Journal Entry 1 by LadyIndigo from Orange, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, April 19, 2007

Description : Eat, Pray Love is a journey around the world, a quest for spiritual enlightenment and a story for anyone who has battled with divorce, depression and heartbreak.

It's 3 a.m. and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She's in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, they're trying for a baby - and she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance. So she travels to Rome, where she learns Italian from handsome, brown-eyed identical twins and gains twenty-five pounds, an ashram in India, where she finds that enlightenment entails getting up in the middle of the night to scrub the temple floor, and Bali where a toothless medicine man of indeterminate age offers her a new path to peace: simply sit still and smile. And slowly happiness begins to creep up on her.


I can't work out which category to register this in - travel, biographies & memoir, women's fiction, fiction and literature ...
 

Journal Entry 2 by MooMoo1977 from Lismore, New South Wales Australia on Monday, June 11, 2007

Received today (12/06/07) in a humungous care package from LadyIndigo. Thank you for letting me book boomerang this. I shall read and return as soon as possible. :)

Thanks again for your generosity LadyIndigo. It certainly won't be forgotten. xxx 

Journal Entry 3 by MooMoo1977 from Lismore, New South Wales Australia on Saturday, June 16, 2007

A fantastic memoir (;P) from Elizabeth Gilbert that takes you to the romantic shores of Italy, the temperate climate of India and finally, landing on the salty shores of Bali.

Wonderfully written and structured, this is one book people should read - especially if they feel the need of vicarious spiritual enlightenment.

Many thanks to LadyIndigo who shared this with me. I shall be posting it back either tomorrow when I pop out or on Monday. xxx 

Journal Entry 4 by MooMoo1977 from Lismore, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, June 17, 2007

***posted 18/06/07*** Many thanks again LadyIndigo for letting me BookBoomerang this. xx 

Journal Entry 5 by LadyIndigo from Orange, New South Wales Australia on Friday, June 22, 2007

book is safely back home in orange sitting smugly on top of mt tbr...

~*~*~update sept 2007
will be boomeranging to ~freepages~ with a bookring & other books - she has this on her wishlist so she may as well read it!

another update may 2008!!
well... a lot of things have happened in our lives since i wrote the sept update

i left the book with my mum in canberra to read and then she was to get it to freepages when she was finished... and then freepages suffered a horrific accident in early october ending up spending months in hospitals in sydney and canberra

i lent to others to read and finally had the opportunity to read it myself in april! my review is below

 

Journal Entry 6 by LadyIndigo from Orange, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, May 06, 2008

given the hype of this book over the past couple of years and the hype that continues, i was hesitant about this book

 

Journal Entry 7 by LadyIndigo from Orange, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Bookring time ;-)

I am offering this as a bookring to others, who like me have somehow managed to miss reading this book over the years of hype...


no special rules, just the ususal keep everyone informed of the book's movements and remember to journal your thoughts after you have read it
Here is the reading order

1. L1nda NSW
2. briz-cowgirl Qld
3. mcbeff Qld
4. charliewendy Vic
5. FreePages ACT
6. nikkilovesbooks NT <- here now

back to me

happy reading ;-)
 

Journal Entry 8 by L1nda from Newcastle, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, May 11, 2008

Arrived safe and sound, I'm looking forward to reading it, thanks LadyIndigo! 

Journal Entry 9 by L1nda from Newcastle, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, May 20, 2008

An enjoyable read, I particularly enjoyed the Italy section and must admit the India and Indonesia got a bit longwinded for my liking.

Thanks for sharing LadyIndigo 

Journal Entry 10 by L1nda at To the next participant in By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Released 4 yrs ago (5/20/2008 UTC) at To the next participant in By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases

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Mailed to Briz-cowgirl. Enjoy! 

Journal Entry 11 by briz-cowgirl from Brisbane, Queensland Australia on Friday, May 23, 2008

Received from L1nda yesterday, thanks! Making my way through another bookring at present, will start on this book in the next day or so.
 

Journal Entry 12 by briz-cowgirl from Brisbane, Queensland Australia on Saturday, May 31, 2008

I'd seen this book around for ages, being talked-up, and thought "I must read it one day". Thanks to LadyIndigo for this bookring!
I struggled a bit at first with Elizabeth, she was just so depressing which I admit I probably would have been too in her situation. I really enjoyed her time in Italy (as I am eagerly awaiting my own Italian holiday next year!) and Indonesia. The Indian section I got a bit bored with, bit too longwinded as L1nda also said, and I had to skim over parts of it. Overall, it was an enjoyable book and I'm glad how things turned out for her in the end. 8 out of 10 from me.

ADDIT 2/6/08: Posted to mcbeff today! 

