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As an addendum to the previous post. I thought I would transcribe my master list to show, if anyone was interested, how the reading was spaced out during those 33 weeks. As you can see, some books were devoured in only a day (some nice thin volumes), while others took a few days. You can also see where I had to take a break from overkill. It seems to be a case of, perhaps, an average time of maybe 3/4 days to read a novel when I was fully focused. 1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)  read by 20-11-2013 nov 2. The Murder on the Links (1923)   read by 26-11-2013 nov 3. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) read by 28-11-2013 nov 4. The Big Four (1927) read by 07-12-2013 dec 5. The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) read by 09-12-2013 dec 6. Peril at End House (1932)  read by 05-01-2014 jan 7. Lord Edgware Dies (1933)  read by 13-01-2014 jan 8. Murder on the Orient Express (1934)  read by 15-01-2014 jan 9. Three Act Tragedy (1935)  read by 18-01-2014 jan 10. Death in the Cloud

And it ended. It ended on the 9th July 2014. The well blogged quest to read the 33 Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot novels, in a year. It didn't take a year. It took, coincidently, 33 weeks to achieve the goal I had set myself 52 weeks to achieve. I came in 19 weeks early! On average therefore, I managed 1 book a week. This is obviously not quite as it happened; How it happened is laid out in the below chart. It shows that I started gently and got very focused in the months of March, April & May. As you can see, I think I struggled with, 'Poirot Fatigue', in the month June. Finally polishing it off in early July.  It has proved a highly enjoyable experience, if at times highly intense! When you submerge yourself in a character over a compressed period you really do befriend them and begin to understand how the, 'little grey cells' work. So, what did I learn about, Poirot? Like, Inspector Morse. The literary character is far more gripping than the TV