Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Labeler
Posts:3672
 | | 06/30/2008 12:15 PM |
| | Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. Very cool book. Great fantasy novel. Loved his previous stuff. | | | |
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tanglenet
Oakland, California
Wine Bottler
Posts:3216
| | 06/30/2008 12:57 PM |
| Posted By wineismylife on 06/30/2008 10:10 AM
Just finished “Faust” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. From a personal stand point I find this medium very difficult to read. However, the book was well written. Not sure I can recommend it or not. I haven't read Faust so, I'm not sure if this is applicable to Goethe or not, but I read that up to the 1840's or so, a lot of literature was written by writers who studied Latin. As a result, their writings appear and read awkard due to the Latin sentence construction, which they adopted when writing in their own language. I have a problem reading Jane Austen, which I attribute to this.
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"I drink no more than a sponge." François Rabelais
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts:10803
| | 07/02/2008 4:15 PM |
| | The Billionaire's Vinegar - after reading this you might never think the same way about wine auctions again. A light and entertaining non-fiction read. | | | |
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Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Labeler
Posts:3672
| | 07/07/2008 12:28 PM |
| | Meat - A Love Story by Susan Bourette. Kind of like Fast Food Nation. | | | |
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Bob Bressler
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts:4864
| | 07/09/2008 12:21 AM |
| | Legend: An Event Group Thriller by David Lynn Golemon - a nice, keep you on the edge of your chair thriller. Follow on to "Event", also good. | | | |
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts:10803
| | 07/09/2008 2:37 PM |
| | My first book on the Kindle - the Omnivore's Dilemma | | | |
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Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts:9259
| | 07/09/2008 6:13 PM |
| Just finished: Dark Summit, by Nick Heil - good read about the tragic 2006 Everest season
Just started: Everest: Alone at the Summit, by Stephen Venables. | | | |
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Bob Bressler
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts:4864
| | 07/09/2008 7:05 PM |
| Eric, You know that you will have to wear shoes if you want to wear crampons. | | | |
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Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Labeler
Posts:3672
| | 07/09/2008 8:46 PM |
| Posted By Winetex on 07/09/2008 2:37 PM
My first book on the Kindle - the Omnivore's Dilemma
Love my Kindle! My first was Neverwhere. Loved Omnivore - it changed my life and how I want to eat and feed my family. After that you should read either "What to Eat' or "Twinkie Deconstructed", both very good.
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Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts:9259
| | 07/09/2008 11:38 PM |
| Posted By Bob Bressler on 07/09/2008 7:05 PM Eric, You know that you will have to wear shoes if you want to wear crampons.
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Daniel Bailey
Grape Puncher
Posts:731
| | 07/10/2008 6:20 PM |
| | On Chesil Beach | | | |
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DJ Hombre
Napa Valley, California
Barrel Filler
Posts:1366
| | 07/14/2008 11:41 PM |
| Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
up next on my list is Don Quixote | | | |
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Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Labeler
Posts:3672
| | 07/15/2008 12:16 PM |
| | "Willing" by Scott Spencer. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts:13711
| | 07/16/2008 8:42 AM |
| | A Fool and Forty Acres by Geoff Heinricks. So far so good. | |
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Appreciative
Beaverton, OR
Grape Fermenter
Posts:418
| | 07/16/2008 12:45 PM |
| "24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down in the New Las Vegas" by Andres Martinez.
A lighthearted look at Las Vegas in 1998 (so, pre-Venetian) and with $50,000 in traveler's checks to gamble with, most of it is his advance from the publisher that hopes a best-seller will come of this.
It's nice to know that you can put casino chips in the collection plate at Guardian Angel Cathedral. | | | |
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kpak
Alaska
Wine Thief
Posts:2970
| | 07/22/2008 2:33 PM |
| Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen
The Glass Castle
by Jeannette Walls
The Position
by Meg Wolitzer
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The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits...
ps - friends don't let friends eat farmed salmon. | |
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juggernt
Tampa, FL, USA
Wine Bottler
Posts:3421
| | 07/22/2008 3:07 PM |
| When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris.
Next up: Billionaire's Vinegar
That is, if I can break away from Rock Band on the PS3 long enough to read. | |
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Vine
Milwaukee, WI
Grape Fermenter
Posts:697
| | 07/23/2008 12:28 AM |
| Posted By juggernt on 07/22/2008 3:07 PM
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris.
Hey jugg, how was this? He's one funny dude....
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Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts:9259
| | 08/01/2008 11:17 AM |
| | Just finishing up Skeletons on the Zahara, by Dean King - WOW, what a story! Disturbing, stunning, true story of the survival of the crew of the brig "Commerce" in 1815. A great, but absolutely appalling, read. Highly recommended, but only if you have a strong constitution. | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts:12266
| | 08/01/2008 4:58 PM |
| | “The Coldest Winter” by David Halberstam. Amazingly there are not that many books on the Korean War as compared to the much larger set of reading available on the Vietnam War. If you’re looking for one of if not they most comprehensive books on the subject of the Korean War then this book is for you. Clocking in at a little over 650 pages in the hard cover edition this weighty tome covers everything from the battles to MacArthur’s effect before, during and after the war, the Soviets influence, China’s Role (ad nauseum) and on and on and on. Well written and thorough to beat the band I felt it dragged on at times but a decent read nonetheless. | |
Joe
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