There was coquetry in her glance and voice.” (30) She wore one large emerald set in platinum. She was smoking a cigarette in a long holder. A tight-fitting little black coat and skirt, white satin blouse, small chic black toque perched at the fashionable outrageous angle. “The woman opposite him was a mere girl-twenty at a guess. I think what I liked most about Murder on the Orient Express was the panache/sass with which Christie writes her stories and portrays her characters, such as the character described below, On the plus side, this book counts towards THREE challenges! It counts towards my Mount TBR Reading Challenge (9/25) and counts as the first book for both the Back to the Classics Challenge (1/9) and The Classics Club (1/85)! I’ve always wondered how some people are able to read 100+ books in a year (and I may be wrong), but reading novels like this where you fly through the pages could have something to do with it! I would definitely love to go back and read some more of Christie’s works, but I doubt I will unless I participate in some sort of mystery challenge. And it’s not like I spent the day in my room reading, I was out and about getting my haircut and running errands! It was very easy to read and I enjoyed the characters. It has been a long time since I read a (non-young adult fiction) book in a day, but this novel certainly sucked me in.
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