Mi s-a facut dintr-o data dor de cartile care mi-au marcat copilaria. Daca stau si ma gandesc bine, exista un nume care s-a regasit de cele mai multe ori pe copertile indoite de mainile mele: Agatha Christie.
Nu foarte multa lume apreciaza geniul acestei scriitoare, iar motivele sunt variate. Am auzit comentarii de genul "ce, aia e femeie normala la cap?" sau "aia nu-i cultura, baiete" de mi s-a acrit. Probabil ca acesti oameni sunt convinsi ca a fost mult mai usor sa inventezi roata decat sa te prinzi de schema lui Creanga din "Cinci paini". Am divagat.
In ultimii 5-10 ani, cartile de mai jos au stat cam la un metru de mine, in biblioteca. Cred ca sunt toate, din cate imi amintesc. Lista de mai jos e de pe wikipedia, dar mai toate titlurile imi suna cunoscut. Desi am cateva exemplare in engleza, majoritatea cartilor sunt in limba romana, ceea ce le face mai usor de citit (fata de engleza secolului 19 - nu, nu am gresit!).
Pe cei pentru care Agatha Christie inseamna doar Crima din Orient Express ii invit pe la mine la un suc si o aventura literara, iar pe ceilalti ii trimit la biblioteca... lor 
1920 - The Mysterious Affair at Styles
1922 - The Secret Adversary
1923 - The Murder on the Links
1924 - The Man in the Brown Suit
1925 - The Secret of Chimneys
1926 - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
1927 - The Big Four
1928 - The Mystery of the Blue Train
1929 - The Seven Dials Mystery
1930 - The Murder at the Vicarage
1931 - The Sittaford Mystery - also Murder at Hazelmoor
1932 - Peril at End House
1933 - Lord Edgware Dies - also Thirteen at Dinner
1934 - Murder on the Orient Express - also Murder in the Calais Coach
1934 - Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - also The Boomerang Clue
1935 - Three Act Tragedy - also Murder in Three Acts
1935 - Death in the Clouds - also Death in the Air
1936 - The A.B.C. Murders - also The Alphabet Murders
1936 - Murder in Mesopotamia
1936 - Cards on the Table
1937 - Dumb Witness - also Poirot Loses a Client
1937 - Death on the Nile
1938 - Appointment with Death
1938 - Hercule Poirot's Christmas - also Murder for Christmas - also A Holiday for Murder
1939 - Murder is Easy - also Easy to Kill
1939 - And Then There Were None - also Ten Little Indians - also Ten Little Niggers
1940 - Sad Cypress
1940 - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - also An Overdose of Death - also The Patriotic Murders
1941 - Evil Under the Sun
1941 - N or M?
1942 - The Body in the Library
1942 - Five Little Pigs - also Murder in Retrospect
1942 - The Moving Finger - also The Case of the Moving Finger
1944 - Towards Zero
1944 - Death Comes as the End
1945 - Sparkling Cyanide - also Remembered Death
1946 - The Hollow - also Murder After Hours
1948 - Taken at the Flood - also There is a Tide...
1949 - Crooked House
1950 - A Murder is Announced
1951 - They Came to Baghdad
1952 - Mrs McGinty's Dead - also Blood Will Tell
1952 - They Do It with Mirrors - also Murder with Mirrors
1953 - After the Funeral - also Funerals are Fatal - also Murder at the Gallop
1953 - A Pocket Full of Rye
1954 - Destination Unknown - also So Many Steps to Death
1955 - Hickory Dickory Dock - also Hickory Dickory Death
1956 - Dead Man's Folly
1957 - 4.50 from Paddington - also What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! - also Murder She Said
1958 - Ordeal by Innocence
1959 - Cat Among the Pigeons
1961 - The Pale Horse
1962 - The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side - also The Mirror Crack'd
1963 - The Clocks
1964 - A Caribbean Mystery
1965 - At Bertram's Hotel
1966 - Third Girl
1967 - Endless Night
1968 - By the Pricking of My Thumbs
1969 - Hallowe'en Party
1970 - Passenger to Frankfurt
1971 - Nemesis
1972 - Elephants Can Remember
1973 - Postern of Fate
1975 - Curtain
1976 - Sleeping Murder
Nu cred ca-s toate
Si eu aveam o pasiune pentru cartile ei. Si acum mai ascult uneori cate un audiobook in engleza 
sunt toate cele politiste. ea a mai scris si altele, dar fara 'mister', ca sa zic asa.
Mi-au placut extrem de mult Chiparosul trist si Hickory Dickory Dock. In rest, ca si tine, recunosc multe carti citite din lista ta (cred ca mancam o carte de-ai pe zi sau la doua zile si aveam o colectie destul de mare). Mi-a placut mereu la ea modul in care contura personajele, care-ti deveneauextrem de vii in minte pe masura ce citeai cartea. Si acum mi-ar face placere sa zac pe balcon cu o carte de-a ei in mana, singura problema e ca deja s-ar putea sa le stiu pe de rost.
