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| kitkatgo |
 Aug 20 2008, 07:09 PM
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QUOTE(introducinlyric @ Dec 4 2007, 08:27 PM) 
about to begin Frances Mayes "A year in the world" love in her acknowledgments the part that reads " The wild seed of this book took root long ago,and i offer mille grazie to my father,who said the family motto should be "packing and unpacking", and to my mother , who always said,"go"
i think thats really cool!! seems like a book i will no doubt love
OK, I admit, this is an old post above...and I'm way behind on this thread... But did you read it? I started this book, and was very excited about it. But I have to say, I got a bit bored and I haven't gone back to it. What did you think of it? p.s. Now reading "When in France". Just finished, "Getting Stoned with Savages".
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| inasia2008 |
Aug 20 2008, 07:16 PM
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QUOTE(kitkatgo @ Aug 21 2008, 09:09 AM) QUOTE(introducinlyric @ Dec 4 2007, 08:27 PM)
about to begin Frances Mayes "A year in the world" love in her acknowledgments the part that reads " The wild seed of this book took root long ago,and i offer mille grazie to my father,who said the family motto should be "packing and unpacking", and to my mother , who always said,"go"
i think thats really cool!! seems like a book i will no doubt love
OK, I admit, this is an old post above...and I'm way behind on this thread... But did you read it? I started this book, and was very excited about it. But I have to say, I got a bit bored and I haven't gone back to it. What did you think of it? p.s. Now reading "When in France". Just finished, "Getting Stoned with Savages". Ha ha you are turning into a right little French Madame! |
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| inasia2008 |
Aug 20 2008, 07:17 PM
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Anyone who has seen Under the Tuscan Sun, read the book, its nothing like the movie and has some great descriptions of Tuacany and some amazing recipes too!
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| inasia2008 |
Aug 21 2008, 02:00 AM
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So anyway, seeing as I haven't gatecrashed a topic for a long time now, as we were behaving ourselves! I did want to ask has anyone ever noticed on King of the Hill that Bobby has a Bart Simpson doll on his dresser? I just thought that was funny... So anyway, sorry! Back to the topic at hand! Not that I have anything to add right now...  |
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| inasia2008 |
Aug 21 2008, 02:11 AM
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Yeah it is actually quite different from the film, and I love the movie so I was obviously expecting the book to be the same! But nope! Its actually a really nice read, if you like that sort of thing! There is a lot about lifestyles and meeting friends and going to the market and doing work on the house they still buy (so thats the same, just not with the Polish gang!)
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| inasia2008 |
Aug 21 2008, 02:12 AM
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QUOTE(introducinlyric @ Aug 21 2008, 04:08 PM) QUOTE(inasia2008 @ Aug 21 2008, 02:00 AM) So anyway, seeing as I haven't gatecrashed a topic for a long time now, as we were behaving ourselves! I did want to ask has anyone ever noticed on King of the Hill that Bobby has a Bart Simpson doll on his dresser? I just thought that was funny... So anyway, sorry! Back to the topic at hand! Not that I have anything to add right now... i dont watch king of the hill but that would be pretty funny to see  on topic i didnt realize the book "under the tuscan sun" greatly differs from the film (which i loved btw) i was reading another book by the author of "Under the Tuscan Sun" called "A Year In The World" but couldnt get myself into it  Yaaaay we got to misbehave once again! We went off topic like naughty little TP'ers! |
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| introducinlyric |
Aug 21 2008, 02:16 AM
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QUOTE(kitkatgo @ Aug 20 2008, 07:09 PM) QUOTE(introducinlyric @ Dec 4 2007, 08:27 PM)
about to begin Frances Mayes "A year in the world" love in her acknowledgments the part that reads " The wild seed of this book took root long ago,and i offer mille grazie to my father,who said the family motto should be "packing and unpacking", and to my mother , who always said,"go"
i think thats really cool!! seems like a book i will no doubt love
OK, I admit, this is an old post above...and I'm way behind on this thread... But did you read it? I started this book, and was very excited about it. But I have to say, I got a bit bored and I haven't gone back to it. What did you think of it? p.s. Now reading "When in France". Just finished, "Getting Stoned with Savages". how weird i just posted about reading this book and totally missed you post (well started too anyway) and i thought id love it only i got bored
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| inasia2008 |
Aug 21 2008, 02:18 AM
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Hee hee, just make sure you don't get caught!
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| kitkatgo |
Aug 21 2008, 01:57 PM
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QUOTE(inasia2008 @ Aug 20 2008, 05:16 PM) QUOTE(kitkatgo @ Aug 21 2008, 09:09 AM) QUOTE(introducinlyric @ Dec 4 2007, 08:27 PM)
about to begin Frances Mayes "A year in the world" love in her acknowledgments the part that reads " The wild seed of this book took root long ago,and i offer mille grazie to my father,who said the family motto should be "packing and unpacking", and to my mother , who always said,"go"
i think thats really cool!! seems like a book i will no doubt love
OK, I admit, this is an old post above...and I'm way behind on this thread... But did you read it? I started this book, and was very excited about it. But I have to say, I got a bit bored and I haven't gone back to it. What did you think of it? p.s. Now reading "When in France". Just finished, "Getting Stoned with Savages". Ha ha you are turning into a right little French Madame! Oh, gosh...I'm an absolute Francophile. I've got dozens of books about Paris and France, dozens! I love, love, love, travel books though. Can't get my nose out of them. I bought "When in France" and a signed copy of "Merde Happens" by Stephen Clarke (one of my favs) at the Canadian bookstore "The Abbey" in Paris. So "Merde Happens" will be next. 
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| kitkatgo |
Aug 21 2008, 01:58 PM
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QUOTE(introducinlyric @ Aug 21 2008, 12:16 AM) QUOTE(kitkatgo @ Aug 20 2008, 07:09 PM) QUOTE(introducinlyric @ Dec 4 2007, 08:27 PM)
about to begin Frances Mayes "A year in the world" love in her acknowledgments the part that reads " The wild seed of this book took root long ago,and i offer mille grazie to my father,who said the family motto should be "packing and unpacking", and to my mother , who always said,"go"
i think thats really cool!! seems like a book i will no doubt love
OK, I admit, this is an old post above...and I'm way behind on this thread... But did you read it? I started this book, and was very excited about it. But I have to say, I got a bit bored and I haven't gone back to it. What did you think of it? p.s. Now reading "When in France". Just finished, "Getting Stoned with Savages". how weird i just posted about reading this book and totally missed you post (well started too anyway) and i thought id love it only i got bored OK, good...wasn't just me. LOL
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