up rather more slowly thinking about the letter she had received. She was escorted downstairs by Cherry, who was meticulous in hanging about in the hall so as to make sure that Miss Marple did not come to grief walking by herself down the stair case, which was of the old-fashioned kind that turned a sharp corner in the middle of it run.

• “It just reminded me of something,” said Miss Marple, “or rather of someone I once knew. Order Inch for me, will you? To come here about half-past eleven.”

• Miss Marple, resting on a comfortable bench outside the tearoom, reflected on what she planned to do next and whether it would be wise to do it or not.

• Miss Anthea's long hair flapped in the wind, shedding from time to time a vague hairpin on the path or the grass. She talked rather jerkily.

• “My red scarf. I asked if you'd seen it. You said tat you'd seen a green one somewhere and you brought me the red one. I'd left it in the dining room. But you didn't really know it was red.”

Answer to Book Quiz (Dec 23)

Answer to Book Quiz (Dec 23)

Here is the answer to this weeks book quiz.

~A Caribbean Mystery~

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I67MDE/ref=wtls_list_pr_65?ie=UTF8&redirect=true

This another movie based on the story, again there are a few changes from the story to movie. The link will take you to Amazon Instant Video if you Prime you can watch the movie for free.

Book Quiz (Dec 23)

For the month of December, this Agatha Christie book will be used.

Agatha Christie ~ Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

ISBN: 0-517-321777

Agatha Christie - Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

Which of the complete stories from this book are the quotes from:

• Miss Marple accepted the propriety of the relationship with an understanding nod and the Canon remarked:

• It was a long speech for her. Miss Marple looked thoughtfully down at the top of her dark head.

• Miss Marple drew her chair a little closer. It had been some time before she had been able to get together with Miss Prescott for a heart-to-heart chat. This was owing to the fact that clergymen are very family men so that Miss Prescott was nearly always accompanied by her brother, and there was no doubt that Miss Marple and Miss Prescott found it less easy to take their back hair down in a good gossip when the jovial Canon was of their company.

• "I don't know that I'd even call it that. I doubt if the girl would even understand that word. Payment for being discreet isn't thought of as blackmail. You see, some the people who stay here are the rich playboy lot and their morals won't bear much investigation." His voice was slightly scathing.

• "That would be a very interesting question," said Miss Marple. "I have not yet had the pleasure of sufficient conversation with you to evolve a theory as to that."

Book Quiz (Dec 23)

Book Quiz (Dec 23)

For the month of December, this Agatha Christie book will be used.

Agatha Christie ~ Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

ISBN: 0-517-321777

Agatha Christie - Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

Which of the complete stories from this book are the quotes from:

• Miss Marple accepted the propriety of the relationship with an understanding nod and the Canon remarked:

• It was a long speech for her. Miss Marple looked thoughtfully down at the top of her dark head.

• Miss Marple drew her chair a little closer. It had been some time before she had been able to get together with Miss Prescott for a heart-to-heart chat. This was owing to the fact that clergymen are very family men so that Miss Prescott was nearly always accompanied by her brother, and there was no doubt that Miss Marple and Miss Prescott found it less easy to take their back hair down in a good gossip when the jovial Canon was of their company.

• "I don't know that I'd even call it that. I doubt if the girl would even understand that word. Payment for being discreet isn't thought of as blackmail. You see, some the people who stay here are the rich playboy lot and their morals won't bear much investigation." His voice was slightly scathing.

• "That would be a very interesting question," said Miss Marple. "I have not yet had the pleasure of sufficient conversation with you to evolve a theory as to that."

Answer to Book Quiz (Dec 16)

Answer to Book Quiz (Dec 16)

Here is the answer to this weeks quiz, Miss Marple - The Mirror Crack'd on Amazon, this is a movie unfortunately this one isn't free.

Book Quiz (Dec 16)

For the month of December, this Agatha Christie book will be used.

Agatha Christie ~ Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

ISBN: 0-517-321777

Agatha Christie - Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

Which of the complete stories from this book are the quotes from:

• "You must have sugar. Shock, you know. I was abroad with ambulances during the war. Sugar's wonderful for shock." She put four lumps in the cup and stirred vigorously. "Now you get that down, and you'll feel as right as rain."

