I'm going to say I've read this book at least 4 times and have seen at least 2 TV adaptations. Now, I'm listening to the audiobook. I also have the paperback.Loved this book and the BBC audiobook was fantastic. They had a male narrator which I thought odd since the book is about Miss Marple but t...
News item - The fresh face of Miss Marple :Marple on the screen:Gracie Fields (1956)Margaret Rutherford (1962-4)Angela Lansbury (1980)Helen Hayes (1982/4)Joan Hickson (1984-92)Geraldine McEwan (2004-8)Julia McKenzie (2009 onwards)The full story here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8210342....
A re-read. Christie's books are almost always satisfying to me the way mother's cooking are; and sometimes not only makes you full it also has the most delicious taste more than a commercial one. Like this quote said by Griselda after being asked why she had married the old vicar,"It made me feel so...
The first Miss Marple. I was surprised that Miss Marple was really just a supporting player in this book since the first person narration was by the vicar. I listened to the audio which was read ably by James Saxon.
For some reason I spent a lot of this book thinking that the Vicar had done it. But then I remembered that it was another book she wrote with a narrator-villain.
I've made many motivational reading goals this years, which I intend to carry over into the new year as part of my resolution to read more. Already I have lists of all the Pulitzer fiction winners and that "Top 100" list from Random House, but on the mystery side of things I'm making it a point to r...
Since I can't remember anything about it without reading the blurb, it must be time for a re-read. And if I do remember a little, then I get the fun of solving the whole thing quickly.
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