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Cooking With Christie: Brigadeiros

Inspiration: Last amongst the treats I whipped up this year as holiday gifts were Brigadeiros. The recipe I used was from the 2017 American Test Kitchen Christmas Cookie issue. However, while brilliant at turning out some of the most reliable recipes around, the ATK site requires you to pay to gain unrestricted access to their site, or you need to purchase their magazines and/or books as I do.…

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Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie - Book Review

I had early hopes for this Poirot mystery promising Halloween-themed thrills and chills, but after a good start this short novel turns into a meandering slog that’s more duty than pleasure, despite some bright spots and interesting elements. Continue reading Untitled

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Book vs. TV Show: Hallowe'en Party (Agatha Christie's Poirot)

Hello, everybody!After taking a closer look at A Haunting in Venice, I wanted to check out other adaptations of the same Agatha Christie novel, which led once again to the BBC show Poirot. (We’ve already encountered that when talking about Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile!)So let’s find out, how this adaptation holds up! The Plot (according to Goodreads): A teenage murder…

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‘Hallowe’en Party’ by Agatha Christie

Genre: Adult Fiction – Crime/Mystery Published: 1969 Format: Paperback Rating: ★★★★ This was our book club read for October 2023 for Hallowe’en!  The first thing I have to say is that I saw the ‘A Haunting in Venice’ film before I read this book. I was surprised reading this book about how little the film actually resembled the book – some of the characters (Poirot, Ariadne Oliver, and Rowena…

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Book Review: Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie

This was my first Agatha Christie novel which I read because I was looking forward to A Haunting in Venice. I read the novel right before I saw the movie. The movie I loved. The novel I didn’t. This novel follows Hercule Poirot as his friend Mrs. Oliver asks him to investigate the death of a girl, Joyce Reynolds at her Halloween party. His investigation leads him to multiple murders with…

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13 of the most terrifying books published

13 of the most terrifying books published

Hey there, word lovers! Since Hallowe’en is fast approaching, I thought this might be of interest to you. I found this list that was compiled by a library. They call it 13 Most Terrifying Books of All Time. Pet Sematary – by Stephen KingThe Island of Dr. Moreau – by H.G. WellsThe Cask of Amontillado – by Edgar Allen PoeThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – by Robert Louis StevensonThe…

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Spooky Season: Sunday Post #3

I don't know if spooky season is coming to an end, or just beginning. (Ye olde weekly wrap-up, Sunday Post style)

I don’t know if spooky season is coming to an end, or just beginning. Beginning? Have you ever seen the way the US crushes Thanksgiving and Xmas together? To my little Canadian mind, that’s scary.

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba at The Caffeinated Reviewer. You should check out her blog. And then check out the blogs of all the other awesome folks doing the Sunday Post. There…

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Poirot e la strage degli innocenti - Agatha Christie

Poirot e la strage degli innocenti – Agatha Christie

In un appartamento di Londra squillò il telefono. Il proprietario dell’appartamento, Hercule Poirot, si agitò nella sua poltrona. Era profondamente deluso. Prima ancora di rispondere, conosceva il messaggio che quella telefonata gli avrebbe portato. Il suo amico Solly, col quale avrebbe dovuto trascorrere la serata, riprendendo la loro inesauribile discussione sull’identità dell’assassino nel…

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Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #39) ~ #Mystery #BookReview

Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #39) ~ #Mystery #BookReview #amreading #suspense #thriller #classic

If I had to name my first ‘literary hero’, the first author whose books I read that made me jealous, that made me think to myself, “This. Is. It. This is what I need to do. I need to write stories, mysteries, that makes people feel like this book has made me feel,” only one name come to mind. The author is Agatha Christie, and the book was And Then There Were None (also known by the less PC title…

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Cooking with Christie: Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes with Ganache Filling

Inspiration: I love baking. I relish making things others delight in eating….But otherwise, the final result isn’t particularly important to me. It’s the making process I enjoy. Hence, I give the majority of bakes away to others. One of the primary recipients of my efforts is my husband’s coworkers. Normally, I bake and send whatever tickles my fancy. However, in a rare instance, they sent me a…

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I've been published ... again!

I’ve been published … again!

Moonlight, Monsters & Magic has been my labour of love over the past six weeks. From writing what turned out to be a delightful little romance story about a Pixie who gets temporarily exiled, to copyediting an amazing collection of short stories … I can’t believe the day is finally here to share it with everyone!

You’ll find the link to purchase it from your favorite e-book distributor under the…

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Book vs. Movie: A Haunting in Venice/Hallowe'en Party

Hello, my darling readers!Today we’re going to tackle Kenneth Branagh’s latest Hercule Poirot adaptation, A Haunting in Venice which is based on Agatha Christie’s Hallowe’en Party. Let’s see how Branagh did this time… The Plot of the Movie (according to Rotten Tomatoes): “A Haunting in Venice” is set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve and is a terrifying mystery featuring…

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Book Review: Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie

Book Review: Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie

Format: Paperback

Pages: 336 pages

Published: September 3, 2001 (first published November 1969)

Publisher: Harper

Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Fiction & Literature (more…)

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Jasmine Becket-Griffith Halloween Coloring Book

Jasmine Becket-Griffith Halloween Coloring Book

Jasmine Becket-Griffith Halloween Coloring Book: A Spine-Tingling Fantasy Art Adventure, by Jasmine Becket-Griffith Blue Angel Publishing, 9780738752549, unpaginated, 2016 One of the many hats I wear has me colouring professionally on comics, so I come to adult colouring books from that angle. I picked up the Halloween Coloring Book with no idea what the art would be like, simply because I love…

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Cooking With Christie: Pumpkin Spice Muffins

Inspiration: Did you know that pumpkins are a good source of potassium? This tidbit is excellent news for people like me who love and loathe bananas in equal measure. In any case, thanks to fall and spooky season, cooking magazines have all kinds of pumpkin based bakes around this time of year. The recipe that caught my eye this year was Cook’s Illustrated Pumpkin Spice Muffins, and, like most…

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This Week’s Recipe: Cranberry Orange Chicken Inspiration: Whilst perusing recipes one day, I was listening to Bob’s Burgers with half an ear and their Holiday Special came on…and I’d a sudden hankering for cranberry sauce. However, since I don’t generally eat it by the spoonful, I looked in the fridge and spotted….chicken thighs. Whereupon I tilted my head and thought — why not? So I emptied…