Book Review: "Eat, Pray, Love," by Elizabeth Gilbert

I didn't really have an interest in this, it seemed too touchy feely, but my new Australian friend Sheila highly recommended it. In the short time we had getting to know each other, she decided it would be good for me to read about a woman going out and living life and finding herself. I decided that was probably an astute observation.
And so I got it out of the library. Mostly I liked it. If I had money and time at the same time, I would love to do what Ms. Gilbert did and just take a year to experience things. She went to Italy to experience pleasure, India to experience spirituality, and Indonesia to figure out how to balance the two. I would love to do something like that. Though I'd probably go to the UK for pleasure, Austria for spirituality (they have mountains and woods), and hm...I don't know where I'd balance it, but somewhere wonderful, I'm sure. Maybe Hawaii.
For the most part it was interesting and fast reading. The "Pray" part was a little boring, though. Not much to say when you're living in a commune in India meditating for four months, and yet she went on for about 100 pages. I'm sure I'm probably biased. I would have found it more interesting if she had been studying Christianity or Judaism for four months. It's harder to get excited about something when it's not the Truth.
Overall I would say, if you want to read it, read it, if not, don't. It's one I could take or leave. Though if I ever get to do this, I do expect you all to read my book.