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TODAY‘S PROMPT: WINE

HISTORICAL FICTION - WWII - FRANCE - ROMANCE

France, wine, WWII, present day, and love - all of this wrapped into one amazing, difficult-to-put-down read.

Another marvelous, intriguing read about the resiliency and determination of the French people and the entire European population.

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Soft pick for me. Set in the midst of WW2 and in the occupied champagne region this could have been an excellent historical novel. The research was there and the framework of an excellent story, instead this went in the direction of a more romantic novel with one too many twists for me. Enjoyable but didn‘t blow me away. For #jubilantjuly I hope to read daily (it‘s a tough week) but starting off strong

This was my 2nd book by Kristin Harmel. She writes beautiful stories. This story was set in 2 time frames and told from different points of view of 3 female characters. I have to say that I really didn‘t see the ending coming as it did. I think it ended as it should have but it came as a surprise to me as I was reading it. My Book Club will be discussing this book next month and I look forward to the discussion. I highly recommend this book.

I can understand why some people doesn‘t like this book. Ines is an annoying character, selfish, putting others at risk all the time. But I focused on WWII circumstances in this place, “War has a way of revealing who we really are” (Celine p.118) “It is not the decisions in your past that matter, but the choices you make about your future” (Edith, p.219). I didn‘t see the twist coming until the end. Based on real facts. 3.75⭐️

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The Winemaker's Wife is a story of French winemakers fighting in the Resistence during WWII. It's an engaging read with obvious, overplayed twists. The characters are under-developed and one in particular is very unlikable. 3.5 stars

Ines, young wife of champagne house owner, Michel, doesn‘t grasp the severity of the Nazis moving through Europe until they‘re knocking on her door, literally. Celine, half Jewish wife of the winemaker at Michel‘s champagne house, is in constant fear of the occupiers.
In modern times, divorced Liz is whisked back to France by her grandmother & discovers a secret that changes her life.
It was good but I don‘t know if it lived up to the hype.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is such a tremendously wonderful book!!! This follows the stories of 4 people in France during WWII and a woman in later years who is connected to them.

I LOVED the historical part of this novel. I've read quite a few books set during the time of the French Resistance and I get sucked in every time. If you like the time period and the way in which Harmel writes, read The Book of Lost Names. It is a better story and captures the time period with more developed characters. I did enjoy reading about the Champagne region and Reims in this book though. I just wasn't a fan of many of the characters.

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Today‘s Prompt: FOREST GREEN COVER

France, wine, WWII, present day, and love - all of this wrapped into one amazing, difficult-to-put-down read.

Ms. Harmel weaved a beautiful tale filled with authentic characters and a story line that kept me turning the pages to learn more as well as cry with the characters.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/y5p78psn

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What a read! It drug a bit, but overall I love period pieces and this was really good, I felt like I was there for part of the war. I have a new appreciation for Moet Chandon and a few others and will drink them now in aw of how they helped bring down the nazis in France. Incredible....and WHY are we NOT learning these things in school! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What an incredibly sad and moving story. This is a book that will stay with me for a long time, one I know I‘ll talk about often.

Here‘s something I appreciate in books: Sometimes, the endings aren‘t always wrapped up nicely in a bow. Sometimes they don‘t wrap the reader up in a cozy blanket. Sometimes, they feel more real. This is one of those stories.

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Disappointed to have waited this long for a DNF. Ines is too whiny and naive for my taste. #bail #audiobook

Told from three perspectives: the winemaker‘s wife, his lover, with their stories taking place in WWII France, and a third woman in 2019 who has a connection to their stories. Quite interesting. I learned also about making champagne and the French Resistance. Not champagne, but the only French wine in the house 😄

#nextup Confession: I‘m starting this one because I love the cover 😄

@CoffeeNBooks Thank you so much, my friend, for such a lovely gift. Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas. 😘😘😘

Really enjoying this one so far!

Not as good as her other book “The Room on Rue Amelie”. Not sure if I like where the ending is going. Update- the ending was better than I thought.

A history of survival, anguish, love, secrets, and heroism-during WWII in the beautiful french wine country. Germany had invaded France and demanded champagne/wine at an unrealistic pace. One winemaker will produce, hide and work for the resistance against the Nazis, but his passion for another and betrayal of his wife will begin a chain reaction of doom, mistaken identity, regret and forgiveness. Two generations later the whole story is revealed.

This was a beautiful yet heartbreaking novel. It‘s goes between a few stories that eventually tie in together but mainly the past character Ines and current character of Olivia/Liv. It‘s everything I love in a historical fiction, action, love, adventure, heartbreak and the enduring human spirit during tough times. Definitely 5 stars from me 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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🍭🍭🍭🍭 review is up on my blog. Stop by and say hi. https://reecaspieces.com/2019/08/22/the-winemakers-wife-by-kristin-harmel-galler... @GalleryBooks

WOW! what an incredible story, I could not put this book down! Absolutely fascinating, riveting! This was one of my favorite books so far this year 😊 📚♥️🥂2👍👍, 5⭐s!

🍇🍷 5 ★ A fabulous book I highly recommend! Set at the century‘s old Maison Chauveau Winery in the Champagne region of Nazi occupied France, The Winemaker‘s Wife is an absolutely delicious concoction of love, secrets, betrayal, and redemption. I read this compelling novel in one sitting, yes it was that good! A 2019 favorite for me.

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♥️ DO NOT MISS READING THIS BOOK!! ♥️

France, wine, WWII, present day, and love - all of this wrapped into one amazing, difficult-to-put-down read.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/y5p78psn

@GalleryBooks

A MUST READ!!

FULL REVIEW AUGUST 13.

France, wine, WWII, present day, and love - all of this wrapped into one amazing, difficult-to-put-down read.

Ms. Harmel weaved a beautiful tale filled with authentic characters and a story line that kept me turning the pages to learn more as well as cry with the characters.

Absolutely LOVED this book. Do not miss reading this book. 5/5

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Book 41 of 2019, looking good for my goal of 80 this year #readingchallenge got an arc of this from #NetGalley full review up on goodreads, but the gist of it is, this was ok, not great. I think the author was being too ambitious and should have stuck with 2 narrators not 3, the “voices” didn‘t seem developed enough.

This was such a wonderful book! I loved the history and the suspense, the ro redmance and the knowledge. Enough wine info to satisfy this cork dork, enough history to satisfy my love of historical fiction, and wonderful twists and turns by the author to keep us guessing up until the end. I'm hoping there's a sequel to tie up some loose ends 😁🍷🍇