false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169422835m/40190.jpg 40190 15 867943 2004 A Good Year (MTI) total:995|5:9|4:17|3:24|2:15|1:0| 995 3331 1272 209 882651 0316724505 9780316724500 4 2 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179170548m/882651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/882651.A_Good_Year 1 1 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 15 16:06:31 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:42:51 -0800 2009 Provence anecdotes and relaxed style in favour of a Novel Writing 101 submission. We get flat, stereotypical characters who predictably pair off around a yawnfest of a "mystery" plot with a dull twist ending.

Mayle claims he was pre...more...]]> 884466 0375705627 9780375705625 39 13 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179178863m/884466.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/884466.A_Good_Year 2 0 false Tue Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Dec 22 22:53:41 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 22:54:20 -0800 2008 Master and Commander, which began my ongoing infatuation with the Aubrey-Maturin series. When I learned that his next movie, A Good Year, is based upon the novel of the same name by Peter Mayle, I figu...more...]]> 1180823 0739311824 9780739311820 2 1 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181688916m/1180823.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1180823.A_Good_Year 3 0 false Mon Sep 21 18:49:31 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 19:09:28 -0700 2009
But while E.M. F...more...]]> 40190 0307277755 9780307277756 884 180 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169422835m/40190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40190.A_Good_Year 3 0 false Mon Feb 23 07:34:50 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 07:34:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 40190 0307277755 9780307277756 884 180 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169422835m/40190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40190.A_Good_Year 3 1 false Fri Feb 08 08:09:35 -0800 2008 Sat May 31 12:32:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 40190 0307277755 9780307277756 884 180 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169422835m/40190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40190.A_Good_Year 5 1 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 09:45:12 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 07:52:41 -0700 2008 40190 0307277755 9780307277756 884 180 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169422835m/40190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40190.A_Good_Year 1 1 false Tue Oct 07 08:09:31 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 08:10:01 -0700 2008 40190 0307277755 9780307277756 884 180 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169422835m/40190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40190.A_Good_Year 3 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 13:11:55 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 13:20:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 40190 0307277755 9780307277756 884 180 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169422835m/40190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40190.A_Good_Year 3 0 false Tue Nov 25 15:14:33 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 15:20:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 40190 0307277755 9780307277756 884 180 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169422835m/40190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40190.A_Good_Year 2 0 false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 20:30:34 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 20:36:13 -0800 2009
mayle is one of those authors who feel like they just have to come up with a whole bunch of similes to make them stand out. (ie: see above)

this was a quick and easy re...more...]]> 666874 0375405917 9780375405914 55 12 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176932856m/666874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/666874.A_Good_Year 3 0 false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 16:54:30 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 08 20:37:15 -0800 2009 1
I enjoyed it more than I expected to. However, I thought the surface-plot of Max inheriting t...more...]]> 40190 0307277755 9780307277756 884 180 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169422835m/40190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40190.A_Good_Year 4 0 false Fri Sep 19 18:25:35 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 18:34:00 -0700 2008
Max Skinner has inherited his Uncle's vineyeard, adpated a strange American cousin, and has moved to France to start this new life. What I love about htis book is there's no point. It's like life in a bundle ...more...]]> 40190 0307277755 9780307277756 884 180 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169422835m/40190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40190.A_Good_Year 2 0 false Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 21:03:19 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 20:23:29 -0800 2008
I'm afraid in this case it's absolutely true. And the movie - which received lukewarm reviews - wasn't just more entertaining; it was more complicated, more sophisticated, and dare I say, more...more...]]> 884466 0375705627 9780375705625 39 13 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179178863m/884466.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/884466.A_Good_Year 4 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 24 12:26:04 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 01 13:13:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 40190 0307277755 9780307277756 884 180 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169422835m/40190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40190.A_Good_Year 4 0 false Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 07:54:02 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 06:52:58 -0700 2009
Nevertheless, I was not disappointed. The characters are charming and well developed...more...]]> 40190 0307277755 9780307277756 884 180 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169422835m/40190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40190.A_Good_Year 3 0 false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 16:14:04 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 16:19:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 40190 0307277755 9780307277756 884 180 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169422835m/40190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40190.A_Good_Year 3 0 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 28 19:11:41 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 17:14:10 -0800 2009 Finished: Feb 4/07
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I loved Mayle's "A Year in Provence" and its follow-ups, but this is the first of his novels that I've read. As People magazine says, "Mayle makes Provence sound like the most enticing place this side of paradise." - "A...more...]]> 40190 0307277755 9780307277756 884 180 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169422835m/40190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40190.A_Good_Year 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 19 10:53:52 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 10:55:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 884466 0375705627 9780375705625 39 13 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179178863m/884466.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/884466.A_Good_Year 3 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Aug 30 15:18:26 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 15:20:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 40190 0307277755 9780307277756 884 180 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169422835m/40190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40190.A_Good_Year 5 0 false Fri Mar 20 08:44:46 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 08:45:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=40190