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Books on Screen: Some DVD Giveaways

November 20, 2008 by Jennifer

I am happy to step a little bit outside the true intent of the category to offer some great giveaways. I trust I won’t hear any complaints, will I?

I haven’t had a chance to watch (or read) any of Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Definitive Collection, which I really wanted to do before I posted it here. I actually checked a book out from the library so that I could read and watch and compare, but I didn’t get around to it. I haven’t read Christie in a while, and I would like to, but maybe one of you is a Poirot fan and would like to do a Books on Screen comparing a movie to the book.

I think that this would make a great gift! I always wonder what to give grandparents, and some of them do have DVD players, so classic films are a great way to go! This set of 12 feature-length films from A&E is available on amazon.

The other film that fits I am including here, simply because it has “tale” in the title (and I have five to give away, so that’s another reason) is A Lobster Tale. I did get a chance to watch this. It’s a fairly family-friendly movie (ages 10 or 12 and up) about greed, true happiness, being who you are — oh, yeah, and a miracle moss.

I will draw from the comments one winner of the Poirot DVD set, and five for A Lobster Tale DVD. Unless you state your preference, your comment will enter you for both prizes.

I’ll post the winners on Wednesday December 3.

Managing Editor Jennifer Donovan is a contributing editor at 5 Minutes for Mom. She blogs at Snapshot about daily life with a tween daughter and a preschool son.

Filed Under: Books on Screen, Jennifer, Mystery/Suspense

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Comments

  1. anotherlisa says

    November 20, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    i love poirot. miss marple is fun, in a cozy way, but poirot is delectably persnickety.
    we have a tie to maine, so i would love either prize.
    thanks for going outside your usual. and read agatha again, when you have 15 minutes. her books are so satisfying, and still small in time commitment.

  2. stephanie says

    November 20, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    Please enter me for Poirot! My favorite… 🙂

  3. 3m says

    November 20, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    I’d love to be entered for both!

  4. Ruth says

    November 20, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    Please enter me for Poirot. I’m a big Agatha Christie fan.

  5. Alicia says

    November 20, 2008 at 4:51 pm

    Love them! I’ve listened to Agatha Christi via books on tape that I’ve checked out from the library (before I had kid’s music spewing from my car), and always enjoyed it. Please enter me for anything!

  6. mistress meeyee says

    November 20, 2008 at 5:04 pm

    I am the biggest Poirot fan!!!!! Please, enter me to win!! I will be happy fr days and days if I win this!!I have read all the books and I have seen a few episodes.Hope to win

  7. Terry Doherty says

    November 20, 2008 at 5:14 pm

    Agatha Christie is such a wonderful writer. It would be fun to “see” more of the stories. If I win, this just might be a present for myself.

  8. Kipi says

    November 20, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    I love Agatha Christie! Please put in the drawing for this one!

  9. Laura says

    November 20, 2008 at 7:08 pm

    Count me in. I love Poiroit (I love Miss Marple even more) and the Colm Meaney movie sounds good.

  10. angie says

    November 20, 2008 at 7:18 pm

    Sounds good. I would like either of them!

  11. Christy H. says

    November 20, 2008 at 8:35 pm

    Please enter me for both prizes.

  12. Zoe Lee says

    November 20, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    I love to read, thanks for the chance to read this..:)I love mysteries, so the poirot would be perfect 🙂 thanks.

  13. Kristinia says

    November 20, 2008 at 10:34 pm

    These both sound like interesting titles! I think I’ve seen some of the Lobster Tale but I’m not sure?

  14. Michele says

    November 20, 2008 at 10:46 pm

    I have not seen either one. Count me in.

  15. Nadia says

    November 21, 2008 at 1:06 am

    I love Hercule Poirot. Please count me in!

  16. Carol Dziuba says

    November 21, 2008 at 6:37 am

    Please enter me for both prizes! Winning either would help in this bleak Christmas.

  17. Marilyn Wons says

    November 21, 2008 at 6:56 am

    Poirot – I would love to win it!

  18. JOHN BROWN says

    November 21, 2008 at 7:02 am

    Poirot: The Definitive Collection, gotta gotta win plz plz plz lpz !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  19. Melissa B. says

    November 21, 2008 at 7:58 am

    I would love the Poirot Collection. I watch those every chance I get on PBS.

