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Parker Pyne Investigates isn‘t one of her better-known books. It isn't at all like Poirot or Marple, which I love, but I enjoyed every page because this was so different.

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By the end of this I was wishing for a Parker Pyne of my own, hoping to see his ad in the classifieds. These stories read like fairy tales by way of Golden Age British middle-class sensibilities: Parker Pyne is a portly fairy godmother who solves ALL of your problems. Well, all except for the one of the discontented husband! These are Christie‘s psychological stories with a twist. Some are enjoyable, some are OK; all are mostly forgettable fluff.

Nice short story collection. Parker Pyne is an interesting detective. About half the stories deal with unusual problems - they're my favorites.

Hadn't posted my tree yet!
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At first, I really didn't like Parker Pyne. I was like: Those poor people!!! But he grew on me once I realized how many people he was helping. Though I still wish there had been a resolution to the first story. How many women did he trick into thinking they had a secret romance? How long did they wait?? Because he may not have said he was coming back, but it felt implied.

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I‘m not sure what this is, a short story collection or a novel, and considering the stories I‘m not sure Christie knew it either.

Parker Pyne has put in an advertisement in the paper “Are you happy? If not, consult Mr Parker Pyne.” All the people we meet have seen this ad and contacts Pyne to make them happy and apparently unhappiness can be placed in 5 different boxes and he tries to make them happy.

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I needed something fun and easy and that new 'detective' of Lady Agatha is just what I wanted.

#agathachristieclubR2, I'm going to keep this simple because I'm behind and I don't really love this collection, haha! So just one post:

Did you like this collection? Why or why not? Which stories stood out to you?

So I'm still not sure if this guy's first name is Parker, last name Pyne or if his last name is Parker Pyne and we never find out his first name? That's the true mystery here....

These stories fell more into the logic puzzle variety than the whodunnit variety of mystery, which seems to be how I prefer my Christie short stories. The humour was abundant, the racism was relatively minimal, and the characters enjoyably quirky.

I actually read the same Christie book as #agathchristieclubr2 this month. Short stories featuring Parker Pyne, this one had 2 stories at the end that I already read in her other books. I‘m just not a fan of Pyne.

#BookReport - Not a great week for me this past week. I didn‘t like 2 of the 3 books I read and HP was a reread...

I‘m currently listening to the Half Blood Prince and have less than 80 pages left of The Princess Beard, I should definitely finish it today.

My friend really wants me to read I Know Who You Are so I‘m going to pick that up on audio next. Dates and Furies is my #BookSpin for the month

#WeeklyForecast

Considering the insanity that is work right now (although I freely admit that I'm still working fewer hours than most people out there haha) I had a pretty solid week. I don't think I ever posted a review for the tagged book, which was not my favorite Christie since all of these shorts felt wildly impractical haha I started The Boy at the Back of the Class but just wasn't in the headspace for it, so I've set it aside for now. I enjoyed my #LMPBC ⬇

Gets a so-so because I can‘t Pan an Agatha Christie book.

I didn‘t really care for this one. Maybe it didn‘t age well, but it didn‘t really portray women or relationships in the best light. Trying to convince men to lie to their wives and show interest in other women to keep their attention. Also he didn‘t do a ton of investigating, just a few stories at the end...

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Book 1 finished for #AwesomeApril

Yay!! It's time for #AwesomeApril & I'm totally here for it!! I'm setting the probably-unrealistic goal of 2500 pages!! The tagged book should be in this week's pile - it's April's #AgathaChristieClubR2 book, despite the fact that I still haven't gotten around to the discussion questions for February & March 😂

As always, thanks for hosting @Andrew65 !!!

Although I‘m a huge Christie fan this book was a bit meh. Short stories which are a little predictable and lacklustre, it‘s an ok way to pass time if you aren‘t looking for anything long or serious
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I didn‘t know Christie wrote short stories! I was quite torn on this experience. There were great moments and fun plots. There was also casual racism and some clunkers. But, there were seeds of future works to be found.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Not my favourite Christie character, although each little obstacle/mystery solved by Parker Pyne is wonderfully written and well wrapped up; if found them predictable and the characters more stereotyped. There were too many romantic problems that needed a makeover and a bit of jealousy to sort out.

I‘m probably not going to finish anything else today, so here‘s this week‘s #bookreport:
Finished and enjoyed Bernadette and Parker Pyne, finished and loved An Argumentation of Historians, made a little progress in The Blue Eye, and started an overdue eARC, but I think I am going to switch to audio to finish it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

So, not a bad week, considering it was month-end close at work and pure chaos.

The cases of a retired Home Office statistician.

I was a bit doubtful as the first few were not really mysteries livening up people's marriages and lives. I felt that some of the characters really were impossibly dim not to realise Mr Pyne was pulling the strings. Some were more traditional stories solving who committed the murder or stole the jewels with good twists.

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Definitely somewhere between a pick and so-so, but Christie's minor detectives are always kinda fun to visit. #agathachristieclub @Bambolina_81 #mmdchallenge #threebooksbythesameauthor

A great book of short stories. Parker Pyne is a clever private investigator who has an unconventional way of making people happy again.

I'm hoping to finish this one tonight. 😊🍷

And at the same time a package of second hand Agatha Christie‘s arrived. #bookmail I decided to give mysteries their own shelf, now it won‘t look so lonely up there!

Also slippers. Because it‘s winter. Everyone else with their summer pictures is hallucinating 😂😂#southernhemisphere

It was love at first sight, the day Agatha met Graham. Although they were both past their prime they knew that they were destined to live side by side forever.
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Major agatha Christie haul. My mom scored a bunch and gave me all of her doubles. Yay!

The short stories kept me riveted. Agatha Christie is my jam. 😂😂