The Merlot Murders: A Wine Country Mystery
Registered by eicuthbertson of Burnaby, British Columbia Canada on 5/22/2008
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
7 journalers for this copy...
Good mystery, good characters and such interesting background. Set in a vineyard in Virginia in the U.S.A.; lots about wine and lots of history too.
I'll be looking for more by this author, Ellen Crosby: Ellen Crosby's website
I'll be looking for more by this author, Ellen Crosby: Ellen Crosby's website
Journal Entry 2 by eicuthbertson at Bread Garden @ Metrotown Mall (near Zellers) in Burnaby, British Columbia Canada on Monday, May 26, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (5/26/2008 UTC) at Bread Garden @ Metrotown Mall (near Zellers) in Burnaby, British Columbia Canada
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Releasing at the Bookcrossing May Burnaby Meetup
When: Monday, May 26 at 7:00PM
Who: At least 7 BookCrossers.
There's still room for 33 more. Come & join us!
Where:
Bread Garden
4575 Central Boulevard
Burnaby BC V5H 4J5
Releasing at the Bookcrossing May Burnaby Meetup
When: Monday, May 26 at 7:00PM
Who: At least 7 BookCrossers.
There's still room for 33 more. Come & join us!
Where:
Bread Garden
4575 Central Boulevard
Burnaby BC V5H 4J5
Picked up at tonight's meetup and looking forward to reading this.
Picked up at tonight's meetup and looking forward to reading this.
Journal Entry 5 by Strude at Rhizome Cafe in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (6/11/2008 UTC) at Rhizome Cafe in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
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This was an interesting story and I really liked having the maps. On the other hand there was an awfully large amount of free and easy sex going on and shifting of partners and so on, to say nothing of physical abuse
Taking this to Meetup. If no one takes it this will be in the box under the shelf near the front door.
This was an interesting story and I really liked having the maps. On the other hand there was an awfully large amount of free and easy sex going on and shifting of partners and so on, to say nothing of physical abuse
Taking this to Meetup. If no one takes it this will be in the box under the shelf near the front door.
Picked up for my mom at last BookCrossing Vancouver Meetup.
ETA: She said it was too "easy" -- the level of writing was very low and she wanted something more engaging. She didn't finish it.
ETA: She said it was too "easy" -- the level of writing was very low and she wanted something more engaging. She didn't finish it.
Journal Entry 7 by monnibo at Rhizome Cafe in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (8/12/2008 UTC) at Rhizome Cafe in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
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Bringing it to Meetup tonight. If no one takes it, it will be in the box by the door!
Bringing it to Meetup tonight. If no one takes it, it will be in the box by the door!
I liked the story about a woman and a winnery in Virginia. The violence at the end really bugged me.
Picked up at the meet-up. Looks interesting.
I enjoyed this one. Will read more by this author.
This is now on its way to Erishkigal, who chose it out of Loriped & Shroffland's Mysterious Mysteries VBB. Enjoy!
arrived today, looks good....not sure I have any Merlot, I may read it with Chard.... :-D
I thoroughly enjoyed this, and I'm with eicuthbertson: good mystery, good characters, and fascinating setting. I love when I can read a light fun book that I incidentally learn something from :-) I also like that Lucie has physical limitations, and how she deals with both the actuality and the perceptions of others. Something we don't see often enough. And I chuckled out loud when she referred to her morning-hair looking like Tintin~~heehee.
I will be looking for further Wine Country Mysteries, as I want to see how the vineyard and the characters grow.
Thanks for sharing!
I will be looking for further Wine Country Mysteries, as I want to see how the vineyard and the characters grow.
Thanks for sharing!
a good book deserves another reader who will journal :-)
adding as one of my replacements in svoight's mystery vbb
adding as one of my replacements in svoight's mystery vbb
The book arrived safely in Austin (as a part of the mystery VBB). Thank you Erishkigal. :)
I think this one will need some merlot to accompany it for the perfect reading experience (sort of like mysteries with a cat are nicer to read with a cat around. Not that the cats wouldn't hang around too with the merlot book too...)
I think this one will need some merlot to accompany it for the perfect reading experience (sort of like mysteries with a cat are nicer to read with a cat around. Not that the cats wouldn't hang around too with the merlot book too...)
Interesting characters, and a lovely bubbly little mystery. (If it was wine, I'd say it was more chardonnay or spumante than merlot. Merlots needs more body... err, a few more bodies in this case, perhaps, and a few more dramatic, outrageous twists on the plot. Then again, I also thought that a drink with some rum from the Cayman Islands went well with this story).
I like Lucie as character, and learning more about winemaking (in a bigger scale than home), and there definitely was a share of unpleasant characters too.
I wish the bookcrossing meetings in Austin were as populated as the ones in BC... I'll see if I might end up releasing this around a nice Texas winery (I have one in mind, and plan to visit it soon), or perhaps the local meet here.
I like Lucie as character, and learning more about winemaking (in a bigger scale than home), and there definitely was a share of unpleasant characters too.
I wish the bookcrossing meetings in Austin were as populated as the ones in BC... I'll see if I might end up releasing this around a nice Texas winery (I have one in mind, and plan to visit it soon), or perhaps the local meet here.
Journal Entry 17 by aetm at Triumph Cafe OBCZ -3808 Spicewood Springs Rd in Austin, Texas USA on Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Released 13 yrs ago (4/14/2011 UTC) at Triumph Cafe OBCZ -3808 Spicewood Springs Rd in Austin, Texas USA
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Taking to the Austin BC meet today (I'd love to release the book in a winery, but visiting one isn't probably going to happen in a reasonable time... so hopefully some other reader will enjoy this meanwhile). If not taken, will be on the bookshelf.
Safe journey little book - I hope you'll make many new friends on your travels!
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— Neil Gaiman
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Safe journey little book - I hope you'll make many new friends on your travels!
"Don't ever apologize to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that's what they're there for. Use your library). Don't apologize to this author for buying books second hand, or getting them from bookcrossing or borrowing a friend's copy. What's important to me is that people read the books and enjoy them, and that, at some point in there, the book was bought by someone. And that people who like things, tell other people. The most important thing is that people read... "
— Neil Gaiman
To the finder of this book:
Hello and congratulations! You have not only found yourself a good book, but a whole community of booklovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large. I hope you'll stick around a bit and get to know BookCrossing --maybe even make a journal entry on this book. You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (its free!)
Feel free to read and keep this book, or to pass it on to a friend or even set it out "in the wild" for someone else to find like you did. If you do choose to join and journal, then you can watch the book as it travels- You'll be alerted by email each time someone makes another journal entry. It's all confidential (you're known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free. Happy reading!
