Eat Pray Love…the half-way-through book report!

Eat Pray Love…also lovingly referred to as EPL by my best friend…has taken up residence in the "book I’m reading” spot on my night stand. Steff mentioned to me that Julia Roberts was on Oprah promoting the movie. We both watched it and decided we wanted to read the book and then do a girls night to see the movie.  During the interview with Oprah, Julia Roberts mentioned that she and her best friend read it at the same time...so I picked up a copy for each of us.  I’ve loved having a partner to read along with me.

If you haven’t done so yet, I would recommend picking up this book. I’m currently not completely through it (as you probably guessed by the title of my post!), but I’m still enjoying it. So far I’ve LOVED everything about Italy. India is taking me more time to get through, but it’s more intense and less familiar to me in its subject matter. I will say that through all that I've read so far, I’ve found enlightenment in many of her words…and I’ve also found myself wanting to highlight passages. There are lots of pearls of wisdom that Gilbert shares that ring so true to me. She finds clarity in odd places and somehow gets it down on paper.  I can see the light bulb dinging over my head. “Oh yeah. That’s what I can’t put into words about life!”

Anyway…in my humble opinion, it’s not a light read, though there are some really funny parts (my favorite so far is the soccer match with Lucia Spaghetti! I think it's Steff's too!).  I am looking forward to finishing it, seeing the movie and moving onto a bit lighter storyline. In some ways I’d say it’s been a good stretch book for me, since I’m reading something that isn’t my typical novel genre.  But I’m glad I’m reading it. It’s rekindled my LOVE for reading and I’m finding myself hungry to dive into more.

Stay tuned for the finished book report and movie review...soon to come!