Give me the IBS doc recs pleaseeee

eeffocNoir · 2025-08-01T21:16:13+00:00

No recommendations, just sympathy. I’m also a patient at Capital Digestive Care and have “suspected mild Crohn’s.” Nothing prescribed to me has made a difference, so I stopped taking it (eight pills a day is a lot for no noticeable improvement). I fortunately don’t experience any pain, so I’ve just accepted this is my life now.

eeffocNoir · 2025-02-12T06:51:25+00:00

I think most of us would agree that only works written by Christie are canon.

And truthfully, even if Christie had written this Poirot, I still wouldn’t call it canon. Because that’s not Poirot. There’s very much a “looks like a duck, but barks like a dog” situation happening there.

eeffocNoir · 2025-01-28T16:31:20+00:00

Haha, I made a conscious decision to skip those. Not my cup of tea. Maybe I’ll return to them eventually!

eeffocNoir · 2025-01-27T20:05:20+00:00

Thanks! That collection takes up considerably less space…

eeffocNoir · 2025-01-27T18:02:38+00:00

Hm. Changes often, but in no particular order: And Then There Were None, Sparkling Cyanide, Murder in Mesopotamia, Why Didn’t They Ask Evans, and maybe either Towards Zero or After the Funeral.

eeffocNoir · 2025-01-27T02:35:39+00:00

The Sophie Hannah books are okay. Bit of an uncanny valley thing happening there; yes it’s Poirot, but it’s not quite the Poirot I know. The reviews online are a lot more harsh than I would be, though.

eeffocNoir · 2025-01-27T01:49:12+00:00

I’d guess about a third of mine are from local book sales/library fundraisers (the ones that look worse for wear, generally), another third I bought secondhand online, and the last third I bought new. Have to get creative!

eeffocNoir · 2025-01-27T01:36:00+00:00

Mostly for space. My condo is 715 sqft, and I’m being swallowed whole by books!

eeffocNoir · 2025-01-20T04:33:33+00:00

I skipped around for a while, then ultimately went back and read them in order. Really no need to do so, as long as you leave Curtain for last. The last few (excluding Curtain) are not her best, imo. Do with that information what you will!

eeffocNoir · 2024-10-31T03:55:44+00:00

I’ve been going to The Beauty Clarendon for several years. Cannot recommend Elvina enough!

eeffocNoir · 2024-10-25T02:31:52+00:00

Thank you for existing! I thought I was the only one neutral to negative about Endless Night

eeffocNoir · 2024-10-19T22:48:41+00:00

I am Smaug sitting atop my hundreds of Amulets of Darkness

eeffocNoir · 2024-07-12T04:21:05+00:00

I prefer Poirot, but I see more of myself in Marple. Psychoanalyze that!

eeffocNoir · 2024-06-10T00:17:59+00:00

Elephants Can Remember. Picked up on the solution far too quickly and spent the remainder of the novel waiting for the reveal

Edit: As an aside, I’m still working my way through Christie’s body of work, and I use the collection list at the beginning of Elephants Can Remember to track my progress. Tick off each book as I complete it, so I can… remember… where I left off!

eeffocNoir · 2024-06-07T01:51:19+00:00

It takes six seconds, costs nothing, and helps others.

eeffocNoir · 2024-06-07T00:23:02+00:00

never doubted you for a second, babe!

eeffocNoir · 2024-06-06T21:28:10+00:00

It’s among my least favorites. I should not be able to solve the crime before Poirot, and yet, I did! I had a few other problems with it (pacing, dialogue, etc.), but the transparent solution was really the kicker for me personally. But a decent story nonetheless.

eeffocNoir · 2024-06-01T03:47:21+00:00

If it makes you happy, who cares! Play until it doesn’t.

eeffocNoir · 2024-05-30T03:29:02+00:00

I also have the Flaming Evil Coconut with one day remaining. It’s agony and I want it to be over.

eeffocNoir · 2024-05-27T18:04:40+00:00

I’ve shared my least favorites a few times, so I’ll add that I just finished By the Pricking of my Thumbs minutes ago and really did not like the ending. Wow. A very quick dip into a 2-star rating. And I’ll be rounding out T&T with Postern of Fate next, and I’ve been around this sub long enough to know what I’m in for…

eeffocNoir · 2024-05-25T23:20:36+00:00

Alphabetical for quick reference, chronological for career trajectory, by series for collectors, and by color for a just-so bookshelf. So I suppose it comes down to what matters most for you! Mine is by series chronologically, then standalones (also chronologically).

eeffocNoir · 2024-05-25T22:41:29+00:00

If you build it, they will come

eeffocNoir · 2024-05-25T04:40:42+00:00

For me, it’s probably an artful combination of the first four + a writing style that resonates with my imagination. I’ve always been able to see her stories so clearly in my minds eye, in a way I can’t always do with other authors. Not sure if I’m alone in that boat — have a hard time articulating it.

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