• "Splendid," said Miss Marple. "I mean - well, you know what I mean. So you can tell just exactly what happened from the moment she arrived."

• "In that case, dear, you might just run along with Miss Marple here, and carry these magazines for her. No, really, Miss Marple it's no trouble at all. Always pleased to do anything we can for you."

• "The job's all right. And after all, this is a brand new house. I wish there was a bit more room in it so that I could spread myself a bit more. It would be fine is I could have a workshop."

• "In that case," said Miss Marple, "I shall wait until this afternoon."

Book Quiz (Dec 16)

Book Quiz (Dec 16)

For the month of December, this Agatha Christie book will be used.

Agatha Christie ~ Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

ISBN: 0-517-321777

Agatha Christie - Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

Which of the complete stories from this book are the quotes from:

• "You must have sugar. Shock, you know. I was abroad with ambulances during the war. Sugar's wonderful for shock." She put four lumps in the cup and stirred vigorously. "Now you get that down, and you'll feel as right as rain."

• "Splendid," said Miss Marple. "I mean - well, you know what I mean. So you can tell just exactly what happened from the moment she arrived."

• "In that case, dear, you might just run along with Miss Marple here, and carry these magazines for her. No, really, Miss Marple it's no trouble at all. Always pleased to do anything we can for you."

• "The job's all right. And after all, this is a brand new house. I wish there was a bit more room in it so that I could spread myself a bit more. It would be fine is I could have a workshop."

• "In that case," said Miss Marple, "I shall wait until this afternoon."

Dec. 2, 2013

Here are the two books from the book quiz questions for October & November, there will be another book coming up for December from Agatha Christie.

If I come across a movie that has been made out the story I will post the link for it, although it seems that the 'screen writers' think they can improve on the stories when they are made into movies,  lets be honest they tend to distort or ruin the story. 

For the month of December, this Agatha Christie book will be used.

Agatha Christie ~ Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

ISBN: 0-517-321777

Agatha Christie - Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

For the month of November, there will be another Agatha Christie.

Agatha Christie ~ Five Classic Murder Mysteries

ISBN: 0-517-03582-0

Agatha Christie ~ Five Classic Murder Mysteries

There is the possibility of posts still showing up from last months book.

Agatha Christie ~ Miss Marple - The Complete Short Stories

ISBN: 0-399-150129-9

Agatha Christie ~ Miss Marple ~ The Complete Short Stories

Book Quiz (Nov 25)

Book Quiz (Nov 25)

For the month of November, there will be another Agatha Christie.

Agatha Christie ~ Five Classic Murder Mysteries

ISBN: 0-517-03582-0

Agatha Christie ~ Five Classic Murder Mysteries

Quotes from the stories:

~ Can you name the story?

~ Can you post which page?

• I had dismissed the last of them, as I thought, and was just contemplating a few minutes in the garden before lunch when I perceived one more patient waiting for me. She rose and came toward as I stood somewhat surprised. I don't know why I should have been, except that there is a suggestion of cast iron about Miss Russell, a something that is above the ills of the flesh.

• I noticed, just as I was turning the handle, a sound from within - the shutting down of a window, I took it to be. I noted it, I may say, quite mechanically, without attaching any importance to it at the time.

• "That's good. I've been questioning the servants. They all declare that no one has been to the back door tonight. Your description of that stranger was rather vague. Can't you five us something more definite to go upon?"

• We all trooped into the dining room. It seemed incredible that less than twenty-four hours had passed since I last sat at that table.

Movie for Book Quiz (Nov 18)

Here is the movie from last weeks book quiz.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0073J7N38/ref=dv_dp_ep2

If you have Amazon Prime you can watch it for free.

Book Quiz (Nov 18)

For the month of November, there will be another Agatha Christie.

Agatha Christie ~ Five Classic Murder Mysteries

ISBN: 0-517-03582-0

Agatha Christie ~ Five Classic Murder Mysteries

Quotes from the stories:

~ Can you name the story?

