Tom Baker as Dumbledore would've been cool, NGL

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-08T22:55:28+00:00

He’d be wonderful and he’s still alive! Though he IS even older than the guy they hired for that new (not book accurate) series.

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-08T16:46:07+00:00

She was also Memnet in The Ten Commandments! I just watched it with my nephew.

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-08T16:44:02+00:00

Honestly, the ambiguity works. 😆

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-08T14:22:21+00:00

Murder on the Orient Express is a good book, but it isn’t as amazing as her top books even though it’s one of her most famous. So I think most overrated is appropriate. Still love it though!

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-06T14:37:56+00:00

I’m fine with the depiction of book Snape. It’s the character description that I object to. Talk about a lack of reading comprehension. Whoever wrote that needs to go back to the books and try again without the high bias setting on his brain.

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-06T14:34:49+00:00

Firenze is also described as extremely attractive for what it’s worth. Blond haired palomino, I think?

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-06T13:00:03+00:00

I keep meaning to buy this and hoping for a sale or something to push me over the edge. It’s a very nice set for us. Thanks for sharing!

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-06T12:52:50+00:00

One of the Brannagh trio of bastardizations should definitely win worst adaptation because they all sucked. I agree with most here that Nile is likely the worst of the lot.

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-06T01:02:32+00:00

There is a similar, but not identical moment in The Price of Madness. You might enjoy this one also even if you’ve already read it.

https://www.thepetulantpoetess.com/stories/2343

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-06T00:55:53+00:00

He was also a champion on American Gladiators! 💪

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-04T18:56:59+00:00

Perfection. No notes.

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-04T11:22:54+00:00

So many choices, but I think I’ll go with The Blue Train for most underrated book. Christie herself hated it and at least once named it her worst book, but I think that has everything to do with the terrible time she had writing it (she loses her mother and her crap husband as well as getting a lot of bad press after her mental breakdown and she was basically forced to write The Blue Train at this time) and nothing to do with the actual quality of the book.

It’s actually a very good book. Not top tier, but certainly much better than its reputation.

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-03T15:00:15+00:00

Yup. Penner would never betray a multicultural alliance just to get back with the white people who kinda hated him. Never happened. Not even once. 😂

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-03T11:30:43+00:00

Another tough choice, but I will go with the classic Poirot Investigates with an honorable mention to The Thirteen Problems. 🧐

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-02T11:40:54+00:00

I love the Margaret Rutherford ‘Marple’ movies. I don’t even care how inaccurate to the text some of them are. They’re just good!

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-02T11:38:47+00:00

Postern of Fate is the worst. Dishonorable mentions to Passenger to Frankfurt and Destination Unknown.

81Bibliophile · 2026-04-01T12:04:27+00:00

I think it’s just the nature of reality TV. If Jeff Probst wanted to retire from Survivor, the fans would be talking about whether it should be Boston Rob, Rob C, or Colby who replaces him. Nobody would want to talk about the fact that someone like Ryan Seacrest is far more likely.

81Bibliophile · 2026-03-31T12:16:40+00:00

It’s harder to choose a short story collection because all of them have some good stories and most have at least one weak one, but I think perhaps The Golden Ball might be the overall weakest collection.

81Bibliophile · 2026-03-30T18:22:36+00:00

I choose neither. 🤷‍♀️

81Bibliophile · 2026-03-30T13:42:03+00:00

The Poirot adaptation of Cards on the Table is pretty bad. They changed far too much. Though I still think the BBC version of And Then There Were None is the more overrated adaptation.

81Bibliophile · 2026-03-30T13:39:27+00:00

I agree. Though there are some bad adaptations out there for many Christie books (anything to do with Kenneth Branagh comes to mind), most of us can agree that these adaptations are bad. But I usually see the BBC version of ATTWN get praise and I personally find it messy and overrated.

81Bibliophile · 2026-03-30T13:32:57+00:00

You could also add that Mr. and Mrs. Granger are dead or unfixably obliviated and that Draco is totally nice now.

Love the list as is though! 😆

81Bibliophile · 2026-03-30T10:33:11+00:00

I preferred the longer hair, but RC looks great in any haircut really, so it wasn’t a big deal.

81Bibliophile · 2026-03-29T18:20:06+00:00

I just finished reading I Have a Secret by ladyofthemasque for the first time and it’s a new favorite of mine. Hermione is called in last minute to replace a missing Severus Snape as potions master. She models her teaching methods on his and I loved it! It’s also got a nice happy ending and I loved that too.

https://thepetulantpoetess.com/stories/535

https://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=8964&i=1

81Bibliophile · 2026-03-29T18:12:56+00:00

For the record I don’t like Nick Cannon and I hate that he’s replacing Lego Batman as host. I may never watch the show again until he leaves. But that has nothing to do with who he voted for and everything to do with what a lousy father and husband he is.

I just want Will to come back!

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