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This is another short story in the growing lovers universe of Rowan McBride. Mark and Travis are twins and lovers. And have also some special powers: they are Drayner, they can drain physical characteristic from other people for a limited amount of time. But Mark is very strong and he manages to drain not only physical characteristic but also wit and intellect. In his esaltation he is becoming like a god and he is unmanageable but by his brother. Cause Mark loves so much his twin Travis, and wants for Travis to be like him. I have to say that this story has left me a little uncomfortable: Mark and Travis live in a reclusive world where only them count. The outer world, the other people are not important. If Travis would be less gentle and kind, they could be very dangerous. Travis is the counterbalance for Mark, he is the anchor to the sanity for Mark. They have a very dangerous relationship. As always Rowan McBride writes a story that will not leave you uneffected, even if in only a bunch of pages... http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/13...

This was a good chick-lit book. I read it quickly, I think it will make for a great beach read. However, I did think there were too many "themes" going on in the book. The main character is writing an "advice" book for her great-grandaughter, so there are snippets of advice sprinkled throughout the book. I like that idea as a theme for a book, but it didn't really flow well with the book's title, which reflects more the idea of the main character drinking wine as she thinks about her dating life. I think the book had a lot more promise of being something MORE than a chick-lit book, but the author took the easy way out.

I borrowed this book a few months ago and literally stopped at page 20. I thought it was slow-going and a little overblown. But I loved Chabon's writing style--he seems to be infatuated with language. There were several times I wanted to do the unspeakable and dog-ear pages because the passages were that good...after only a chapter. Once I made myself read beyond the first twenty pages, I was engrossed. Maybe because I was so disturbed and depressed from reading. I didn't much like Grady, couldn't understand James, wanted to hit Crabtree. But I was sucked in. Between the strange tale of a murdered blind husky, a stolen coat from a deceased movie star, a professor who smoked far too much pot, his agent who was obsessed with a bi-curious/bi-depressed student, and the bi-whatever student himself, it was really engrossing. And that's not even a big chunk of the story. I read it once and probably will not read it again, but I definitely will recommend it to everybody I can.