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Books on Screen: Some DVD Giveaways

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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.

Comments

  2. David Suchet is my favorite Poirot. I think that in order to extend the series, they moved away from the books quite a bit. But then, Dame Christie herself adapted some of her books for the stage, because she thought they shouldn’t follow the books too closely- different media calling for differing treatments.

    Please enter me in both giveaways!

  5. We would enjoy either set. All of our dvds were damaged in a flood and we cannot afford to rebuild it right now. Thanks for the contest.

  8. Please enter me for both. I’m a big Agatha Christie fan and I know my grandchildren would enjoy Lobster Tale!
    mittens0831 AT aol.com

  27. Agatha Christie’s mysteries are incomparable. I love the ambience of the time period coupled with the puzzle of trying to solve it. Please include me in the contest.

  30. I would love to have Poirot, David Suchet is the best ‘Belgian detective’ to grace the small screen

  33. Oh shoot! My husband is a bid Piorot fan and could I use this for him for Christmas. This is going to be our slimmest Christmas ever and I hope I win. Thank you so much for a great contest.

  36. I would love to win the Poirot set! I loved the Agatha Christie books and would to see how the films compare.
    Thanks for the chance to win!

  47. david suchet brought poirot to life for me, thanks for the chance to invite him into my home again

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