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Book #12 for #14Books14Weeks2021 . Yes, I am behind and I did not finish in time but I am going to finish lol. This book has been lingering on my stack since purchasing on a recommendation last spring. With a cover rivaling that of one of my favorites, Cork Dork by by Bianca Bosker, I knew I had to read this book! Wine girl reads like a memoir just like Cork Dork does. Fascinating and riveting. While I (cont in comments)

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Victoria James has not had an easy road to get to where she is now. Her achievements are incredible to begin with, even before you realize the obstacles she overcame to get where she is. What an impressive woman and what an impressive memoir for someone so young.

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Victoria James certainly endured a great deal and achieved a great deal at a young age. Usually that would be the recipe for an audio memoir that I would tear through but I think this one lacked depth and self reflection making it difficult for me to connect. Plus I wanted more wine. #booked2020 #wineorwhine

This memoir is less about wine and more about how good people are awesome and bad people suck.

NOT what I expected going in, but really good. My full review is on Insta. Too wordy for Litsy (and unusually wordy for me 🙃) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCCuvpDgPLR/

Hovering between so-so and pick for this one but am feeling generous. I love reading anything about wine and the restaurant industry, although this was a little uneven. I wish I could be shocked at how poorly women are treated but nothing about it is surprising, sadly. Finally I can‘t help but mention that a professional narrator might have done a better job on the audio.

Thought I would pour a glass while reading tonight!

Full review here: http://girlwellread.blogspot.com/2020/05/wine-girl-by-victoria-james.html.

I‘ve realized that I‘m being drawn more and more to biographies! I love hearing people‘s stories and the obstacles they‘ve overcome and their personal triumphs! This book really shows why the me too movement needed to happen! Women need to be treated way better!!