~ Can you post which page?

• There were two boys of the second marriage to whom their parents were devoted, and I fancied that Megan sometimes felt odd-man in the establishment. She certainly did not resemble her mother, who was a small anemic woman, fadedly pretty, who talked in a thin melancholy voice of servant difficulties and her health.

• And not one I couldn't match from other cases! This one here is as near as nothing to one written by that milliner woman. This is one is the dead spit of an outbreak we had up in Northumberland - written by a schoolgirl, they were. I can tell you, gentlemen, I'd like to see something new sometimes, instead of the same old treadmill.

• It wasn't me who thought of asking her! She rang up herself, said she'd something on her mind and could she com here, it being her day off. And I said, yes, subject to your permission which I obtained. And after that, not a sound or sign of her! And no word of apology either, though I should hope I'll get a postcard tomorrow morning. These girls nowadays - don't know their place - no idea of how to behave.

• I thought it over. "No," I said, "frankly I haven't. If there's a dangerous lunatic about, driving inoffensive women to suicide and hitting miserable little maidservants on the head, then I'm no adverse to doing a bit of dirty work to put that lunatic under restraint."

• The road was quite deserted. Nobody in Lymstock is about after dark. The first few houses were just ahead, among the ugly gabled building of the Women's Institute. It loomed up in the dim starlight and something impelled me to go and have a look at it. I don't know whether I had caught a faint glimpse of a stealthy figure flitting through the gate - if so, it must have been so indeterminate that it did not register in my conscious mind, but I did suddenly feel a kind of overweening curiosity about the place.

Book Quiz (Nov 18)

Book Quiz (Nov 18)

For the month of November, there will be another Agatha Christie.

Agatha Christie ~ Five Classic Murder Mysteries

ISBN: 0-517-03582-0

Agatha Christie ~ Five Classic Murder Mysteries

Quotes from the stories:

~ Can you name the story?

~ Can you post which page?

• There were two boys of the second marriage to whom their parents were devoted, and I fancied that Megan sometimes felt odd-man in the establishment. She certainly did not resemble her mother, who was a small anemic woman, fadedly pretty, who talked in a thin melancholy voice of servant difficulties and her health.

• And not one I couldn't match from other cases! This one here is as near as nothing to one written by that milliner woman. This is one is the dead spit of an outbreak we had up in Northumberland - written by a schoolgirl, they were. I can tell you, gentlemen, I'd like to see something new sometimes, instead of the same old treadmill.

• It wasn't me who thought of asking her! She rang up herself, said she'd something on her mind and could she com here, it being her day off. And I said, yes, subject to your permission which I obtained. And after that, not a sound or sign of her! And no word of apology either, though I should hope I'll get a postcard tomorrow morning. These girls nowadays - don't know their place - no idea of how to behave.

• I thought it over. "No," I said, "frankly I haven't. If there's a dangerous lunatic about, driving inoffensive women to suicide and hitting miserable little maidservants on the head, then I'm no adverse to doing a bit of dirty work to put that lunatic under restraint."

• The road was quite deserted. Nobody in Lymstock is about after dark. The first few houses were just ahead, among the ugly gabled building of the Women's Institute. It loomed up in the dim starlight and something impelled me to go and have a look at it. I don't know whether I had caught a faint glimpse of a stealthy figure flitting through the gate - if so, it must have been so indeterminate that it did not register in my conscious mind, but I did suddenly feel a kind of overweening curiosity about the place.

Book Quiz (Nov 11) or Not?

Book Quiz (Nov 11)

For the month of November, there will be another Agatha Christie.

Agatha Christie ~ Five Classic Murder Mysteries

ISBN: 0-517-03582-0

Agatha Christie ~ Five Classic Murder Mysteries

As we go through this book for November, and I thought I would post up one of the stories from the book.  This one I have seen the screen adaption for and thought they did a good job of bringing the characters to life.

