It's Spring time in Indiana, the first book club meeting is later tonight. I'm super excited!Mostly because I chose this book to get away from the brown and gray Indiana skys and to really enjoy the warmth of a book that I've been wanting to read for so long. The movie has been out for quite a few years and I've seen it several times - it was now time to do the book some justice and read it.
Frances and her husband buy a Tuscan Villa which is called Bramasole. Yearning for the sun, is the english translation I believe. A journey through someone else's restoration project is the perfect sit down and read book for when the weather just does not agree with your mood. I found that the recipes had stories to go along, the food was described so well that my mouth watered, but I was disappointed by one thing.
The time she and her husband spent traveling around to the different Etruscan sites was a little too boring for me - I love history and learning of site, etc..., but I just could not get my mind into wandering along the roads like Frances and her husband do.
Overall, I have to say 4 stars out of 5. I enjoyed reading about someone else's life and her personal journey as she found herself again year after year.
Patty
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I guess I wasn't as inspired as everyone else. I enjoyed the first half of the book. It really made me want to move away and get out of here. Not to Italy, but just somewhere totally different than Indiana. And not only do I want to move away, but now I really want to move out of my apartment and get into a house of my own!
About half way through the book I just got bored. Part of it was probably the lack of plot. Part of it was the "deadline" to get it done which made it feel a bit like homework instead of pleasure reading. And I also got distracted by her "ADD" style of writing. It's really hard for me to follow when she's talking about three different (sometimes only slightly related) topics all in the same paragraph. I guess my honors English classes which heavy emphasis on grammar got the best of me.
Over all, I thought it was an OK book. I wish I cooked more so I could appreciate that aspect better. I just wish there was more of a point to the book, a point she's trying to make. Let's hope for some good discussion and some great food tonight!!
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