  20. Barbara H. says

    November 21, 2008 at 8:25 am

    No complaints at all! I have seen one Poirot episode and liked it but somehow just never got into the series. I’d love to see more. I’ve never read Agatha Christie — she is an author I do want to try out some day. My preference would be for the Poirot DVDs, but if someone else wins that first I’d be happy to take Lobster Tale. 🙂

  21. alyce p says

    November 21, 2008 at 8:55 am

    I am an Agatha Christie fanatic-even named my oldest cat after her(Aggie)and have read every one of her books. The Poirot pacakge would be super. But I also have hears good things about the Lobster Tale so that would be interesting as well.Thanks for offering both of these.

  22. Nora says

    November 21, 2008 at 8:57 am

    A Lobster Tale sounds very engaging to me.

  23. Allen McLeod says

    November 21, 2008 at 9:04 am

    I love the prizes. Count me in.

  24. Shannon says

    November 21, 2008 at 9:12 am

    I love Agatha Christie, and the Poirot series is excellent.

  25. Sarah M. says

    November 21, 2008 at 9:13 am

    Please enter me for the Poirot videos. I love Agatha Christie and am currently reading my way (and reviewing) through all 80 of her crime novels starting with the first published, and on from there. The most recent, last week, was The Mystery of the Blue Train.

  26. Ashley says

    November 21, 2008 at 9:16 am

    Would love to se the Poirot collection! Love Agatha Christie!

  27. Joe says

    November 21, 2008 at 9:44 am

    These are really nice prizes…Poirot is very good.

  28. J Chaborek says

    November 21, 2008 at 10:00 am

    Very nice prized indeed. Sign me up for A Lobster Tale! Thanks!

  29. Kasey Proctor says

    November 21, 2008 at 10:02 am

    Like you I haven’t read anything Agatha Christie in a long long time, but I remember them well. Poirot is very good and this would make an excellent gift or even to keep for yourself. Thanks for a wonderful giveaway!

  30. Lindsey says

    November 21, 2008 at 10:06 am

    I would love the Poirot DVDs! My husband would be so excited if I won these… 🙂

  31. David Siegel says

    November 21, 2008 at 10:24 am

    Poirot rocks, but both or either would be great.

  32. Deborah Wellenstein says

    November 21, 2008 at 10:37 am

    Please enter me for both prizes. Thanks!

  33. Alicia Webster says

    November 21, 2008 at 10:55 am

    I would like to be entered for either of the prizes. I am familiar with both and they both appeal to me. Thanks.
    Alicia Webster
    [email protected]

  34. Karen E says

    November 21, 2008 at 11:37 am

    I love David Suchet as Poirot. I always tried to watch this series whenever it was on.

  35. Steph says

    November 21, 2008 at 12:09 pm

    Both are great DVDs. Count me in please.

  36. Jeffrey Beckett says

    November 21, 2008 at 12:23 pm

    Sign me up for Poirot please!

  37. Patricia Hill says

    November 21, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    I have been a fan Of Poirot for years. I would love to win the set. I’ve watched most of them on PBS and would love to own them.

  38. Kirby McCauley says

    November 21, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    I would really love to win the Poirot DVD set

  39. Ronni Fox says

    November 21, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    From Belgium, not France…he says waxing his moustaches.

  40. C. clemens says

    November 21, 2008 at 1:48 pm

    hi please enter me

  41. Tom B says

    November 21, 2008 at 1:48 pm

    Both of these series are absolutely amazing.
    My wife has been reading these series off and on since she was a kid.

  42. Michael Capp says

    November 21, 2008 at 2:02 pm

    I’d love to win!

  43. Raymond Burke says

    November 21, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    My mom loves Poirot. This would make a great gift for her.

  44. Keith Wright says

    November 21, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    Count me in. I’m a Poirot fan.

  45. Rhonda Struthers says

    November 21, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    i am a huge Agatha Christie fan but I would love to be entered for both.

  46. Ann Fantom says

    November 21, 2008 at 3:20 pm

    I would love to win either of these!

  47. Just Mom says

    November 21, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    Please enter me in both contests. My DD loves Agatha Christie and the movie sounds great!

  48. Rita M says

    November 21, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    Thanks for the giveaway… either would be fine with me!

  49. Keeling says

    November 21, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    I would love either/or! Thanks so much!

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