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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 7/26/2018 6:34:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		Never heard of it until you just mentioned it. I just put it on my To-Read list on Goodreads.com. I'll get to it eventually.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 7/27/2018 4:47:49 PM   
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I'm quite surprised to find no mention of Corkscrew by Peter Stafford-Bow anywhere here. It is wine-related, and extremely funny (it's also based in the UK, and I guess it would help to have some knowledge of the UK and its wine & retail scene). The concept of the Minstrels of Wine is brilliant.


Well this makes being a member of this board worth it on its own. What a great read so far (I am maybe a third of the way in and loving it). Now I face the dilemma of should I hurry to finish it only to not have it to read anymore, or ration it out for a few days. The writing is engaging, and quick reading, with some wonderful plot lines. Thanks Paul852!

EDIT: I turned to this after getting a bit bored with PG Wodehouse. I will return to the latter, but I am finding it is a bit dated in parts. But I recall there are some real gems, and I look forward to coming across them again.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 7/28/2018 9:59:06 AM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 7/28/2018 1:22:07 PM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/3/2018 11:55:19 AM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/3/2018 3:33:10 PM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/3/2018 5:16:31 PM   
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Great so far. Interesting history lesson.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/7/2018 11:48:27 AM   
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Perhaps because I was a kid when he came out with a lot of his stuff I didn't realize how focused on being an adult entertainer he was.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/7/2018 3:38:19 PM   
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Rather interesting; decent read. She puts good old Flo Nightingale as the protagonist. Begun last night.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/11/2018 7:52:18 AM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/11/2018 1:17:17 PM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/14/2018 7:44:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		I've been reading so much this summer. Finished The Zulus at War: The History, Rise, and Fall of the Tribe That Washed Its Spears. New revisionist history of the Zulu Nation, weirdly ordered by themes not time, way too many names and events quickly streamed, writer has a problem with vague pronoun references in baroque sentences. Upside is tons of detail, and boy oh boy was Shaka Zulu a ruthless maniac. The world brutally kicked him around as a child; he paid it back in spades. They say he's the African Napoleon, but he's at least 50 percent Stalin with a penchant for horrific torture. His troops would return from a dominant victory wherein they summarily slaughtered every man, woman and child of the opposition, and Shaka would have his least fierce 5 percent slowly impaled alive for all to see. Brilliant tactician and wild psychopath.

So tough sledding of a read but glad I know a lot about South African history and the Zulus now.

Incidentally this brilliant (and NSFW) Epic Rap Battle of History got me interested - I realized I knew a lot about Caesar but nothing at all about Shaka.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/14/2018 10:17:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		“The Left Hand of Darkness” by Ursula K. Le Guin. Ever since she passed recently I wanted to read one of her books. I finally got around to reading “The Left Hand of Darkness”. It was interesting. Although it took me a bit to get into it I enjoyed it.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/14/2018 4:47:24 PM   
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“The Left Hand of Darkness” by Ursula K. Le Guin. Ever since she passed recently I wanted to read one of her books. I finally got around to reading “The Left Hand of Darkness”. It was interesting. Although it took me a bit to get into it I enjoyed it.


She's a smart one, nice job sticking it out

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/15/2018 3:46:07 PM   
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I'm quite surprised to find no mention of Corkscrew by Peter Stafford-Bow anywhere here. It is wine-related, and extremely funny (it's also based in the UK, and I guess it would help to have some knowledge of the UK and its wine & retail scene). The concept of the Minstrels of Wine is brilliant.


Well this makes being a member of this board worth it on its own. What a great read so far (I am maybe a third of the way in and loving it). Now I face the dilemma of should I hurry to finish it only to not have it to read anymore, or ration it out for a few days. The writing is engaging, and quick reading, with some wonderful plot lines. Thanks Paul852!

EDIT: I turned to this after getting a bit bored with PG Wodehouse. I will return to the latter, but I am finding it is a bit dated in parts. But I recall there are some real gems, and I look forward to coming across them again.



