My Friday Post

Published on by Margaret

Book Beginnings ButtonEvery Friday Book Beginnings on Friday is hosted by Gillion at Rose City Reader where you can share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.

Today I began reading Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie. It’s a Poirot mystery first published in 1940.

Sad cypress

It begins:

Prologue

Elinor Katharine Carlisle. You have been charged upon this indictment with the murder of Mary Gerrard upon the 27th of July last. Are you guilty or not guilty?

Elinor Carlisle stood very straight, her head raised. It was a graceful head, the modelling of the bones sharp and well defined. The eyes were a deep vivid blue, the hair black. The brows had been plucked to a faint thin line.

There was a silence – quite a noticeable silence.

Friday 56Also every Friday there is The Friday 56, hosted by Freda at Freda’s Voice.

These are the rules:

  1. Grab a book, any book.
  2. Turn to page 56, or 56% on your eReader.
  3. Find any sentence (or a few, just don’t spoil it) that grabs you.
  4. Post it.
  5. Add the URL to your post in the link on Freda’s most recent Friday 56 post.

Page 56:

Mrs Wellman may have thought she wanted to die; but side by side with that feeling there ran the hope that she would recover absolutely. And because of that hope, I think she felt that to make a will would be unlucky.

I’ve read up to page 75 and so far Poirot hasn’t appeared, except in the Prologue during Elinor’s trial: Hercule Poirot, his head a little on one side, his eyes thoughtful, was watching her.

10 thoughts on “My Friday Post”

  1. Sounds good. Trying to think if I’ve actually read the book or just read the play. I’m thinking maybe just the play adaptation. Putting it on my list. I need to go back and do a total reread of the Christie books. Guess I could join the AC Reading Challenge, huh?

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  3. I have read a number of books by Agatha Christie but I don’t think I’ve ever read the Hercule Poirot mysteries. You can find me at #23 and #24 on Freda’s linky. Happy reading!

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  9. Oh, Margaret, I liked Sad Cypress very much. I admit I’m biased, but I thought it very good. I hope you’ll enjoy it, and I’ll be keen to see what you think of it.

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