Summer, do your worst! / Light your tinsel moon, and call on / Your performing stars to fall on / Headlong through your paper sky. ~ Dorothy Parker
It’s Monday – June 11
As we launch into summer, I’m trying to get a handle on my reading (and review) list for the next couple of months. I know — a largely futile task. Here is a look at what I am reading now.
ACCENT: THE MONOGRAM MURDERS by Sophie Hannah
It’s no easy feat to write a “new” Agatha Christie book with the beloved Hercule Poirot. One can almost hear him making a snide comment about it himself. Purists are hoping for failure. Fans are hoping they won’t be disappointed. And on the face of it, Sophie Hannah isn’t necessarily an obvious choice. She’s known…
SUMMER OF CHRISTIE: After the Funeral
Alright, we are wrapping up the Summer of Christie and Sophie Hannah’s new Poirot mystery The Monogram Murders is just around the corner. I’d like to thank Book Club Girl for hosting our discussions and to Kaitlin at William Morrow for sending us books and asking great questions. 1.) From the beginning, there is tension among the surviving…
It’s a Summer of Christie!
This summer, (re)read some of your favorite Poirot stories in anticipation of The Monogram Murders‘ release this September. Here is the schedule, posted by Book Club Girl: Here’s a schedule of when I’ll post questions to discuss for each of the books: June 30th: And Then There Were None July 30th: Dead Man’s Folly, and we can…