AFAReads discussion

This is "where" we'll convene to chat about our Room With a View Screening on World Book Day, 4/23! Hope you can join us at 5:30 PST/8:30 EST from your living room. :)

Yay, can't wait!

Looking forward to it!

I have convinced my entire family to join in viewing.

Amanda wrote: "I have convinced my entire family to join in viewing."

YES, AMANDA! Nailed it!

Looking forward to it! Alongside a plate of prosciutto and some Italian red!

I made homemade gnocchi to pretend I’m in Italy! 🇮🇹

Lyndsey wrote: "I made homemade gnocchi to pretend I’m in Italy! 🇮🇹"
that is awesome - I have glass of red vino :)

It was not easy to get back (find) to this thread. Just rented the movie. Looking forward to it.

Wendy wrote: "It was not easy to get back (find) to this thread. Just rented the movie. Looking forward to it."

Thanks for the feedback, Wendy. I'll definitely try to figure out a way to pin or otherwise make this sort of post readily visible for next time.

T-minus 18 minutes until showtime, AFAReaders! Can't wait.

Had pizza and red wine to prep for the movie.

Oops, 21 minutes. I'm an editor, not a mathematician.

I am very excited to be joining you from northern Virginia!

Wendy wrote: "Had pizza and red wine to prep for the movie."

Love it!

Michaella wrote: "I am very excited to be joining you from northern Virginia!"

Yay, Michaella! Where are you in Northern Virginia?

I have my Montepulciano red wine, bruschetta and rigatoni Abruzzo!! Super ready to be in the Susan neighborhood of Florence! (Aka my kitchen)

Susan wrote: "I have my Montepulciano red wine, bruschetta and rigatoni Abruzzo!! Super ready to be in the Susan neighborhood of Florence! (Aka my kitchen)"

LOL yes, you are ON it! Pronta!

I made it!!!! Just a bottle of Italian Red!

5:30/8:30--HERE WE GO, FOLKS!

Sara wrote: "Michaella wrote: "I am very excited to be joining you from northern Virginia!"

Yay, Michaella! Where are you in Northern Virginia?"

Sara wrote: "Wendy wrote: "Had pizza and red wine to prep for the movie."

Love it!"

I am in Woodbridge!

What a cast!!

I forgot how many great people are in this! So excited to watch with you all :)

It is just charming and so accurate to the book. Though, I am surprised how young Judy Dench appears.

I never put together how in the film Lucy immediately knows the Emersons meant to be kind, but in the book it seems like she waffles a lot more. (I'm sure this is because of the pacing, but still, it makes her character in the film immediately a little more evolved imo.)

I am excited too! it is a great cast!

love Mio Babbino Caro, am enjoying the film now! Ahh...what romance!!

I agree Sara! I feel like there was a lot more ambivalence in the book about whether they were in line offering their room or not!

Ah, that lovely view of the Duomo!!

Loving the costumes, too. It’s so hard to imagine traveling like that!

April wrote: "It is just charming and so accurate to the book. Though, I am surprised how young Judy Dench appears."

I had that same thought! Though I feel like Maggie Smith has been the same age forever.

Lyndsey wrote: "April wrote: "It is just charming and so accurate to the book. Though, I am surprised how young Judy Dench appears."

I had that same thought! Though I feel like Maggie Smith has been the same age ..."

SERIOUSLY.

Susan wrote: "Ah, that lovely view of the Duomo!!"

I thought the same thing!!

The looks between George and Lucy are priceless!

I love the views of Florence. It brings me back to when I traveled there. Although I didn't have quite a view. Haha

Tourist groups back then look exactly the same in today's day in age haha

Mr. Emerson seriously kills me so much in this film. His sweetness and good intentions make me want to cry, and this scene with Mr. Eager is so painful.

Agreed Sara!!

I remembered being harassed by young Italians while walking on the streets in my young days! What fun!

Love Mr. Emerson too-- dapper! As well s Mr. Beebe!

Same, April. I just chanted, No, Grazie... no Grazie!! 😀

Remember not having phones/maps and just... wandering? When was the last time you got hopelessly lost traveling?

If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays....love it~

I feel like in this movie, the Baedeker is the smartphone of the era.

Lyndsey wrote: "Remember not having phones/maps and just... wandering? When was the last time you got hopelessly lost traveling?"

..in the old medina in Marrakech. Google Maps doesn't even do any good! Wandering is the only way to go!

Lyndsey, Venice — I got turned around but it was so delightful once I “let go”

Wandering or following guide books. What is the best mix?

April wrote: "Wandering or following guide books. What is the best mix?"

I always read the guide books before I go somewhere so I know where to make sure to go. Once I'm there I try my best to just explore and wandering.

Ok, here's the real question: Do we bring back travel parasols and hats?

Oh heavens, Charlotte is just hilarious (sitting on the ground scene)