tanglenet  
Oakland, California
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3264
 | | 01-05-2007 05:12 AM |
| Champagne: How the World's Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed Over War and Hard Times
I received this for Xmas and read it while traveling. I can easily recommend it. | | | TN posted on Cellartracker"
I drink no more than a sponge." François Rabelais |
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juggernt
Tampa, FL, USA
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3459
| | 01-05-2007 03:08 PM |
| | "The Borgias." Real life is sometimes so much more entertaining than fiction. | | | Visit The Butcher Block at http://www.butcherblocktampa.com/ | |
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Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Steward
Posts: 7067
| | 01-05-2007 04:21 PM |
| | The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. Check it out, it really draws you in. | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10194
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Bob Bressler 
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts: 4889
| | 01-05-2007 08:00 PM |
| Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
by Bill Buford
tells how hard it is to be a chef and shows you a completely different Mario Batali than you see on the food channel! | | | |
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JonesWineNo1
Sommelier
Posts: 8568
| | 01-06-2007 01:12 AM |
| | I enjoyed that book Bob. I'm close to finishing "A Hedonist in the Cellar". | | | |
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kpak
Alaska
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3021
| | 01-06-2007 07:08 AM |
| on my shelf for the next spare moment:
A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke
| | | In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is
.ps - friends don't let friends eat farmed salmon. | |
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dbw4
Grape Puncher
Posts: 902
| | 01-09-2007 02:37 PM |
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Clive Cussler - Khan's Treasure - ok, not great for Cussler
Nelson DeMille - Wildfire - love DeMille - this one is a B+
Bill Bennett - America, the Last Best Hope - very good and worth reading
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10194
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Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Steward
Posts: 7067
| | 01-09-2007 05:06 PM |
| | Just started the new Stephen King, Lisey's Story. Surprisingly tough to get through. | | | |
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Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts: 9430
| | 02-14-2007 02:56 AM |
| | Just finished: The Making of a Great Wine, Gaja & Sori San Lorenzo, by Edward Steinberg. Great book! | | | 2008: the end of an error | |
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Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Steward
Posts: 7067
| | 02-14-2007 04:43 AM |
| | Lisey's story was pretty good. Now I'm on Swan Song by Robert McCammon. Kind of a post nuclear war epic like The Stand. 1,000 pages. I'm almost 1/2 way through and it's prettty good. Also just finished the latest Gregory Iles book, True Evil. Great book, love his writing style. | | | |
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Bob Bressler
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts: 4889
| | 02-14-2007 05:15 AM |
| Quote:
Also just finished the latest Gregory Iles book, True Evil. Great book, love his writing style.
He has written a lot of books. If I was going to read one to see if I like it, which one should I read? | | | |
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Dave
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5751
| | 02-14-2007 11:15 AM |
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Charlemagne, Richard Winston
A Briefer History of Time, Stephen Hawking
Hellas, Cyril Robinson
Beowulf | | | |
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts: 11025
| | 02-14-2007 03:56 PM |
| Quote:
Now I'm on Swan Song by Robert McCammon
What a great book. It is much like the Stand but maybe even more bleak. Great characters. | | | |
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Bob Bressler
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts: 4889
| | 02-14-2007 05:49 PM |
| | I've been checking out some of the Submarine thrillers, most recently by Michael DiMercurio (e.g. Voyage of the Devilfish) and Mark Joseph (e.g. To Kill the Potemkin). While Joseph's works are more dated, they are better written. | | | |
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Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Steward
Posts: 7067
| | 02-15-2007 01:54 AM |
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Also just finished the latest Gregory Iles book, True Evil. Great book, love his writing style.
He has written a lot of books. If I was going to read one to see if I like it, which one should I read?
I highly recommend all his books. Try The Quite Game to start, then maybe Mortal Fear. They are so well written. | | | |
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MTPockets
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1834
| | 02-15-2007 11:15 PM |
| | The System of the World, the last book in the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. | | | |
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juggernt
Tampa, FL, USA
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3459
| | 02-16-2007 04:12 PM |
| | Back to reading again "Game of Thrones" by George RR Martin. | | | Visit The Butcher Block at http://www.butcherblocktampa.com/ | |
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dbw4
Grape Puncher
Posts: 902
| | 02-20-2007 05:44 PM |
| ... picked up my Torah translation again. Reading about the Tabernacle and Ritual instructions. Exodus is one of the most unusual books I've ever read.
DBW | | | |
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