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| Club Read 2009 : Nickelini's 2009 Reading | | 219 | aluvalibri, Yesterday 10:54am | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Cushla's 2009 list of books, Part 2 | | 51 | arubabookwoman, Thursday 3:18pm | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Nickelini's 2009 Reading List, Part 2 | | 145 | allthesedarnbooks, Wednesday 1:55am | |
| Reading Globally : Around the world in 192 books - Depressaholic's Challenge Part 2 | | 148 | depressaholic, Monday 9:11am | |
| 999 Challenge : Deesiring's | | 8 | Deesirings, Saturday 8:52pm | |
| 1010 Category Challenge : jfetting's 101010 challenge | | 21 | auntmarge64, December 12 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Have You STOPPED Reading? | | 234 | xicanti, December 11 | |
| Humor : Funniest Books You Have Read | | 270 | nhlsecord, December 8 | |
| Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 35 | | 397 | moibibliomaniac, December 7 | |
| 1010 Category Challenge : deep220 1010 challenge | | 23 | soffitta1, November 15 | |
| 1010 Category Challenge : sadiegrrl's 1010 challenge | | 19 | sadiegrrl, November 2 | |
| 999 Challenge : amckie's 999 challenge | | 65 | amckie, October 29 | |
| Reading Globally : The Future Home of VOTE NORWAY!!! | | 62 | avaland, October 28 | |
| Book talk : Books made into movies | | 107 | Ape, October 25 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : One Thing Leads to Another, Part II | | 257 | janoorani24, October 18 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Angela's 2009 Reading List - Chapter Two! | | 222 | amwmsw04, September 28 | |
| LC Classification Challenge : amckie's LoC challenge | | 5 | amckie, September 21 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Nickelini's 2009 Reading List | | 338 | Nickelini, September 1 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : I'll meet you there | | 34 | sunbrarian, July 17 | |
| Book talk : Stupid game to play | | 437 | careyi, May 4 | |
| Hogwarts Express : Game: I HAVE read X, but HAVE NOT read Y (continued) | | 267 | MrAndrew, March 18 | |
| The Green Dragon : food and books do they work for you? | | 8 | Busifer, March 17 | |
| 999 Challenge : Rebecca's 999 challenge | | 20 | becbart, March 9 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : Weather | | 32 | rgurskey, February 12 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Porch Reader's 2008 Reading | | 210 | porch_reader, January 19 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : beeg's 75 books for 2008 | | 179 | fasciknitting, January 6 | |
| Club Read 2009 : Your 2008 Reading - Looking Back | | 51 | Nickelini, January 2 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : Countries, Regions and Nationalities | | 38 | CarolO, December 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today?--DECEMBER 2008 | | 234 | richardderus, December 2008 | |
| Book talk : Florence fiction | | 26 | sgresnic, November 2008 | |
| Girlybooks : What books by and/or about women are you reading May-August 08? | | 253 | TerrierGirl, August 2008 | |
| The Green Dragon : July's New (or Used) Books | | 89 | WillSteed, August 2008 | |
| Reading Globally : Where in the world are you now? May 2008 | | 98 | avaland, June 2008 | |
| Book talk : Another silly game---part 4 | | 408 | plohman, May 2008 | |
| What did YOU buy today? : biblio-lagniappe? | | 9 | karenmarie, May 2008 | |
| Dormant: Dewey Decimal Challenge : undeadgoat's Dewey Decimal challenge | | 5 | undeadgoat, January 2008 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - OCTOBER 2007 | | 175 | rosinalippi, December 2007 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 29 September 2007 | | 142 | scaifea, October 2007 | |
| Dormant: The Green Dragon : book inspired food | | 95 | MrsLee, September 2007 | |
| Dormant: Reading Globally : Where in the World are You Now? August 2007 | | 139 | digifish_books, September 2007 | |
| Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : Paragraphs | | 18 | hazelk, July 2007 | |
| Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : We did the Moon, how about the Sun? | | 13 | marell, June 2007 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Overly ambitious? Jubby's 100 tbr in 2007 | | 1 | Jubby, June 2007 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 3 Feb 2007 | | 127 | neekeebee, February 2007 | |
| Dormant: The Green Dragon : 4000th Post Celebration! | | 80 | Busifer, January 2007 | |
I am reading A Year in the World by Frances Mayes...lacks the magic of Under the Tuscan Sun, but I love her focus on art, literature, food in this book. Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
