kwilkinson
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I'm in for 2012, except I can't say all mine will be fiction. Probably half (at least) will be wine-related, as my free time is pretty limited these days.
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I'm in.
EDIT: But I'll probably mostly be doing shorter novels, at least until I can get "back into" reading. It's been hard, since I haven't read for pleasure much since starting university, and now that I'm finishing up - about 6 years later - I really want to start again.
1. The Hostage- WEB Griffin 2006
Espionage page turner. I had this left over from last year (4 of the 5 Presidential novels actually)- figured I'd finish them
before I move in.
Agent is Charley Castillo. Ex- military. Drinks Famous Grouse Scotch. Drinks lots of coffee (probably to cure hangovers from Famous Grouse). Independetly wealthy but not snooty about it. Gets the girl (even though she's a subordinate). Catches enough of the bad guys to make it interesting.
2. The Hunters- WEB Griffin 2007 .Pretty much the same. Except he loses the girl. And they're running out of bad guys because they keep shooting them (hence the title). More Famous Grouse. Cigars. Buys a Gulfsteam III.
A) who the hell changed my thread title?
2) I would say I'm in but I realized I read like an embarassingly small number of books only 15ish or so.
Starting off with two books. First one may not count, was started on Dec 27th. Second one started yesterday morning, so totally counts.
1) Reading Between the Vines by Terry Theise
2) The Billionaire's Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace
2) The Billionaire's Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace
I'm in, but do 200 page comic books count?
i've been brushing up on my academics by reading some of those cartoon books on micro eco, statistics, etc.
Starting off with two books. First one may not count, was started on Dec 27th. Second one started yesterday morning, so totally counts.
1) Reading Between the Vines by Terry Theise-- A beautiful look at the philosophy of wine enjoyment. Everybody writes books on the facts of wine, Theise wrote a book on why wine is so important to us.
2) The Billionaire's Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace--- Pretty fascinating read about a German collector in the 80s who claimed to have a collection of bottles owned by Thomas Jefferson due to some engraving and the letters "Th. J" on the bottles. Really good read and delves into the much broader topic of wine counterfeiting in the auction market as a whole.