The Secret Adversary

     Is the first story in this book by Agatha Christie. This one of the books that have the characters Tommy & Tuppence, in this one they are trying to find the answer to the missing Jane Finn. 

     Along the way they meet up with others who don't want them to find Jane Finn, or the information that she might know.

     Do Tommy & Tuppence succeed in finding Jane Finn? Those readers of Agatha Christie and the Tommy & Tuppence series will know the answer, do you?

Book Quiz (Nov 4)

Book Quiz (Nov 4)

For the month of November, there will be another Agatha Christie.

Agatha Christie ~ Five Classic Murder Mysteries

ISBN: 0-517-03582-0

Agatha Christie ~ Five Classic Murder Mysteries

There is the possibility of posts still showing up from last months book.

Agatha Christie ~ Miss Marple - The Complete Short Stories

ISBN: 0-399-150129-9

Agatha Christie ~ Miss Marple ~ The Complete Short Stories

Did you know...?

Did you know....?

~ Sennight - the space of seven nights & days (old English)

~ Fortnight - the space of fourteen nights & days; two weeks (old English)

Book Quiz (Oct 28)

Book Quiz (Oct 28)

The  posts in the October quiz will be...

From a book by:

Agatha Christie ~ Miss Marple - The Complete Short Stories

ISBN: 0-399-150129-9

Agatha Christie ~ Miss Marple ~ The Complete Short Stories

There are twenty stories in this book, and there will be no order on how the quotes are put up, post your answer in a comment, and on Friday I will let you know the correct answers. If no answers are posted I will re-post the quotes at another time.

Quotes from the short stories:

~ Can you name the short story?

~ Can you post which page?

• Mary, the paragon, was missing! Her bed had not been slept in and the front door was found ajar. She had slipped out quietly during the night.

• The vicar's wife came around the corner of the vicarage with her arms full of chrysanthemums. A good deal of rich garden soil was attached to her strong brogue shoes and a few fragments of earth were adhering to her nose, but of that fact she was perfectly unconscious.

• "I saw," said Miss Marple impressively, "the window of the fishmonger's shop. There was only one thing in it, a fresh haddock."

• "Oh!" said Jane. "In the village. But nothing ever happens in a village, does it?" She sighed. "I'm sure I shouldn't have any brains at all if I lived in a village."

• "I have never forgotten it," continued the clergyman. "It made a profound impressions on me at the time, and to this day by a slight effort of memory I can feel again the awe and horror of that terrible moment when I saw a man stricken to death by apparently no mortal agency."

Who said it?

Who said it?

A life spent making mistakes is not only honorable...

But more useful than a life doing nothing.

Book Quiz (Oct 21)

Book Quiz (Oct 21)

The  posts in the October quiz will be...

From a book by:

Agatha Christie ~ Miss Marple - The Complete Short Stories

ISBN: 0-399-150129-9

Agatha Christie ~ Miss Marple ~ The Complete Short Stories

There are twenty stories in this book, and there will be no order on how the quotes are put up, post your answer in a comment, and on Friday I will let you know the correct answers. If no answers are posted I will re-post the quotes at another time.

Quotes from the short stories:

~ Can you name the short story?

~ Can you post which page?

• "Yes. I'd no idea of it - never dreamed of the thing being anything but an accident. Then, after Sir Ambrose's death, I got a letter. He had left directions to send it to me. He told me the truth in it. I don't know why - but he and I always got on very well together."

• "It might, madam. They may be know at the Yard. This isn't her first job, I'd say!"

• "I suppose her father heard about it in prison and he managed to break way and get hold of this suitcase from the old dresser he or his wife left it with. I suppose if the jewels really belonged to her mother, they can be used for the child now."

• The lawyer joined the tips of his fingers together professionally. "I should hardly like to say. On the facts I should hardly like to say."

• "I always did know, even when she was a child, when she was not telling me the whole truth. It took a long time, but I got it out at last. She had gone to the chemist's that morning and had bought some arsenic. She had had, of course, to sign the book for it. Naturally the chemist had talked."

Who said it?

Who said it?

If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind,

of what, then,

is an empty desk a sign?