May 2020-November 2021: 19 months with Hercule Poirot

Posted on December 6, 2021 by WordsAndPeace

In 2017, I listened to all of Sherlock Holmes, and found it a very satisfying experience.
So I seized the opportunity of the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1), to start this new project of listening to all of Hercule Poirot novels and short stories collections, in chronological order of publication.

May 2020-November 2021: 19 months with Hercule Poirot

That was a total of 43 books that took me 19 months.
Mystery is a great genre for audiobooks, so I decided to go that route.
Here are a few notes about my experience.

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2017: my year with Sherlock Holmes

Posted on December 22, 2017 by WordsAndPeace

The Complete Sherlock Holmes a-curious-collection-of-dates The Sherlock Holmes Book

2017: my year with Sherlock Holmes

As part of the Classics Club, I had decided to read The Hound of the Baskervilles. Well, as I usually tend not to do things halfway, lol, I thought I might as well read all the works about Sherlock Holmes. I actually ended up LISTENING to them, as my experience is that most mysteries are actually much better as audiobooks. Thanks to my library, I was able to listen on Hoopla to all the novels and short stories narrated by the amazing Simon Prebble.
I decided to listen to them in their order of publication.

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My kind of mystery 2015 Reading Challenge

Posted on January 4, 2015 by WordsAndPeace

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Here’s How It Works

Between Feb 1, 2015 and February 1, 2016, I will try to read between 21-30 mysteries, that’s the Hidden Doorways level. I hope to read a lot by Louise Penny, among others.