Ok to Judge by Its Cover: Classic Penguin, Cover to Cover | 2016

This book is so cool! "Within these pages the artists and writers involved tell you what it was like for them to dive into this material and with their hands, their minds, give it a new continuity to propel these timeless themes and stories into the world you and I are now occupying. You will see what did not make it onto the covers, rough ideas, outtakes, the excellent and the my-god-man-what-were-you-thinking? This book is a celebration of...

The Year of Agatha: Phase Two | What Comes Next

Hello all, Because we have enjoyed delving into the world of books and mystery so much, we aren't really going to let the Year of Agatha end! Here are our plans for The Year of Agatha, phase two, in 2017: 1) More reading, blogging, and social media about mysteries and thrillers! Agatha is the Queen of Mystery, and at this point is widely regarded as one of the absolute greatest writers of crime fiction of all time. She has inspired legions...

Wrapping up: The Conclusion of the First Year of Agatha | Our Thoughtz & Feelingz

Hi everyone, First of all, if you're out there, THANK YOU for reading the blog, following us on social media, buying tshirts, sharing your thoughts, opinions, and photos, and generally being there. The experience of The Year of Agatha has been fascinating and fun and enlightening and empowering and so much more, so we wanted to share some of our #THOUGHTZANDFEELINGZ after this epic year! Broadly speaking, though we're both admitted bibliophiles,...

And Now His Watch Is Over: Curtain | 1975 [SPOILERS]

(image from here) "I should have known. I should have foreseen... 'Cher ami!' Poirot had said to me as I left the room. They were the last words I was ever to hear him say."  -Captain Arthur Hastings, Curtain, p. 237 The Sum of It: My dear friends, I have come to my final Agatha Christie book for this year. As if that in and of itself wasn't slightly emotional enough, I had forgotten that something rather jarring happens in this...

Miss Marple's Last Case: Sleeping Murder | 1976

Image from here "No," said Miss Marple. "You believed him. It really is very dangerous to believe people. I never have for years." - Sleeping Murder The Sum of It Gwenda Reed, a young lady who grew up in New Zealand, has been sent to England by her new husband, Giles, to find them a house along the coast. She spies a white Victorian house from the road outside the town of Dillmouth, and gets a feeling that its the house for her. She goes...