Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

I really have enjoyed this book, although I started it after the KITE RUNNER (which was the best book I have read in years) and didn't think it would even compare. Well it doesn't compare because it would be "apples to oranges" but each book in its own right is FANTASTIC! I am now in the last 1/4 of this book (finally) and have to say that I got curious about the author's other books and her personal life outside of what was revealed in this book so I checked out her website here and read the FAQ which were fascinating and well worth the read.Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

My mom sent me this book last Christmas. I couldn't put it down.

I loved the food, the exotic scenery, and every one of the author's (often hilarious) adventures. The style is friendly and easy to read. It is romantic without being mushy and adventurous without pretension or bravado.

When I finished, I felt as though I had made a new friend.

I LOVED this book! I borrowed it from the local library after seeing it in almost every store I entered, then after reading about 2 chapters, I knew it was one I had to own so I could lend it to everyone else!
Gilbert brings you into her life at apoint when she is completely miserable, not because she has a horrible marriage but simply because she finds herself in the middle of a life she so does not want. You follow her along through a year's time where she gets herself out of the marriage, finds herself and heals herself.
I have never run across a book where I was ready to start it all over again the same day I finished it.... but this one was it for me.

I was dubious about this book, but I needed something not too demanding to make it through jury duty. I sat in a crowded room for two hours next to a fidgeting, groaning woman with halitosis and I hardly even noticed. Elizabeth Gilbert can write. I'm going to read epl again just for the metaphors.

Why wouldn't a memoir be self-absorbed? Aren't they supposed to be? Read _Three Cups of Tea_, by all means. But when you want to bust out laughing, read this.

Everyone loved this book, and while I live my life to eat, pray and love.. She wasn't on the same page with me. She gives up on her marriage in the first chapter. Then she sleeps with a series of men. Who has money to travel to three countries, and have such a distaste for everything. I wanted to reach into the book and ring her neck. I find humor in everything, but this book just made me feel depressed. But, I should have known better.. I'm not in the Oprah book cult.