What about Eat Pray Love?

Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.

This was truly an amusing story. I enjoyed reading through the many adventures of Liz.

I must now warn you that the rest of my review may refer to specific stories of the book and may ruin it for you if you haven't read it and want to hold out until you read it (or see the movie coming out August 13th).

EAT - Liz in Italy was a fun, let your hair down, anything goes story. It seems that she was looking for some freedom and "me time" after a grueling divorce and a "it's complicated" type of relationship. I can understand, being married, that sometimes you start to think whether what you are doing is really what YOU want to be doing. Sure, marriage is about compromise, but are you the only one compromising and for what? As Liz mentions she was trying to be a good wife and working on perhaps being a mother because that's what was expected of her, but it didn't feel like what SHE wanted. In Italy, she did what she wanted, when she wanted to do it, and for as long as she wanted to. She went t school to learn Italian, but then dropped out because that was no longer the way she wanted to learn Italian. She ate all the delicious carbs and sweets that dropped in her plate. She traveled up and down the different cities of Italy at her heart's desire.

PRAY - Liz in India was a time of reflection, honesty, and rediscovery (in my opinion). She had to reflect on what she wanted and be honest about what wasn't good for her. In doing so, she rediscovered a whole new person with a whole new outlook and new priorities.

LOVE - Who doesn't want to have LOVE? Liz in Bali, Indonesia is a fun story where she gets a chance to start "practicing" her new lifestyle and beliefs. She is still on the learning curve at this point, but in a more loose environment. It's almost as though she is finally able to enjoy herself fully, unconditionally; and with the added bonus of a new man to love that loves her so whole-heartedly! I must admit that I am looking forward to reading the "sequel" to this book entitled "Committed". It's the continuation of the relationship she started in Bali.

I highly recommend the book and I can't wait to watch the movie.