tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55764272369633977572011-04-21T18:58:01.892-07:00The Undercover ReaderI love books!Dacouverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106849447689910215noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576427236963397757.post-85628635035946858122007-12-10T06:21:00.000-08:002008-12-10T18:57:19.088-08:00A Good Year<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kDBQYnZ5g94/R11NJUcoa2I/AAAAAAAAAA0/SnG7fTUp8bI/s1600-h/21E43XPTZRL._AA_SL160_.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kDBQYnZ5g94/R11NJUcoa2I/AAAAAAAAAA0/SnG7fTUp8bI/s200/21E43XPTZRL._AA_SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142351172029934434" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307277755?ie=UTF8&tag=croucchina-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307277755">A Good Year </a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=croucchina-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0307277755" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1" /><br />by Peter Mayle<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">One Word:</span> Wine<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Two Words: </span><span>French </span><span>Vineyard</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">More Words: </span><span>Max Skinner</span>, a successful London businessman, inherits a vineyard in France that he visited during the summers of his youth. Max has become a calloused jerk wanting neither the vineyard nor the memories, but the small town charm, a local woman, an American tourist, the caretaker and the vineyard itself might be able to change his mind.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pages:</span> 304<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Recommend It?</span> YES, but watch the movie. It's better.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5576427236963397757-8562863503594685812?l=undercoverreader.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dacouverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106849447689910215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576427236963397757.post-8958889284809850002007-12-09T08:43:00.000-08:002008-12-10T18:57:19.745-08:00INTO THE WILD<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kDBQYnZ5g94/R1wc5Ucoa1I/AAAAAAAAAAs/wqBXLHQjERQ/s1600-h/21qgkR7btIL._AA_SL160_.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kDBQYnZ5g94/R1wc5Ucoa1I/AAAAAAAAAAs/wqBXLHQjERQ/s200/21qgkR7btIL._AA_SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142016645617183570" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307387178?ie=UTF8&tag=croucchina-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307387178">Into the Wild </a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=croucchina-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0307387178" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1" /><br />by Jon Krakauer<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">One Word:</span> Tragic<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Two Words: </span><span>Adventurous Vagabond</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">More Words: </span><span>After graduating from college, forsaking all his friends and family, giving away most of his possessions and hitchhiking across the United States, a young man hikes into the Alaskan Wilderness to live alone, away from civilization. But something goes wrong. Four months later he is dead. Krakauer examines this young man's life with the help of the boy's family, the journals and photos the boy left behind. Intermingled throughout the story is a collection of similar vagabond stories, including a few from the author. Though you know the ending of the book (it's on the front cover), finding out how it happens is worth the read. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pages:</span> 203<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Recommend It?</span> YES<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5576427236963397757-895888928480985000?l=undercoverreader.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dacouverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106849447689910215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576427236963397757.post-32278759343275507712007-12-08T08:18:00.000-08:002008-12-10T18:57:19.961-08:00Dishwasher<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kDBQYnZ5g94/R1rIckcoayI/AAAAAAAAAAU/979MOX1qEiA/s1600-h/21kvBRo4uoL._AA_SL160_.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kDBQYnZ5g94/R1rIckcoayI/AAAAAAAAAAU/979MOX1qEiA/s200/21kvBRo4uoL._AA_SL160_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141642317742500642" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060896426?ie=UTF8&tag=croucchina-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060896426">Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States </a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=croucchina-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060896426" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></span> <br />by Pete Jordan<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">One Word:</span> Slacker<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Two Words:</span> Master Dishwasher<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">More Words:</span> Pete Jordan chronicles his decade plus years traveling the US as a dishwasher. Any job washing dishing was perfect to him. From an oil rig to a ski resort, from an Alaska fish cannery to a summer camp, he did it all! The best part was if something wasn't right, he'd walk off the job to find another one. His laissez-faire approach to employment and life reminds everyone of a simpler time. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Pages:</span> 353 + a P.S. section of interviews and covers of his Dishwasher magazine. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Recommend It?</span> YES<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5576427236963397757-3227875934327550771?l=undercoverreader.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dacouverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106849447689910215noreply@blogger.com0