Since I don't have anything really to talk about on here, maybe I'll try mini-reviews of the books I read through the year. This should last until say... Book 3? Whatever. For now, here's book one.
Bella Tuscany
by: Frances Mayes
finished: 1.2.11
Bella Tuscany, a sequel of sorts to Under the Tuscan Sun was pretty much everything I'm used to reading in books about other wealthier, luckier people living in foreign countries. Discussions on food, travelling, language barriers, and obnoxious visitors coming to stay. I can only have so much sympathy for those fortunate enough to feel that a "Quick trip to Italy to prune the Olive trees" for a week in the fall after spending all summer there is a bit of a burden.
That said, I can't resist the pull of other people's foreign experiences. The access they enjoy to history, art, language, culture, food, (not that America doesn't have these things, but it is different somehow) is fascinating to me - regardless of how jealous it makes me. Mayes writes beautifully about the mundane everyday stuff that sounds so lovely - trips to little towns for flowers or gelato, talking with townspeople, making dinner - and that's the stuff I enjoy in her books.
Overall: 7/10
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