Indeed this is a good beach read. A bit cheeky and slightly chauvinistic - just the old bubble gum John McDonalds. Great writing and escapism for an august book.

thanks for the recommendation


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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/16/2018 6:42:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		Unfortunately it is not part of my library system. Means I'd have to pay full tariff at retail to read it.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/16/2018 9:01:37 AM   
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Unfortunately it is not part of my library system. Means I'd have to pay full tariff at retail to read it.
Which is all of US$5.99 on a Kindle or ("Like new") paper copies on Amazon for $4.95. Is that a lot? The price of one glass of decent wine?

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/16/2018 10:06:27 AM   
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Is that a lot?



I knew a woman who used to constantly say things like "it's only a few dollars" and "it doesn't cost that much" about all the frivolous expenditures she had. Funny thing is, she was ALWAYS complaining she had no extra money. We sat down one day and calculated her monthly expenditures (she kept receipts .... well, she kept everything like a pack rat) and she was shocked at how much money she wasted on stupid items. It was literally HUNDREDS of dollars a month for silly items she'd use once or twice and then toss in the closet, basement, junk drawer, or attic. There were packages coming from Amazon, Zulily, and several other online retailers almost every day. Once she saw it was a waste of a few hundred bucks each month, she stopped the madness. Obviously, it changed her outlook on how she spent any money she had left over after paying the necessities.

The trip to Goodwill along with the eBay listing bonanza is another story.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/16/2018 11:20:08 AM   
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Unfortunately it is not part of my library system. Means I'd have to pay full tariff at retail to read it.
Which is all of US$5.99 on a Kindle or ("Like new") paper copies on Amazon for $4.95. Is that a lot? The price of one glass of decent wine?



No, it is not a lot. I just prefer to utilize my local library services as much as humanly possible.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/29/2018 8:24:34 AM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/29/2018 8:26:49 AM   
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Now reading After Anna by Lisa Scottoline. One of my go-to authors. Suspense/thriller, so not suitable for bedtime. But seems well-written.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/29/2018 9:42:41 AM   
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Study finds having less than three weeks holiday a year can shorten your life
Don't think having an otherwise healthy lifestyle will compensate for working too hard and not taking holidays, say researchers.

https://news.sky.com/story/study-finds-having-less-than-three-weeks-holiday-a-year-can-shorten-your-life-11484812

Interesting in light of comments on another thread in the last day or so

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 9/4/2018 3:04:31 PM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 9/5/2018 11:13:27 AM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 9/5/2018 4:23:13 PM   
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"Educated" by Tara Westover. Interesting book. Outside my normal wheelhouse. Good read.


I read this one last month, very good book, pretty svary how much power bad parents have over their kids! I actually found it harrowing and had to sometimes stop to get a breath

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 9/10/2018 7:44:01 AM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 9/10/2018 9:29:40 AM   
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Reading more short stories lately. This is a good collection, but one of those gripping types of books that means reading right before bedtime not a good plan.

Will get a lighter read for next book. Alternating is good.


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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 9/11/2018 3:53:31 AM   
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“Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice” by Bill Browder. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Being a trained accountant and a lifelong investor this true story really hit the mark with me. It reads like a suspense novel throughout yet is a true life account that led to the eventual passage of the Magnitsky Act. If you’re into politics and in particular keeping up with current U.S.-Russian politics this is a must read for background information related to recent events (aka Trump Tower Meeting). Quick and easy read. Recommended.


Just finished this myself. What a read. Dont **** with the Russians is the moto!

Also, I highly recommend this for you guys on your side of the pond.


The Unwinding...by George Packer.

And I quote "The Unwinding is the right title for George Packer's epic, sad and unsettling history of the last four decades in the US. His topic is the coming apart of something in the national fabric: the unravelling of unspoken agreements about the limits to Wall Street's greed; about what a congressman would or wouldn't do for the right price; about what a company owes its workers, or what the wealthy should contribute in tax"

Incredibly well written and stitches together a narrative of interlinked, complex issues that resonate not just in the US, but on this side of the pond too.



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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 9/17/2018 7:35:13 AM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 9/19/2018 7:18:49 AM   
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by Paula McLain. This is in progress. A good read for anyone interested in or connected to the foster care system.

BTW also read An American Marriage. +1 on the above impression.

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