I am from Argentina. It's hard to find AC books here. Many aren't available anymore. I've managed to buy some when they came out weekly with a newspaper. I will start to buy them in english if i can't find them in spanish. I already read The Mysterious Affair at Styles in english so it's no problem.

US of A

I'm from Romania, Bucharest

Everywhere in the USA. I wish I could see Europe.

Quick Question.. Count Andreny, PisiMare, na well, belgian in ireland, and tanvi... Are you reading this in your native languages or in English?

Do you mean this forum? In English. I don't think there is another language to read it in. If you mean AC books, the ones I've read I read them in my native language (Spanish) except for the Mysterious Affair at Styles. I'm going to start buying more of her books in English because I liked it very much and it wasn't hard to read in English.

oh Thanks for clearing that up..

Hey! I'm thirteen, too.

Hi Tim

Almost all of Agatha Christie's books that I've read I've read them in english because it hepls me not to forget how to read and write in english. In everyday life I don't have many occasions to speak  or write in english.

I olso like to read them in english because in some cases the translation is not so good.

I am from Mexico, the dangerous city of Monterrey, its hard to find this books in here the only one I have read on English is Death on the Nile and a horrible second hand of by the princking of my thumbs.

Thats sad.. I dont know what I'd do if books were hard to find. Do you mostly read them in Spanish when you can get them?

HI guys, Hi ATTWTim it's nice to see an old name. This is the first look I've had of the new site. And the first read of the chats. Do you like the new set up so far?

Hey Nausicaa.. I love it.. Its a nice change

I am from the usa too.

Passion_For_Crime

"Hi I am from Australia and I read the books in English but here you can only get the books second hand unless you buy the first hand copes in another country and get them imported which costs heaps."

Thats interesting I would think they would be popular there

(Btw: I love your national Anthem)

Passion_For_Crime

"Hi I am from Australia and I read the books in English but here you can only get the books second hand unless you buy the first hand copes in another country and get them imported which costs heaps." Thats interesting I would think they would be popular there (Btw: I love your national Anthem)

Hi, I am from Australia too. All of my Agatha Christie books are brand new, u can buy them at just about any bookshop.

I am originally from England, live in USA (California)

Hey Tanvi Shashank here, from India, a die hard AC fan......

I guess I am the only one from Bangladesh in this forum so far.

Ekaterinburg, Russia.

I dislike the Russian translations of AC - they sound rather forced and don't have that athmosphere. Unfortunately, the stupid Russian publishers who publish classic authors in original English like publishing the same famous novels (like "the Orient Express") over and over. Fortunately, I got my hands on some English editions as well. But there are still AC titles I haven't read yet.

I'm from Britain (suprisingly the first Brit who still lives here to write on here seeing as AC was British.)

Oh everyone else, if you can all speak English, how would people who cant stiil come on here and talk about AC.

I am in Canada.

I'm from Mauritius (probably the only one).

I am from Canada.

I love these books because it gives such a different picture than what we get from here or the US.

I know the stories were written a long time ago, but still, i truly enjoy the English point of view and the English way of life. I love reading about caracters having a "proper english garden" and the way they always have tea! These things are probably not popular anymore, but  i find it so interesting to read what Miss Maple finds proper or not!

When specific places are mentionned, i often google a map from England to look it up!

Ｔｈａｎk you , susandiane . Ｉ have a negative impression on shopping on-line but it must be useful . I will try it. 

Thank you harleybarley, I thought it might be "Japanophile" but i wasn't sure. It could have been Nipponophile (or something) then i'd just look stupid.

 AND to mirror, you could try Agatha Christie's publishers. Sometimes they offer books for sell. Try penguin.com for the American publisher. They sell on-line.

I am from india and I have read all agatha christie only in english

goodlookingrascal

Hey Tanvi Shashank here, from India, a die hard AC fan......

he y tanvi and shashank iam from india too.my real name is lavanyaa but i kept my user name lava because my friends call me so because i have a hot temper

Hey- is there anyone here who is 13? I live in the USA and I have just started reading AC mysteries.

Hey! I'm 13 too. And I just love AC books so much.

I'm from Japan, but I live in Australia.

I read AC books usually in English, but sometimes Japanese.

