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Our Boys’ Own Wine Adventures. Also, I Know How to Say Château d’Yquem Now

Stalin's Wine Celler by John Baker, Nick Place

July 18, 2021 by LittlePlat 2 Comments

…for which I am very proud. I’ve said often enough that I find the book recommendations from Audible (My main source of audiobooks) a little bit rubbish. But occasionally it comes through for me — like, I never knew I needed to read a biography of the HMS Erebus, but that turned out to be a fantastic read that readily started spruiking to everyone. I also didn’t know that a book about potential wine-crime might also pique my interest, but here we are: I cut […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #food, cbr13bingo, Crime-time, inspired by a true story, John Baker Nick Place, libations, Stalin, wine

LittlePlat's CBR13 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #food, cbr13bingo, Crime-time, inspired by a true story, John Baker Nick Place, libations, Stalin, wine ·
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The Golden Notebook: A Novel by Doris Lessing

February 14, 2014 by ElCicco 1 Comment

There is a part of me that feels brazen and shameless for daring to write reviews of literary classics. Who am I to judge Tolstoy’s War and Peace, for example (which I did for Cannonball Read 5)? The Golden Notebook is another such a book, but it is also one of those novels that I have wanted to read because it appears on so many “must read” lists, particularly among feminists. So I will boldly proceed with this review in the hope that I do […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: 1956, alienation, Communism, communist party, Doris Lessing, ElCicco, feminism, McCarthyism, Stalin, The Golden Notebook, Women's LIberation, WWII

ElCicco's CBR6 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: 1956, alienation, Communism, communist party, Doris Lessing, ElCicco, feminism, McCarthyism, Stalin, The Golden Notebook, Women's LIberation, WWII ·
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