Journal Entry 13 by mcbeff from Townsville, Queensland Australia on Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Arrived today from Briz-cowgirl. Will read it in the next few days. 

Journal Entry 14 by mcbeff from Townsville, Queensland Australia on Monday, June 16, 2008

I feel so bad that I've had this for two weeks! Unfortunately I am in the middle of exams for uni. My last exam is tonight though, so I plan on finishing this tomorrow. *Nods*

EDIT: Just finished the book and thought it was great. India and Bali were a little drawn out but still made for a great read. Now I'm just wishing that I knew more about what happened after the book finished..as always with good books, left wanting more.

Contacting charliewendy for postal details. 

Journal Entry 15 by mcbeff at Bookring in -- Controlled Releases --, Queensland Australia on Monday, June 23, 2008

Released 3 yrs ago (6/23/2008 UTC) at Bookring in -- Controlled Releases --, Queensland Australia

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Sent to charliewendy. 

Journal Entry 16 by charliewendy from Yarra Glen, Victoria Australia on Monday, June 30, 2008

Received safe and sound today.

Thanks for sending on Mcbeff and for sharing Lady Indigo! 

Journal Entry 17 by charliewendy from Yarra Glen, Victoria Australia on Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Wow! I enjoyed this so much I couldn't put it down. I am highly susceptible to travel memoirs and this book has given me a serious attack of wanderlust. I'm also a sucker for a spiritual journey so this ticked every box for me.
She had to tell us a certain amount about her messy divorce etc to set the scene and I felt she got the balance just right - she showed us how she got to the place she was at without going on and on about it. I quite often felt myself agreeing with her comments and saying "Yes! That's what I've felt too" especially in regard to her tentative reaching out to God.
One of the most enjoyable books I've read for some time!

Thanks for sharing LadyIndigo!!

Will pm freepages now. 

Journal Entry 18 by charliewendy from Yarra Glen, Victoria Australia on Thursday, July 03, 2008

On its way today. 

Journal Entry 19 by FreePages from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia on Sunday, July 20, 2008

Whoops, sorry I did receive this a little while ago, and thanks to charliewendy, I'm journaling it now.
It seems to be in a long line of TBR rings at the moment, I'll get to it as soon as I can, sounds like a fun travel memoir :-) 

Journal Entry 20 by FreePages from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia on Thursday, October 30, 2008

Wow, what a wonderful read!
I'd been trying to get to this one and then Nikkilovesbooks said she was next in line for it and I have another bookring to send to her so this one got bumped up the list. Such an enjoyable read I loved the way that she structured the book eating in Italy, praying in India and finding balance and love in Bali. I didnt find that it dragged at all in either India or Bali, just was swept along with the story. Although without the Texan in the Ashram things would have not been as entertaining. I'm pleased that she found the Brazilian, I was just thinking before I turned that page, gee, she has been celibate for quite a while at this stage.
It really was one of those books that I loved so much I kept thinking about it at work and couldnt wait to get home to open it up again. In some ways I'm sorry that it had to end :-)
One quick recommendation - unless you are into mid-night snacks, try not to read the Italian section into the night, my stomach was growling all night and I couldnt stop dreaming about food, had to treat myself to a 3 course hot breakfast in the morning!

It is going onto Nikkiloves books today with the other bookring and a couple of surprises for her. Thanks LadyIndigo for sharing another lovely read :-)

Note to self - must try meditating and yoga one day :-)

Posted to Nikilovesbooks Friday 31 October 2008 

Journal Entry 21 by nikkilovesbooks from Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory Australia on Monday, November 10, 2008

This book was recommended to my by a few friends & when I saw it on LadyIndigo's page as a bookring, I just knew I was meant to read it - too many signs from too many places to ignore. Thanks for sending it onto me Freepages. I finish Uni (exam) on Friday & I think this will be the first book I dive into. I'll save it till then, otherwise I may forget to keep studying :) Thanks all for sharing. Nikki. XXXX 

Journal Entry 22 by nikkilovesbooks from Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory Australia on Sunday, November 30, 2008

A great book. I really enjoyed her story. I think Italy was my favourite part - the food & the language. Thanks for sharing and for including me at the last moment ;-) 

Journal Entry 23 by nikkilovesbooks from Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory Australia on Saturday, December 13, 2008

Placing this book in a bookbag on its way back to LadyIndigo. Thanks so much. I'm still thinking about parts of the story. I really enjoyed this one. 

Journal Entry 24 by LadyIndigo from Orange, New South Wales Australia on Saturday, December 20, 2008

the book is home again - what a well travelled book it has been!

thankyou to everyone for your comments and for passing it on

;-)