I'm from the UK, Lincolnshire to be precise. I'm 17 and I'm an AC fanatic

I've turned into an AC fanatic too!!!! I've only read a few book, though.

I come from beijing and i am 15,and i think Agatha is famous all over the world!!!and i alwalys read it in chinese.at present,i am reading poirot's early cases

Hey Tanvi I am from India too. I am a die hard Christie Fan from Mumbai, U say whr r u frm?

sapphire-

What books have you read so far?

Arlena-

I've read a lot.

Mysterious Affair at Styles

One Two Buckle My Shoes

Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Murder of the Orient Express

Five Little Pigs

Sad Cypress

Murder on the Links

Cards on the Table

ABC Murder

oohh...cant remember them all!

AC is so fantastic thath I am AC fanatic...

Sapphire- Which is your favourite?

Hi, I'm Nikisha from Indonesia. I read AC books both in Indonesian and English, whatever available actually Gosh, I always have a thing for vintage mysteries.

Love reading Poirot so much that i usually take notes while reading and compare them with Poirot analysis when he assembles the audience and gracefully reveals the murderer at the end of every book.

Nice meeting Y'all...

hi, I'm from Denmark and 26.

Brisbane, Australia.

Ozzie ozzie ozzie etc

Bowie

Brisbane, Australia.

Ozzie ozzie ozzie etc

oi oi oi

Bowie

Brisbane, Australia.

Ozzie ozzie ozzie etc

im from the uk and 34

na_well

I am from Argentina. It's hard to find AC books here. Many aren't available anymore. I've managed to buy some when they came out weekly with a newspaper. I will start to buy them in english if i can't find them in spanish. I already read The Mysterious Affair at Styles in english so it's no problem.

I´m from Argentina too! which part are you from?. You are right, it is nicer to read them in English.

Hi nunu I'm from Buenos Aires, and you?

Yes you are right it is nicer to read them in english and i've found that the translations aren't as accurate as i would like them to be. So as i speak english pretty well and i can read the books in english i'm thinking of buying them in english from now on. Of course I am going to read the ones i've already got in spanish.

For those who don't know, I'm from Canada. I've also read every AC (sad for me, I know).

Canada.

well I'm from Poland

I'm from the States with a bit of British up bringing.(My mum's madien name was Stafford)

I'm a Spanish student and would like to read some of the books in Spanish. 

For those who are cash strapped try Oxfam or The Salvation Army stores for copies.

I'm from Dublin, Ireland. I've been a fan of Agatha Christie from about age 10 (back in the Stone Age!). I've read all the books, seen all the films, series etc. An Agatha nerd without a doubt.

I´m from El Salvador, Central America, it´s very hard to find AC´s books here, but i´m a fan!! I´m 21, and reading AC´s books enriches my mind!:)

I am from Bangladesh. I have read all Agatha Christie books in English. Language is not a problem for me. But it is hard to get Agatha Christie books here. They are kind of expensive.too.

I am from Bondi, Sydney, Australia. About halfway through reading all the AC books, but love many other crime writers as well.

Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky you!!!! How I would love to be somewhere like that!!! I'm in little old England. Just as you are beginning your summer, I'm watching all the leaves on the trees turn into their beautiful, rich autumnal colours. Then it tips down with rain and blows a gale and all those lovely autumn leaves deposit themselves all over my garden and it no loger looks magical!!! I'm in the South West - in Somerset, just up on the map from Devon - and it is a lovely part of England to live in.

And I never stop reading....

Boring Scotland but would like to live somewhere like Peru or Argintina (but that'll never happen)

Hey. I'm from Belgium. I know what you want so well. There are less and less people who like to read and know this treasures of Agatha Christie and so much other books. And they don't know what is to be nearly in love with the stories and there characters. Anyway, these characters are much more worthy than us as human beings in reality.

belgian_in_ireland

Tanvi, I am originally from Belgium (like our friend Poirot), but moved to Ireland a couple of years ago.

Same here! I'm from Belgium too and love this master detective most of all. All the other books of AC don't interest me so much as his adventures. Why did you move out of Belgium? Were you going to dislike it?

Puffinjill

 I'm in the South West - in Somerset, just up on the map from Devon - and it is a lovely part of England to live in.

And I never stop reading....

I won't stop reading either. My husband is from Shrewsbury, Shropshire Jill, so we travel back every few years to see the out-laws! Haha..