I picked this up for fifty cents at a sale. Very boring reading. I wouldn't recommend it, unless you like long descriptions of everything they ate and of everything they did to restore the old house they bought and of everything…well, you ... ... it on my next library trip for a funny, easy read. It's written by a tour guide based in Siena, written as an antidote to Under the Tuscan Sun. I thought he ended up doing nearly as much lyrical description of the countryside and its lizards as Frances Mayes, but the stories about the American ... ... Belfast by Will Ferguson
2. The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara
3. Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
4. Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
5. Through the Embers of Chaos by Dervla Murphy
6. The River at the Centre of the World by Simon Winchester
7. Incontinent on ... ... Andersen
Søren Kierkegaard: Diary of a Seducer (novel), Fear and Trembling (philosophy)
Hanne Marie Svendsen: Under the Sun, The Golden Ball
Peter Fogtdal: The Tsar's Dwarf
Jen Peter Jacobsen: Niels Lynne
Morten Ramsland: Doghead
P.S. Apart from the Icelanders, ... OK, I'm definitely looking for that one. I read Under the Tuscan Sun and liked bits of it, mostly the bits without her and the wondrous renovations, but was too nauseated to read Bella Tuscany. We had a wonderful but bitterly cold few days in Siena back in 2003, and I'm hoping to get back to It ... ... entertained by lovable locals and learning valuable life-changing lessons. The most egregious offender of this genre is Under the Tuscan Sun, but I've read many others. I picked up Too Much Tuscan Sun because it sounded like I may have found a kindred spirit as the book is billed as ... ... entertained by lovable locals and learning valuable life-changing lessons. The most egregious offender of this genre is Under the Tuscan Sun, but I've read many others. I picked up Too Much Tuscan Sun because it sounded like I may have found a kindred spirit as the book is billed as ... ... books)
1) 1000 Places to See Before you Die by Patricia Schultz
2) A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
3) Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
4) In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
5) The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
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10) ... up have not really drawn me in. I've even had one I decided I would not finish, it was so dull to me Frances Mayes' Under the Tuscan Sun.
Earlier this year, though, I did have quite a few books that I was absorbed in, mostly non-fiction, like Outwitting History by Aaron Lansky and ... ...
5. Beloved by Toni Morrison
6. PS I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
7. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
8. Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayers
9. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
10. The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
... and original writing. I also found the author accurately and realistically depicted both Italians and life in Italy (no Under the Tuscan Sun nonsense here!). For that I rate it four stars. However, I'm taking back a quarter star because at times it's a bit confusing, and there is too much ... ... and original writing. I also found the author accurately and realistically depicted both Italians and life in Italy (no Under the Tuscan Sun nonsense here!). For that I rate it four stars. However, I'm taking back a quarter star because at times it's a bit confusing, and there is too much ... ... them out of it satisfactorily. So I guess this was a good one. His representation of Italy seemed reasonable (no Disneyland Under the Tuscan Sun crap).
But I really didn't care. I like a good meaty art story that teaches me something (which I think was part of the appeal of The Da Vinci Code ... ... in English, because they're great. Also good for anyone who is interested in REAL Italian culture (vs. that silly fantasy Under the Tuscan Sun crap).
Note for Juliette07, if you're reading this message: This book was displayed in Blackwell's, along with Penguin's French edition. Keit ... ... fantasy genre where English-speaking people go to Italy and are magically transformed. Other books of this ilk include Under the Tuscan Sun, A Thousand Days in Venice, Room with a View and Where Angels Fear to Tread. Having just returned from my fourth trip to Italy, I can confidently ... ... of the Native by Thomas Hardy
Omnibus of Barbara Pym: Excellent Women, Jane and Prudence, An Unsuitable Attachment
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
The Blight Way by Patrick McManus
The Four Day Win by Martha Beck
More Holmes for the Holidays by Martin Greenberg
Blue Shoe ... Of course, you aren't crazy at all. In fact books like Chocolat and Under the Tuscan Sun are twice as enjoyable to read when munching on foods like the ones they describe in delicious detail. ;o)
We have a thread from way back about eating and reading. Let me see if I can dredge it up.
