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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Soft dnf, a bit slow rn. Beautifully written but now may not be the time to read it.
Amerikansk akademiker klagar på hantverkare. Amerikansk akademiker tillbringar tid i Italien och berättar om sina recept. Har alltid tyckt att filmen är så härlig, men nu funkade det inte, förmodligen för att jag inte gillade inläsningsrösten i Audible-versionen.
Recepten läses inte upp i sin helhet, har jag för mig, utan kanske bara rubrikerna. Packade /upp/ om/ resväskan och småpysslade hemma under tiden och lyssnade nog lite selektivt. Tyckte jag hörde Viareggio nämnas mot slutet, men nu hittar jag inte stället i boken. I alla fall är jag glad för min egen senaste séjour i Toscana, tillsammans med en kär person jag lärde känna på 90-talet, ungefär när den här utgåvan var färsk.
Har egentligen ingen passion för mat alls, men jag har precis delat med mig av bl.a. en fantastisk burrata på instagram @mindthebook
Recepten läses inte upp i sin helhet, har jag för mig, utan kanske bara rubrikerna. Packade /upp/ om/ resväskan och småpysslade hemma under tiden och lyssnade nog lite selektivt. Tyckte jag hörde Viareggio nämnas mot slutet, men nu hittar jag inte stället i boken. I alla fall är jag glad för min egen senaste séjour i Toscana, tillsammans med en kär person jag lärde känna på 90-talet, ungefär när den här utgåvan var färsk.
Har egentligen ingen passion för mat alls, men jag har precis delat med mig av bl.a. en fantastisk burrata på instagram @mindthebook
My bookclub thought this would be a nice light, easy read for our December book, what with parties and commitments. Ha! For some reason it became a dense read with all of us struggling to finish it!
Frances Mayes writes well for the most part, although I was confused about the layout of her Tuscan home. This house figures prominently in the book. (And I say book, not story). This is her memoir of restoring an old villa near the town of Cortona, so I read about tiles, stone walls, the workmen, the difficulty finding good workers, etc. I also learned about the many roses and olive trees she planted.
I kept waiting for a story to appear, some drama between her and her husband, or a bit of intrigue. It wasn't until the end that I realized I had been reading prose. And after reading her Afterward and finding out that she was a poet it made much more sense. I just wish I had known that before I read the book.
The parts of the book I liked were her forays to Etruscan ruins, and her immersion in that culture from antiquity. I liked that she interspersed Italian phrases with the English translations into the text.
She includes some good recipes - seems like she really enjoyed cooking and entertaining visiting guests.
I think Mayes viewed the book as an experiment - to see if she could write a book just about her experiences without a plot. She obviously got published and has many admirers, so her experiment worked. But I think she could have added a bit more human emotion to the content along with her spiritual musings.
Frances Mayes writes well for the most part, although I was confused about the layout of her Tuscan home. This house figures prominently in the book. (And I say book, not story). This is her memoir of restoring an old villa near the town of Cortona, so I read about tiles, stone walls, the workmen, the difficulty finding good workers, etc. I also learned about the many roses and olive trees she planted.
I kept waiting for a story to appear, some drama between her and her husband, or a bit of intrigue. It wasn't until the end that I realized I had been reading prose. And after reading her Afterward and finding out that she was a poet it made much more sense. I just wish I had known that before I read the book.
The parts of the book I liked were her forays to Etruscan ruins, and her immersion in that culture from antiquity. I liked that she interspersed Italian phrases with the English translations into the text.
She includes some good recipes - seems like she really enjoyed cooking and entertaining visiting guests.
I think Mayes viewed the book as an experiment - to see if she could write a book just about her experiences without a plot. She obviously got published and has many admirers, so her experiment worked. But I think she could have added a bit more human emotion to the content along with her spiritual musings.
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
I was bored to tears with this one. Nothing interesting happened. I had to skim a lot of it to avoid giving up.
The first, and definitely the best, of Mayes' books. It's a wildly popular book, and deservedly so, I think. Despite the flaws - Mayes is definitely pumping up the romance of the region while glancing past actual Italians that inhabit her gorgeous landscape. Given that, there's no denying her skill at carrying away the reader on a purely escapist journey under olive trees and down ancient Roman roads, and indeed, there's nothing wrong with falling into her lovely daydreams. I certainly indulge on a regular basis.
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