Bondi is lovely, we are more on the cliffs part between the beach and Sydney Harbour. It's becoming a crazy time of year with all of the tourists.

I love Scotland The Butler Did it! I had the most glorious weather when we travelled there in September 2005, I actually got sunburned on my face when we walked around Edinburgh!

There's a spare room in my house (well, currently stuffed full of boxes I can't face unpacking as I've recently moved) at your disposal 3rdGirl, next time you visit us here in the 'old country'!!

And as for Scotland, how CAN you say it is boring, TheButlerDidIt?!? I know when you live somewhere you get very used to it and don't see its attractions anymore, so I will swap with you ANY day as I adore Scotland! I am saving every single penny I can so I can go back there next year.

I spent the week before Christmas in Edinburgh last year, 3rdGirl. It rained so hard I think I rusted. But it was magical.

I guess I've got the honor of being the first one from Finland (home of the famous detective Sven Hjerson) to answer this.

I've read pretty much all of Christie's murder stories, mostly in Finnish, some in English. Fortunately I'm beginning at last to forget the plots of the first ones I read so I've been able to enjoy some of the books twice. :)

Thanks Jill. If you ever venture this far (to the colonies!), you have a closish-to-the-beach-side pad available as well. At least you have seasons in the UK. We have a LOOOONG summer and short winter.

I've never heard of Sven Hjerson Enoch, but Scandinavian crime is becoming very trendy and popular here at the moment, so I'm sure it won;t be long until I make his aquaintance!

I'm amazed at how diverse the nationalities are on this site.

3rdGirl

I've never heard of Sven Hjerson Enoch, but Scandinavian crime is becoming very trendy and popular here at the moment, so I'm sure it won;t be long until I make his aquaintance!

Hjerson's author is actually British. To be honest, I haven't read any of his adventures either. But I'd like to!

Sven Hjerson is Ariadne Oliver's fictional detective. He's Finnish and a vegetarian who carries around a little machine for chopping up his veg!!! He sounds a scream! And I love the way Mrs Oliver has long forgotten why she ever started writing about him, not knowing Finland at all or any Finnish people!

3rdGirl, you don't want to start making kind offers like that. I might take you up on them!!! Mind you, a few weeks relaxing under an Aussie sun might cure me of my blues. I'll get my suitcase.....

Bless you for the offer, though! And yes, we do have seasons here, but they tend to merge into one long rainy, grey season. No wonder I'm feeling down.

Speaking of seasons, the ground here just got its first snow cover of this fall.

I'm from Brazil. =) And I'm writing my final paper (or whatever the name it has in other countries, which I don't know, but should find out. Do you know that paper you have to write before you graduate? That one) on Christie's Poirot (maybe Marple too). I'm reading all kinds of things about her and re-discovering her books all over again. I even listened to a couple of podcasts and am now trying to watch as many DVDs as I can. It's not a hard job in the slightest!

Hi, Amabile, (I'm Bundle from the USA)! Welcome to the site. What are some of your favorite Christie books and or adaptations?

I'm new too!

Done a couple of posts but no topics so far (don't know how)

Puffinjill

Sven Hjerson is Ariadne Oliver's fictional detective. He's Finnish and a vegetarian who carries around a little machine for chopping up his veg!!! He sounds a scream! And I love the way Mrs Oliver has long forgotten why she ever started writing about him, not knowing Finland at all or any Finnish people!

AHA. That is hilarious! I've only read Dead Man's Folly with Ms Oliver so no wonder I'd not remembered him. I have made his aquaintance! And here I was thinking he was like Henning Mankell or Stieg Larsson, some of the Scando authors who are selling by the bucketload.

Amabile, I am very jealous of your final paper topic. What an awesome excuse for getting into Ms Christie. You must get onto some of the topics and have a chat. You too Butty (you'll end up with a nickname, so we may as well start now!). It doesn't matter how many you've read. I've read a lot, but I'm still not even halfway through all of her books yet! Chatting with Puffinjill, Bundles, Tommy A and Go Leafs on the forums have made me branch out from Marple and Poirot and read some short stories and some non-series books which I wouldn't have gotten to for a long time.

Weather report here : 36 degrees celcius with 76 percent humidity. It's too hot to do anything but eat ice cream.