... I did have some trouble with the pigdin, but by part way through I was figuring out how to read it.
Frances Mayes - Under the Tuscan Sun**
This book was ok, but I found it kind of slow, especially near the end. It was interesting, I liked the talk of food, but a little too much like a ... Darn, I read the first chapter of Under the Tuscan Sun and was kind of hoping it was going to pick up! I only have a limited number of books with me on my trip, so I might just have to slog my way through it anyway.
I've never read Disquiet, looks like it could be interesting, but maybe not ... ... - The Bookseller of Kabul
D History General : Elie Wiesel - Night
DG Italy, Malta : Frances Mayes - Under the Tuscan Sun
DJ Netherlands : Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Infidel
DS Asia : Marina Nemat - Prisoner of Tehran
DT Africa : Timothy J Hunt - The Politi ... I haven't read Under the Tuscan Sun but I have read Lost Horizon ... be the most on-topic thread we have. Interesting.
I have not read The Cat Who could Read Backwards but I have read Under the Tuscan Sun. ... up on American Psycho because classic though it is, the gruesome torture scenes were making me want to vomit, and also Under the Tuscan Sun, which was just so slooooooow. I still have that one so maybe I'll try it again one sleepy week in summer. Under the Tuscan Sun
Harry Potter
Twilight
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Orchid Thief spawned a movie called "Adaptation"
The Da Vinci Code
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Big Fish
House of Sand and Fog
Little Children
The Ice Storm
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
I ... ... of irrational behavior by Ori Brafman
6. The omnivore's dilemma by Michael Pollan
7. Under the Tuscan sun by Frances Mayes
8. Columbine by Dave Cullen
9. Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks ... sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn
3. The time traveler's wife by Audrey Niffenegger
4. Under the Tuscan sun by Frances Mayes
5. In defense of food: an eater's manifesto by Michael Pollan
6. Pain killers by Jerry Stahl
7. ... re:
The Kingdom of this World by Alejo Carpentier
Young Man Seeks Position: Good References by Loukis Akritas
Under the Sun by Hanne Marie Svendsen
Local Anaesthetic by Gunter Grass
Conversations with Spinoza by Goce Smilevski
Debbie Go Home by Alan Paton
D ... ... (Andrew Carnegie is in great condition, too--doesn't look like it's even been opened!) By a stroke of luck, I also found Under the Tuscan Sun for my mom. She asked for the movie version for Christmas, and I'm going to give them to her as a set. Part of my ongoing plan to coerce people around ... ... Raining Men by Geraldine Estelle Halliwell
Ice Run by Steve Hamilton
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
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Rising From the Plains by John McPhee
Rising Sun by Michael Crichton
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes Under Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway
Under The Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning
Over the Edge of the World by Lawrence Bergreen
Beneath a Rising Moon by Keri Arthur The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
The People's History of the United States of America by Howard Zinn
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
The Finer Points of Portuguese Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall-Smith
Mexicanos by Manuel G. Gonzales
... again I "get" the allusions, the inside jokes, and the cultural commentary.
By the way, I noticed that you have read Under the Sun by Hanne Marie Svendsen. I recently read this book and loved it too, but then Scandinavian countries have never seemed "foreign" to me, probably because ... 60 Under the Tuscan sun Frances Mayes
First off this is *nothing* like the movie. I think I gained 5lbs while reading it, lots of descriptions of foods. The prose is lovely, but I found I had to take breaks and even started another book (which I never do). Found some great deals today:
Under the Tuscan Sun by Mayes, which I've been meaning to get for awhile.
Imagined London by Anna Quindlen. I'll read anything this lady writes.
The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks. I love Civil War stories - who knows why, really. I just do.
There's always the obvious, Under the Tuscan Sun ... in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg
The Small Rain by Madeleine L'Engle
Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Galeano
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
and one more I can't resist:
Fludd by Hilary Mantel
title and touchstone correction ... the Drabble keeps sneaking up on me when I least expect it.
