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Agatha Christie: challenge vs dignity.

I kind of had an inkling before I set out on my path to the Poirot challenge achievement, mentioned, previously, that a lot of my issue for never reading any until I reached 36 years of age was an ingrained prejudice and perception on my part. This, I believed I had overcome. Well, tonight a little part of that false perception has come true. Perception has become truth. I have been supplied by both Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire library services for my book requests and with all challenges, I have discovered a friend, who I name 'Challenge ally' who has their own vast, Poirot Library, which I am now fortunately a member of and plundering regularly.  However, in my over eagerness to get ahead, after the delivery of 3 new books for me. (As a digression, I will now describe the last transaction; I had three books to return and three books to receive and it involved me handing a bag into an open car window to our go between (her husband, but 'go between' suits the sto