Book after Book

My “ Italy in Books ” reading challenge continues with Frances Mayes . She is the author of Under the Tuscan Sun , a book made famous by its film version starring Diane Lane in the role of the American writer who, during a holiday in Italy, falls in love with a thirteenth-century house and decides to renovate it. I saw the film when it came out in 2003 and then forgot everything about it until, on a recent holiday, I found the written sequel of that first book: Bella Tuscany . Subtitle: The Sweet Life in Italy . Sounded good as a light beach read! And it was. It didn’t impress me a lot though and I’m not sure how I’d feel about reading her latest book, Every Day in Tuscany . Let’s face it, there are just so many times that you can get away with describing in such detail any flower, plant and crumbling wall that you come across. And I think that they were exceeded by chapter three of Bella Tuscany ! There is no denying that, seen through the eyes of Frances Mayes, Italy is an extremely ...