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24 December 2024

How Exciting! AgathaAnnotated.com Rated 8th Best Out of 80 Blogs and Websites!

How Exciting! AgathaAnnotated.com Rated 8th Best Out of 80 Blogs and Websites!

'Tis the season for summing up the past year, and it's not only Santa who is making lists. I'm thrilled to say that the Agatha Annotated blog made it to the Nice List!

Last winter, I met a lovely woman at a library in Key West who happened to be award-winning mystery author Barbara Ross. You may remember that she invited me to be a guest poster on the Wicked Authors website.

Recently, Barbara contacted me again to say “I don’t know if you saw that you’re on this list of best mystery blogs.” I had not seen it! And I was both grateful to Barbara and absolutely astonished.

The list is titled 80 Best Mystery Book Blogs and Websites in 2024, compiled by FeedSpot. Our little AgathaAnnotated.com blog was ranked #8 out of the 80 on the list and received a really nice write-up:

Agatha Annotated is an insightful blog dedicated to unraveling the intricate world of Agatha Christie's literature. It offers readers a detailed exploration of Christie's novels, focusing on annotated analyses that dive deep into the subtleties of her plots, characters, and historical context. The blog serves as a companion for both new readers and seasoned fans, enriching their understanding of Christie's timeless mysteries. By shedding light on the nuances of her work, it enhances the appreciation of the Queen of Crime's genius in crafting suspenseful and enduring narratives.

I have no idea how we came to be considered. Perhaps some nice person submitted the URL for me? Maybe AI discovered it? However it happened, I’m just tickled pink! What a lovely Christmas present!

 

 

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What is Agatha Annotated?

This website is the home of the Agatha Christie database as annotated by Kate Gingold, hence the name Agatha Annotated.

It's a rich glossary of

  • nearly 1900 terms
  • over 200 illustrations
  • 347 French phrases

Kate found them while reading Agatha Christie novels, and wrote them, along with definitions curated from years of research, into this database.

Currently the first 11 Christie books, those she wrote in the 1920s, are annotated here. 

Anybody can be a member and gain access to this rich glossary. Visit the Community page to learn the details.

We took the 1920s terms and published a book, Agatha Annotated: Investigating the Books of the 1920s, now available on Amazon in Paperback or Kindle format.

Kate will be adding to the database and members get the new terms and definitions first before the second volume is printed, plus members can comment and ask questions about the terms and Kate and other members can reply.

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Annotator Kate Gingold

Kate Gingold

... has been a huge fan of the works of Agatha Christie her entire adult life. Christie's vivid descriptions of picturesque English life in the early-to-mid twentieth century fascinated Kate, but many of the people and places were unfamiliar to her. A writer herself, as well as a researcher and historian with several local history books to her credit, Kate began a list of these strange words and set out to define them. Now, Christie fans like you and all those who come after will be able to fully enjoy the richness of Agatha Christie novels with their own copy of Agatha Annotated.

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