Appreciative
Beaverton, OR
Grape Fermenter
Posts:415
 | | 02/28/2008 10:35 PM |
| Eric Burns' "The Joy of Books: Confessions of a Lifelong Reader"
Give a man a hoe and he is something to exploit. Give him a book and he is something to fear. | | | |
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Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts:9127
| | 02/29/2008 12:05 PM |
| | Basket Case, Carl Hiassen - I think after this book I will have read everything available from Hiassen (except for essays, etc). Heck, I even read the young adult's book "Flush" (recommended for young readers, it was enjoyable even as an adult reader). | | | |
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TimLinCA
Danville CA
Grape Sorter
Posts:392
| | 02/29/2008 3:45 PM |
| Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero by Leigh Montville. Fascinating! Tim
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Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Labeler
Posts:3645
| | 03/03/2008 8:38 PM |
| | Finally picked up The Memory Keeper's Daughter. Kind of a chick book, but really good so far. After this, ICE to ballance the yin/yang. | | | |
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Vine
Milwaukee, WI
Grape Fermenter
Posts:560
| | 03/04/2008 1:09 AM |
| Posted By TimLinCA on 02/29/2008 3:45 PM Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero by Leigh Montville. Fascinating! Tim
Tim, sounds like a great read...I just finished "Cobb: A Biography" by Al Stump. After reading about Cobb I could really use a biography about the "Splendid Splinter!" Cobb's life is also fascinating but not in quite the same positive sense as Williams'. | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts:12003
| | 03/04/2008 8:40 AM |
| | Just finish "IKE, An American Hero" by Michael Korda. This was a random grab from the libraries new arrival section. Fairly easy read even though it clocks in at about 723 pages in the hard back edition. Lots of good details not only about Dwight D. Eisenhauer but all of the famous people he worked with throughout his long and notable life including the likes of Generals Marshall, MacArthur, Bradley, Patton and Montgomery along with notable politicians Churchill, Roosevelt, DeGaulle, Stalin, etc... The author seems to let a little of his own personal political views creep in briefly at the beginning and end of the book but not enough to be distracting. | |
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Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts:9127
| | 04/14/2008 8:13 PM |
| | No Shortcuts to the Top, by Ed Viesturs. Very interesting read, great stories, but surprisingly amateurishly written. | | | |
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tanglenet
Oakland, California
Wine Bottler
Posts:3022
| | 04/15/2008 12:19 AM |
| Just finished the Thunderbolt Kid and now starting A Walk in the Woods, both by Bill Bryson.
Thunderbolt Kid didn't do much for me. A few laughs and a lot of channeled Jean Shepherd who wrote about childhood a lot better.
Hoping A Walk in the Woods will be better.
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"I drink no more than a sponge." François Rabelais
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts:12003
| | 04/15/2008 8:55 AM |
| I understand A Walk In The Woods is quite good. It's on my fairly short list to read soon.
Since I last updated this thread I've read:
“Pride and Predjudice” by Jane Austen
“Real Change” by Newt Gingrich
“The World Without Us” by Alan Weisman
"Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Currently working on Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. | |
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts:10573
| | 04/15/2008 10:13 AM |
| No Shortcuts to the Top, by Ed Viesturs. Very interesting read, great stories, but surprisingly amateurishly written.
I agree with you on this Eric. Ed comes across as simple in some of the writing though some of the stories are riveting. | | | |
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Bob Bressler
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts:4809
| | 04/15/2008 9:33 PM |
| | I am awaiting delivery of a Kindle. I'm hoping this is the alternative to filling half of my suitcase with books. | | | |
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Al_ksyrah
Barrel Filler
Posts:1033
| | 04/16/2008 12:22 AM |
| I'll be interested to hear your reaction to the Kindle, since I've thought about buying one but don't know whether I'd really find it comfortable to use.
-Al | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts:12003
| | 04/16/2008 11:07 AM |
| | Kindle looks really interesting. Bob, please make a point of reporting back once you receive it how well you think it works and whether you'd recommend it. TIA. | |
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Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Labeler
Posts:3645
| | 04/16/2008 9:52 PM |
| | Right now reading, "The Monsters of Templeton" by Lauren Groff. Pretty entertaining, very rich. | | | |
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Bob Bressler
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts:4809
| | 04/17/2008 7:56 PM |
| | Pendulum by Richard Lynch - a nice SF story that has an element of time travel, and actually does a decent job with it. | | | |
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Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts:9127
| | 04/18/2008 10:28 AM |
| Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer, Anatoli Boukreev - I'm about half way through, great (and fast) read, fascinating individual, what a loss  | | | |
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juggernt
Tampa, FL, USA
Wine Bottler
Posts:3370
| | 04/18/2008 11:01 AM |
| | "Ethics" by Foucault. | |
Visit The Butcher Block at http://www.butcherblocktampa.com/ | |
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Bob Bressler
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts:4809
| | 04/18/2008 2:01 PM |
| Posted By juggernt on 04/18/2008 11:01 AM
"Ethics" by Foucault.
do you like it? Or do you keep going 'back and forth'?
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Budman
Master of Wine
Posts:11834
| | 04/19/2008 8:11 AM |
| | Groannnnnnnn!!!!! | | | |
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juggernt
Tampa, FL, USA
Wine Bottler
Posts:3370
| | 04/20/2008 4:32 PM |
| | I'll need to think more on it. :p | |
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