That chronological list in full!

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 Clouds (1935)  read by 08-02-2014 feb
11. The A.B.C. Murders (1936) read by 12-02-2014 feb
12. Murder in Mesopotamia (1936) read by 16-02-2014 feb
13. Cards on the Table (1936) read by 22-02-2014 feb
14. Dumb Witness (1937)  read by 04-03-2014 mar
15. Death on the Nile (1937)  read by 09-03-2014 mar
16. Appointment with Death (1938)  read by 18-03-2014 mar
17. Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1938)   read by 20-03-2014 mar
18. Sad Cypress (1940) read by 26-03-2014 mar
19. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940)  read by 31-03-2014 mar
20. Evil Under the Sun (1941)  read by 13-04-2014 apr
21. Five Little Pigs (1942)  read by 14-04-2014 apr
22. The Hollow (1946)  read by 17-04-2014 apr
23. Taken at the Flood (1948)  read by 21-04-2014 apr
24. Mrs McGinty's Dead (1952)  read by 25-04-2014 apr
25. After the Funeral (1953)   read by 26-04-2014 apr
26. Hickory Dickory Dock (1955)  read by 16-05-2014 may
27. Dead Man's Folly (1956)  read by 20-05-2014 may
28. Cat Among the Pigeons (1959)  read by 24-05-2014 may
29. The Clocks (1963) read by 27-05-2014 may
30. Third Girl (1966)  read by 29-05-2014 may
31. Hallowe'en Party (1969)  read by 29-06-2014 jun
32. Elephants Can Remember (1972)  read by 04-07-2014 jul
33. Curtain (1940/1976) read by 09-07-2014 jul

Many thanks to the lady who became my personal librarian during this time, she knows who she is and I will be eternally grateful that someone I knew well, would happen to be a fan who owned the entire collection and could supply me at short notice. Without this service, I doubt I could have ordered from libraries and then waited for delivery and read them all within a year!

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