However, I couldn't put down Hanne Marie Svendsen's Under the Sun. The back blurb calls it an example of Danish magical realism. Much of the story (the life of a woman from childhood through old age) is profoundly sad and/o ... ... acquired book basket in a state of near paralysis. Shall I read Sharp's book first, Clive James's Unreliable Memoirs or Under the Sun by Hanne Marie Svendsen. I want to start all of them simultaneously. Meanwhile, I have just finished Anglo-Saxon Attitudes by Angus Wilson - an ... ... story - Harry is a hero that you can root for. There's some mystery and a villain - overall an enjoyable read.
#16 - Under the Tuscan Sun - Frances Mayes - Finished March 10, 2008
This was our March book club book. When I finished, I wanted to buy a house in Italy. But even more, it ... Under The Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes ... world; Italy & adjacent territories -- Cicero
945 General history of Europe; Italian Peninsula & adjacent islands -- Under the Tuscan Sun
949 General history of Europe; Other parts of Europe -- Balkan Ghosts
973 General history of North America; United States -- Static, Amy Goodman ... ...
Annie Dillard: Holy the Firm
Craig Lesley : Storm Riders
Best American Essays 1992
Frances Mayes : Under the Tuscan Sun
Erma J. Fisk: A Cape Cod Journal
Amy Bloom : Come to Me - short stories
Well the touchstone tango wasn't too bad, I only had to ... ... Peace? You're my hero right now. It took me a year.
I just finished Around the World in Eighty Days. Still reading Under the Tuscan Sun.
I think next will be one of the many Agatha Christie books I have on my tbr bookshelf. #49 and 50 Si, Nickelini: I liked Under the Tuscan Sun - what's the story?? ... ;-)
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I've spent quite a bit of time in Tuscany, and my husband is Italian, and all I have to say is that Under the Tuscan Sun is *definitely* fiction. Personally, I'd classify it as fantasy. (I know the author presents it as biography, but she is delusional). The Schedule calls for work to begin the following Monday.
Under the Tuscan Sun I'm in the beautiful Tuscan countryside with Frances Mayes in Under the Tuscan Sun. Even if the book wasn't fictional the movie was. ;-) "Two's Company," she said, swaying Under the Tuscan Sun. "You should have stayed here. I knew there would be Trouble in Transylvania more than had by all the Troubled Lovers in History. I sighed, and decided to enjoy this last Twilight in Italy.
Authors:
Jill Mansell
Frances ... Three books that had me salivating like Pavlov's infamous Dawgs:
Pomegranate Soup
Chocolat
Under the Tuscan Sun
:o)
... Agatha Christie
South of the Border, West of the Sun, by Haruki Murakami
Biting the Sun, by Tanith Lee
Under the Tuscan Sun, by Frances Mayes
... horses by Cormac McCarthy
- Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland
- Tar baby by Toni Morison
- The van by Roddy Doyle
- Under the Tuscan sun by Frances Mayes
- Summerland by Michael Charbon
- A patch of blue by Elizabeth Kata
- The reasons I won't be coming by Elliot Perlman
- A ... ... Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
3) Rising Sun by Michael Crichton
4) Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard
5. Under the Tuscan Sun by Francis Mayes
and for good measure
The Art of War by Sun Tzu #89, Cheryl - I found that Under the Tuscan Sun just got to be too much after a while. I liked the subject matter but, the writing style eventually defeated me. I just skimmed the last fifty pages or so. I've started reading Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes. I'm not too far into it, but so far I'm kinda iffy about it. The subject matter is interesting, but I'm not too fond of how she uses short, choppy sentences. ... bought a couple of jars of Emeril's Puttanesca sauce. I'll be opening one tonight. :o)
Hey, how many of you have read Under the Tuscan Sun? I drooled up a puddle reading that book. I could use a solid dose of Tuscan Sunshine right about now. >122
I know what you mean, but -- chances are I'm never gonna make it to Provence, or Tuscany either (Under the Tuscan Sun), so the best I can do is evesdrop on other folks' experiences there. It's better than reading a dry travel book...
Re: blogs, etc., I do agree that a lot of folks ... ... me a handful of what she thinks of as junk fiction. I've gotten some Nora Roberts this way and my husband really enjoyed Under the Tuscan Sun from this same source.
Nearly forgot: We used to have an independent bookstore here that I was in several times a week. They would occasionally put ...
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