AlexRed 
Northern VA
Wine Thief
Posts: 2673
 | | 02-20-2007 09:00 PM |
| Quote:
Back to reading again "Game of Thrones" by George RR Martin.
If there was a ever a series with no mercy... nothing is sacred... More " i can't believe the author did that' comments than any other series that I have ever read.
love the different perspectives though.... | | | |
|
Appreciative
Beaverton, OR
Grape Puncher
Posts: 812
| | 02-23-2007 12:19 AM |
| French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew by Peter Mayle.
Judging by how worn the cover of the paperback is, I've picked this up many times, and put it back down because I couldn't get into it. Now, I'm smiling so much while reading the first story "The Inner Frenchman". | | | |
|
Drew
Sammamish, WA
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3357
| | 02-23-2007 02:50 PM |
| The Long Tail - Chris Anderson. I've been ripping the library's audiobook collection while doing homework and then listening to them on my Zune. The Long Tail is a great book (so far) if you're interested in how the internet/boradband distribution is changing buying behavior and consumption. Just got done reading Richard's Scarry's "What Do People Do All day?" to my daughter  | | | |
|
Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts: 13785
| | 02-23-2007 03:46 PM |
| Interrupted my 'Bacchus and Me' reading to finish a book I started on my trip to Vancouver (State of Fear by Chrichton)...Should be done Bacchus & Me any day now. | | | www.roguefood.com -- www.cellartracker.com | |
|
Rothko
Palm Beach
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5723
| | 02-23-2007 04:57 PM |
| Lost Triumph - a book which attempts to explain Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg as something more than a colossal blunder by Robert E. Lee. | | | |
|
Rothko
Palm Beach
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5723
| | 02-23-2007 04:59 PM |
| Quote:
Quote:
Back to reading again "Game of Thrones" by George RR Martin.
If there was a ever a series with no mercy... nothing is sacred... More " i can't believe the author did that' comments than any other series that I have ever read.
love the different perspectives though....
Two words: Red Wedding
May you burn in hell, Frey. | | | |
|
Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Steward
Posts: 7103
| | 02-24-2007 12:35 AM |
| Wild - An Elemental Journey, by Jay Griffiths. Just ok, great concept just not well executed. | | | |
|
juggernt
Tampa, FL, USA
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3486
| | 02-27-2007 03:00 PM |
| A friend just sent me Dan Simmons' "Ilium" and "Olympos," which he labeled "must read." Still have to finish last chapters of "Game of Thrones" first. | | | Visit The Butcher Block at http://www.butcherblocktampa.com/ | |
|
Bob Bressler
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts: 4932
| | 03-01-2007 02:26 AM |
| Quote:
A friend just sent me Dan Simmons' "Ilium" and "Olympos," which he labeled "must read."
juggernt,
I seem to recall that you are a SF fan. If so, if you haven't read Simmons' Hyperion (which won a Hugo) - move it to the top of your list! | | | |
|
juggernt
Tampa, FL, USA
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3486
| | 03-01-2007 03:33 PM |
| Quote:
Quote:
A friend just sent me Dan Simmons' "Ilium" and "Olympos," which he labeled "must read."
juggernt,
I seem to recall that you are a SF fan. If so, if you haven't read Simmons' Hyperion (which won a Hugo) - move it to the top of your list!
Done! | | | Visit The Butcher Block at http://www.butcherblocktampa.com/ | |
|
Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Steward
Posts: 7103
| | 03-01-2007 05:18 PM |
| Brother Odd by Dean Koontz. Finished it in one long day on the way to Buenos Aires. Just ok. | | | |
|
Winetex
Austin, Texas (pretty fall colors here)
Master of Wine
Posts: 11297
| | 03-01-2007 05:28 PM |
| I finished Brother Odd yesterday. I agree with CWG - mediocre. | | | |
|
Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Steward
Posts: 7103
| | 03-01-2007 05:38 PM |
| I find that I now turn to Koontz when I want a quick, easy, read. The Husband was better. | | | |
|
Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Steward
Posts: 7103
| | 03-01-2007 07:55 PM |
| Quote:
Quote:
A friend just sent me Dan Simmons' "Ilium" and "Olympos," which he labeled "must read."
juggernt,
I seem to recall that you are a SF fan. If so, if you haven't read Simmons' Hyperion (which won a Hugo) - move it to the top of your list!
I just threw it into my Amazon wishlist. Sure sounds interesting! | | | |
|
TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10199
| |
AlexRed
Northern VA
Wine Thief
Posts: 2673
| | 03-02-2007 04:16 PM |
| Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
A friend just sent me Dan Simmons' "Ilium" and "Olympos," which he labeled "must read."
juggernt,
I seem to recall that you are a SF fan. If so, if you haven't read Simmons' Hyperion (which won a Hugo) - move it to the top of your list!
I just threw it into my Amazon wishlist. Sure sounds interesting!
very good. it's been a while. i think i might have to revisit it (and the "Fall"). haven't read Illium or Olympos though... so may go there first.... | | | |
|
Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts: 9560
| | 03-02-2007 08:37 PM |
| Stormy Weather, by Carl Hiaasen - entertaining read, I'm almost throught it. | | | 2008: the end of an error | |
|
Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Steward
Posts: 7103
| | 03-02-2007 08:54 PM |
| Quote:
Stormy Weather, by Carl Hiaasen - entertaining read, I'm almost throught it.
I like his stuff. Is this the new one? | | | |
|
Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts: 9560
| | 03-02-2007 08:56 PM |
| Nope, published in 1995. This is the first book I've read of his, I'll be reading more. | | | 2008: the end of an error | |
|
Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts: 9560
| | 03-15-2007 10:12 PM |
| Just finished Carl Hiaasen's Skinny Dip - another fun read! | | | 2008: the end of an error | |
|