so i've heard a lot about the book 'eat pray love' by elizabeth gilbert. all the women in my family LOVE this book. i just haven't read it yet, i'd been interested in the concept, but just hadn't gotten around to it. the premise is that the author goes to italy to explore pleasure, india to explore devotion and bali she explores "a balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence."
tonight i was looking the book up on amazon dot com to see if there were any companion/spin off books that i could get my sister for christmas (there's not) and i started reading the reviews. i had already heard the positive reviews from my family so i was intrigued to see what the cranky peeps had to say. i was shocked to see how angry and judgemental the commenters were being, but that's probably another post for another day. ANYWAY.
so i've read the first country...italy. 4 months of pleasure. the way that she explores pleasure in italy is through food. she stays in rome primarily and takes trips around italy- naples, florence, venice, somewhere in the tuscany area. and finds amazing food anywhere. i'm loving the book, i think partially because right now the prospect of taking 4 months off and going to another country and indulging in such a rich culture sounds like a dream. i also just love the voice of the author. now this is a personal thing, and i think if you don't like her voice, you'd hate the book. her writing style is that of someone who's writing in her journal, or sending you long letters. it's like she's really there telling you these things. so i think it's brilliant, but other people just hate it. i'd be interested to see if anyone else has read it or has opinions. my perception of the commenters on amazon was that they were soooo above this book and she was being selfish and she had everything why was she unhappy in the first place. so i'm just intrigued. i'll probably post a few quotes, right now i'm totally spent and want to go to sleep. been feeling kinda sickly lately and want my full 8 hours of sleep tonight :)
hugs,r
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i too have wanted to read this book, but i have about 2398483029 other things i need/want to be reading. also, i found at borders the other day the perfect book for both of us. it's a book about william shakespeare written by (one of my favorite authors)none other than BILL BRYSON! i am saving it for the plane ride back to cleveland, but i really can't stand it! it's called, william shakespeare by bill bryson (how fitting). happy december to you!
Ker/Rach,
Please keep me posted on both of these books. If you guys likey, I'll probably buyey.
shut up! i am sooo looking into this book RIGHT NOW!!!!
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