Welcome to the boards TheButlerDidIT! Great moniker, btw!

Alright, 3rdGirl, we get the message! You (poor darling!) are struggling to cope with the 36 degree heat and have to eat lots of ice cream to rehydrate yourself. How difficult life is for some people.

I, on the other hand, have literally WADED through Bristol to attend a course today (just when you think there cannot possibly be ANY more rain left to fall you remeber this is England and, yes, there IS much more to come) and now, sitting at home (it's just gone 7 but it was pitch dark by 4.30), I could still wring water out of the bottom of my trousers. And I've had to put on an extra jumper as I am still cold, even though I am warming my hands around a gigantic mug of coffee. But don't you worry about me, now, will you....

Anyway, enough of all this, what were we talking about? 

TheButlerDidIT

Thanks Bundle! Whats a moniker? Sorry I don't know.

No prob. Moniker is another word for someone's nickname. :0)

I am from Szombathely, Hungary

Thanks Bundle! Have you read Murder At The Vicarage?

No I haven't. But I have a soft spot for it bc it was the very fist Miss Marple adaptation I had ever seen (which starred Geraldine McEwan).

Is Murder At The Vicarage one of your favorites?

And welcome aboard ZoltanBalogh!

Have you seen the Joan Hickson version, Bundle? It's much, much better (in my humble opinion)! Murder at the Vicarage was the first Marple I read and I still have a very soft spot because of that.

I prefer the McEwan version of Murder at the Vicarage more. The production values were higher, and they actually changed LESS than the Hickson version did!

Oh, well, looks like we will have to agree to differ on that one! The core reason I value the BBC Joan Hickson adaptations much, much more than the ITV Geraldine McEwan/Julia McKenzie ones ( which, I have to confess, I haven't seen all the more recent ones) is simply the characterisation by Miss Hickson of Miss Jane Marple. I think it is perfect. It completely harmonises with my view of her from all the AC's I have read. And so for me, this performance stands out like a shining star and has not been bettered. However, I understand that two people reading about the same character may form varying ideas of them, so perhaps the more recent versions hit the right note for some. I will agree the production values are high but they are overblown, overacted and have no issues with any changes they make, including the culprit.

But each to his own! I would still prefer the written text to any TV drama anyday!

I LOVE Murder at the Vicarage (both the book and and adaptation) I've only seen the McEwen version, but I did think it was great. I actually love that the Marple adaptations are so colourful and cheeky and the Poirot ones are a bit grimmer and more sinister.

Butty (TheButlerDidIt), you've actually read quite a few!

Hello Zoltan B - welcome.

We need a nickname for you too, 3rdGirl! I shall think of one....

It's great it was my first Miss Marple novel and I loved it. I thought at times it could have been the Vicar. Miss Marple seemed a bit nosey and unpleasent but I was told she gets nicer.

go_leafs_nation

I prefer the McEwan version of Murder at the Vicarage more. The production values were higher, and they actually changed LESS than the Hickson version did!

Have I caused an argument?

People tend to give nicknames to each other on here, TheButlerDidIt- I must've gotten about 87 on the old site.

And no, I wouldn't call it an argument; debating points like that is a huge part of the fun on the forums!

Absolutely! The more diverse points of view, the better! It's great fun discussing books we all love but it gets really interesting when we all see things from different angles and talk about them together. No one is right and no one is wrong and I find this site and peoples posts make me think about things I hadn't thought of before.

Are you OK with being called Butty? Or should I use your full name? I seem to have missed out on a nickname as my real name seems a bit obvious! Should have thought about it a little more....silly me.

Hi Everyone!  I am new today and just wanted to say Hello.  I don't live anywhere near as exotic a place as some of you.  I live on the so called English Riviera, not far from AC's birthplace.  It always seems to be bitterly cold and raining here these days.

Does anyone ever listen to AC's audiobooks?  I am an avid bookworm and have the dvd's too.  The audiobooks are fantastic to listen to if you are busy or even relaxing in the bath.  They start many a cold morning off for me when I am getting ready.  I seem to lose myself in them, they draw you in.

Welcome devonbelle! I think living not too far from AC's birthplace is an exciting place to live!

The only audio book of AC's I've ever listened to is The Murder of Roger Ackryod.

go_leafs_nation

People tend to give nicknames to each other on here, TheButlerDidIt- I must've gotten about 87 on the old site.

