Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

This book has been on my radar for quite some time, but I never had time to read it or see the movie (which I sooo want to do, even after reading the book). Finally I got the chance (thank you, $3 book sale at Borders..you make my life. I’m going to miss you when you’re gone.) and absolutely tore through the book. I could not put it down. Generally I try to keep my book reading to the train because I want to make them last as long as possible. Not with this one. I couldn’t put it down. I would read on the morning ride, the evening ride AND before bed. Which is highly dangerous for me, because I tend to lose track of time and before I know it, it’s much later than I wanted it to be. Anyways, I LOVED this book. Elizabeth Gilbert, your writing is magical. I truly felt like I was there. My favorite part of the book (because I’m biased) was her story about her time in Rome. I felt like I was there with her and since I’ve been there before I could picture somewhat the places she was talking about. I only wished that she had talked more about her trip to Florence (I swear I miss that beautiful city more and more each passing day).

               The fact that this all took place after she had gone through the worst part of her life was incredible. When she talked about her divorce and depression, I felt, again, that I was there with her and I just wanted to reach out to her after I had finished reading and see if she was ok. Which is completely silly because she is perfectly fine now and happily married to the love she found at the end of the book. That was another thing I loved about this book. It’s a real story. It wasn’t a made up novel. I am really beginning to like biographies. I used to think of them as dry and boring but if they’re written in the right tone and it’s a good story, I can just eat it up (no pun intended).

               I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone, men and women included. She is a fantastic writer and I plan on finding all of her other books and reading them as well. She even has a quasi-sequel to Eat, Pray, Love that is about marriage and her journey to her current marriage.