Thanks to Katy at A Few More Pages for hosting this meme. To participate, share the first line or two of the book you are currently reading and, if you feel so moved, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line.
I am settling comfortably into an audiobook that I am fully confident in. I love Agatha Christie, and it’s been years since I’ve read any of her. I especially like Hercule Poirot, and have very fond memories of listening to Ten Little Indians (aka And Then There Were None) on audiobook with my mother (both parents?) on a road trip somewhere when I was small. That’s about the only audiobook I can ever remember listening to until recently, in fact. Too much lead-in, sorry, let’s hear from the master. This book begins:
The group round the fireplace was nearly all composed of lawyers or those who had an interest in the law. There was Martindale the solicitor, Rufus Lord, KC, young Daniels who had made a name for himself in the Carstairs case, a sprinkling of other barristers, Mr. Justice Cleaver, Lewis of Lewis and Trench and old Mr. Treves. Mr. Treves was close on eighty, a very ripe and experienced eighty.
A relatively sedate opening, yes, but I can already feel Christie’s pull and I know a good mystery awaits! As a side note, I’m enjoying these British accents accompanying me to and from work (recall, the last audiobook I listened to was Thank You, Jeeves). Happy Friday!
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I have added Agatha Christie books to my TBR list…I can’t imagine how I missed them over the years. This one sounds awesome.
Here’s MY FRIDAY MEMES POST
I love Christie. And I love the description of Mr. Treves as “a very ripe and experienced eighty.”
Here are my Friday Memes: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2011/06/friday-memes.html
An audiobook huh? I hope you didn’t have to listen to many times to type it.lol Agatha Christie is a master though.
Ha! It is always an interesting challenge to get my blurbs from audiobooks. If I’m lucky, as I was in this case, I can find the book on Amazon or similar with a “look inside” option and get it from there. Sometimes, if I’m especially entranced, I will pause and rewind repeatedly to get it down. But that’s rarer.
Hi!
A new Agatha Christie book for me to find and read. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day!
Sherrie
Just Books
I really have to read an Agatha Christie. You’re right – a bit of a sedate intro but then with all those characters it’s as if she’s setting the scene to really provide you with a great story!
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