Yes, I miss your Goley nickname!

To Jill: I also like your nickname as Jill.

Have you read Halloween Party? I enjoyed it even if Poirot seemed a bit off and always thought it was very creepy with a good ending.

Hallowe'en Party has always been a pleasure of mine. Is it flawed? Yes. Do I love it? Yes.

I'm a big fan of Hallowe'en Party too, faults and all. What did you think was a bit off of Poirot, TheButlerDidIt?

Welcome, Devonbelle! I know the weather isn't great at the moment but you are luck to live in Devon - a very beautiful county. I'm not too far away as I am in Somerset as battling against the same dull, rainy days as you. As for Audiobooks, I completely adore them! I have almost the complete AC catalogue (have been collecting for about 8-10 years) but, sadly, the majority of them are on good old-fashioned tape. I played them to death and, much to my complete distress, they can now tend to break if I play them. This breaks my little heart every single time so I am currently trying to replace them all on CD but it costs a fair whack so the process is painfully slow. I'm hoping Santa Claus might take pity on me and help me along. I listen to them morning, noon and night and would happily give away my TV and just listen to Audiobooks or Radio drama. The pictures are so much better.

TheButlerDidIT

Have you read Halloween Party? I enjoyed it even if Poirot seemed a bit off and always thought it was very creepy with a good ending.

Yes, I have. It was my second Poirot book that I read. It's not one of my favorites but I liked it.

But like you I also found it creepy! And I think I know what you mean about Poirot being off. I think it was one of Poirot's later books, right? And so his movements etc were a little slow.

Sorry Butty. As an Australian, we tend to give everyone a nickname. Puffinjill is Jill. Bundle is Bundles. I didn't know that Go leafs was Goley, but I like it!

The Bulter Did It...nickname suggestions

Butty (quite clearly not popular with the man himslef)\

Diddles

Didit

Butler

Buttles

i could go on and on. :-)

Devonbelle could be Devo, Bella or Belle.....

If you don't mind, I personally prefer not to get any fancy nicknames. While I don't expect everyone to use the full "go_leafs_nation" (gln, go leafs, etc. work), I personally am not a huge fan of coming up with completely random nicknames ("You have the letter a in your name twice, so I'll just call you 'Two As'.").

Don't worry: I wasn't going call you Goley again :-)

But their really not random nicknames as everyone nicknames are an abbreviation of their other names. I.E. Bundles, PuffinJill, Tommy_A_Jones, GKCFan etc.

I like Belle for Devonbelle, 3rdGirl! And for the TheButlerDidIt what about TB?Which stands for TheButler.

Well, Butty was sort of stretching the line between shortening names and coming up with random nicknames, so I thought I'd throw that in there to warn you all.

TB is better thann Buttty.

Thats what I meant with Poirot being off. It's a good book isn't it. I heard it's one of the new Poirots to be filmed can't wait! Hope it still has the creepyness and that Poirot isn't off.

Bundle_

Hi, Amabile, (I'm Bundle from the USA)! Welcome to the site. What are some of your favorite Christie books and or adaptations?

Hi Bundle, sorry for the late reply! =) I've always loved Sparkling Cyanide, for reasons I cannot explain haha, and Curtain. I've only watched a couple of adaptations, mainly the first season of Agatha Christie's Poirot and one of the Marple movies... enjoyed both quite a lot. It's always fun seeing how other people interpret her works, isn't it? I'm trying lately to read more of her works (at home I think I only have about half of her books) and see more adaptations. Do you have any recommendations; maybe your favorites?

I am not keen on Nicknames, people shpould ask people what they mind being called, I love being known as Tommy though

Hi Amabile! Nice to hear from you again.

Sparkling Cyanide is one of my favorite AC books too.

Amabile

Do you have any recommendations; maybe your favorites?

Have you read Lord Edgware Dies a.k.a Thirteen at Dinner? Or perhaps Sad Cypress? Those are my two favorite Poirot books. I highly recommend them.

Sparkling Cyanide is one I have always liked too. If you are looking for recommendations, Amabile, I would urge you to read Appointment With Death and Five Little Pigs. Poirot at his brilliant best. What about Miss Marple? Have you read many featuring her, or Tommy and Tuppence?