NYC BookWorm: Balzer + Bray

Agatha Chritie's Hercule Poirot Mysteries

I love Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot ever since I saw David Suchet portray him. But there is FAR more to Hercule Poirot than David Suchet in the PBS/BBC version (which I love just the same). So I've decided to purchase and then read all of her Poirot Mysteries, in order of course, and then compare them to the Suchet version (respectively):

The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Murder on the Links
Poirot Investigates (Short Stories)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Big Four
The Mystery of the Blue Train
Peril at End House
Lord Edgware Dies
Murder on the Orient Express
Three Act Tragedy
Death in the Clouds
The A.B.C. Murders
Murder in Mesopotamia
Cards on the Table
Murder in the Mews
Dumb Witness
Death on the Nile
Appointment with Death
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Sad Cypress
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Evil Under the Sun
Five Little Pigs
The Hollow
The Labors of Hercules
Taken at the Flood
The Under Dog and Other Stories
Mrs. McGinty's Dead
After the Funeral
Hickory Dickory Dock
Dead Man's Folly
Cat Among the Pigeons
The Clocks
Third Girl
Hallowe'en Party
Elephants Can Remember
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case

Kinsey Millhone Re-Visited

Over 10 years ago my grandmother gave me a gift of books A through P of the Sue Grafton alphabet series. I like to think I got my love of books from my grandmother. Therefore, I want to take a stroll down memory lane by re-reading the books I read over a decade ago (A through R to be exact) then picking up where I left off & hopefully just in time for the release Z is for Zero.

A is for Alibi

B is for Burglar

C is for Corpse

D is for Deadbeat

E is for Evidence

F is for Fugitive

G is for Gumshoe

H is for Homicide

I is for Innocent

J is for Judgement

K is for Killer

L is for Lawless

M is for Malice

N is for Noose

O is for Outlaw

P is for Peril

Q is for Quarry

R is for Ricochet

S is for Silence

T is for Trespass

U is for Undertow

V is for Vengeance

W is for Wasted

X is for

Y is for

Z is for Zero

The Vonnegut Project

It seems Kurt Vonnegut novels are referenced more and more in the shows I watch and books I've read. Therefore, I'm seeking to find out for myself what makes him revered and quoted by many. Here's how this is gonna go:

Player Piano (1952)

The Sirens of Titan (1959)

Mother Night (1961)

Cat's Cradle (1963)

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)

Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)

Breakfast of Champions (1973)

Slapstick (1976)
Jailbird (1979)

Deadeye Dick (1982)

Galapagos: A Novel (1985)

Bluebeard, the Autobiography of Rabo Karabekian: 1916-1988 (1987)

Hocus Pocus (1990)