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Hello Ladies -

Am looking for recommendations on both

Book - doesn't matter if it is fiction or non-fiction, as long as it is so good that I can't put it down.
Wine - red wine, smooth / not heavy

Thanks !!
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anything by Chris Bohjalian

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I'm Walking As Straight As I Can by Geri Jewell....good book, just watch out for chapter 20, it's a doozy. Autobiography by the first actor with a visible disability to be a series regular on TV.
(shameless plug as the author is a family friend)
As for the wine, I personally like Maui Splash, it's a pineapple wine, so not a red.

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I don't drink so I can't help with the wine but I read a lot. It's hard to know what someone else will like so I'll give you a variety.

Anything by Erik Larson. http://eriklarsonbooks.com/ Historical non-fiction told as fiction. You will forget he is writing about events that actually happened.

I got sucked into a Gillian Flynn phase where I read her books within a month. http://www.amazon.com/...ef=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern http://www.amazon.com/...ef=kinw_myk_ro_title

I have The Time Travelers waiting for me. http://www.amazon.com/...ef=kinw_myk_ro_title

I'm reading The Pirate Coast. I'm struggling a bit with it, starting to get dull, but it is an interesting time in history so I'll push thru. http://www.amazon.com/...ef=kinw_myk_ro_title

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Apothic Red is one of my favorites. Inexpensive too. Can usually find for $10.99/bottle.

Haven't read a "can't put down" book for a while, but "Broken for You" was pretty good.

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A little old but the Outlander Series has been great for me. A little soft porn in spots but rather interesting if your'e interested in Scottish history. I convince myself it is okay to read semi porn if I'm learning history at the same time! ;)
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Two books: John Dies at the End & This Book is Full of Spiders. Both very creepy but incredibly hilarious page-turners. My husband (who generally only reads in the smallest room) blames them for his legs falling asleep on the bog on a regular basis. http://johndiesattheend.com/

Wine: I like Argentinian malbecs, Yellow Tail Shiraz, Wolf Blass Yellow Label Cabernet and Chilean merlots. Masi makes some nice reds as well.

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I'm super stoked for Inferno by Dan Brown to come out. No idea when, they just unveiled the jacket cover & title yesterday on the Today show. I have a weakness for his books.

Wine - La Crema Pinot Noir. It can be a smidge pricey depending on where you get it but it's my favorite go-to. It's a Pinot Noir so it's not too heavy & it does have a fairly light texture. The boquet & color just make me smile & snuggle in to enjoy it. Estancia is another that I absolutely love.

On the lighter side of red I adore most Sangiovese...super light texture, typically very fruity in nose & flavor. Similar to the french beaujolais. Not hardly aged at all, very young & vibrant wines. They can vary widely thought, in price, flavor & smoothness.

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I'm reading Gone Girl right now. It's a page-turner, though I think it could be shorter. Beautiful Ruins was good too, though I disliked the ending. Loved Bel Canto. (I'm totally just telling you books I have read recently.) Behind the Beautiful Forevers was also great but fucking depressing. So.

Heard good things about The Fault in Our Stars, Heads in Days, Hardest Day, and I can always recommend Lance Armstrong's War (just for some perspective looking back and soooo well-written).

I only drink Moscato, so I don't know about red wine.

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Red: I agree on the Pinot Noir or Sangiovese recommendations. Columbia Crest produces tons of wine and it's typically very well done and well priced. Same for Hogue Cellars.

Or go for a red blend. Ask your local wine steward for a good recommendation.

Books: LOVED The Night Circus, Bel Canto and Gone Girl. I also loved Cutting for Stone, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Frye, Unbroken, The Art of Racing in Rain.

Also very good and LOL funny (but smart) This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper.
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sara gruen's books are good too

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+1 on the Outlander series!
I'm into Cupcake reds lately for wine: inexpensive and they are all good.

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You've gotten some good recs on wine from QRGirl. I'm a fan of Columbia Crest, they sent me a nice scholarship check and bottle of wine after my last somm exams, but that doesn't influence my professional opinion of their wines. Blends are a great way to go. If you want to try some Old World, the Southern Rhone fits your criteria. You don't need to worry about individual producers so much. Look for something from the Cotes du Rhone Villages AOC. You could also try a Rioja from Spain. You can find some great values there. Pinot Noir is probably the most popular of the lighter reds, but they can get pricey. My favorite regions for Pinot (Burgundy aside) are Central Coast CA, Russian River (Sonoma) CA, Willamette Valley OR and Central Otago NZ.

I see some Gillian Flynn recs on the book question. I just finished Gone Girl for my book club and I have to say I'm a bit disappointed in her character development. Seems like a great concept for a book, but I don't feel like she pulled it off. Mostly these days I read geeky wine books, so my list of fiction page turners is weak.

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I just finished the Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton and found it very interesting - especially with everything that has happened with Lance over the last few months.

Red Wines - I am in Canada so California Reds are not cheap! South American Reds are great though - Malbec and Carmenere are two wines that I shop for often (probably more often than I should :-)

I am also in the middle of reading Wild and am LOVING IT!

Now all I want to do is go home and curl up on the couch with wine and book :-)
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Thanks for all the great recommendations - books and wine !!! It's interesting to note how many recommended books I've already ready: Gone Girl, Wild, Erik Larson, etc. But than again, some of these I've never heard of and can't wait to browse through the book store with this thread in hand - followed of course by the liquor store :)
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The Tyler Hamilton book is super good.

Jodi Picoult has a new book coming out. Her writing has become formulaic but I still read them :P

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Just about anything by Kerry Greenwood is good for a bit of fun entertainment that won't stress the brain cells too much. If I want to stress the brain cells I read Quarterly Essay but it's probably a bit Aus centric.

I work for an Australian wine company called Penfolds. Try some:-)
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I'd recommend Perfect People by Peter James or Sworn Secret by Amanda Jennings,
I can't help you with the wine as I don't drink! Sorry.
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I recently finished Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter. A fun book that goes back and forth between current time and post WWII Italy. It was well written and really enjoyable.
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Gone Girl and Unbroken are both fabulous books. Gone Girl is thriller mystery type fiction and Unbroken is the true story of former Olympic athlete and World War Two veteran, Louis Zamperini. Another great fiction read is Defending Jacob, about a man whose teenage son is accused of killing a classmate. Very intense and fast paced!

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If you like Jodi Picoult, I think you would really like Heather Gudenkauf. She has 3 books out now and each one I couldn't put down. Very similar writing styles and gripping stories.

I would also encourage everyone to read Unbroken. I usually would never touch a nonfiction war book, but this one was incredible!
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Re: good book and glass of wine [calqiust] [ In reply to ]
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Thanks for the suggestion. My current and last book are/were Robin Cook books - medical thrillers (he wrote Coma, which was made into a movie awhile ago and redone as an HBO movie somewhat recently). Somewhat terrible from a literary standpoint, but I can get lost in them and rely on that escape for stress relief sometimes :-)

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These are great suggestions.

I bought Night Circus, many of you recommended it. About 1/3 of the way in, very interesting - and creative !!
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