I just started reading the book “Eat Pray Love” and I got to admit, the reason I FINALLY started reading it is because the movie is coming out and I have tried for two years to read it and for some reason or another I hadn’t put the time or effort to do it. Now I refuse to watch the movie without first reading the book. I always prefer to read the books before I watch the movie, that way my imagination is still intact.
The first time I heard about the book was actually when I was living in Italy, uh funny right? It would’ve been the perfect book to read. My roommate was reading it and I was reading (don’t judge but I was actually good and entertaining and I recommend it) “Bergdorf Blondes.” Anyways, I was supposed to start reading “Eat Pray Love” but Liz, our next-door neighbor/friend, borrowed it so I just forgot about it.
I’ve actually been meaning to read it ever since, and a few months ago I saw the trailer in the movie theaters (I am a sucker for trailers let me just say) and I immediately needed to go get the book and read it. I got to say, I have not read a book in such a long time that I have felt such a deep connection with. I have read many books in this past year but this one is really making a deep impact on me.
I feel like I am looking in to glass ball into the future and that if I don’t take more control of my life now, I will be 34 yrs old like Liz Gilbert, getting a divorce and running to Italy, when I can easily do that right now (which is what I want and what I am dying to do.) I am too a traveler, I am too a wanderer, I am too in love with the Italian language so much so that I go to classes at night and listening to Italian music all the time and I have to admit I am the annoying person that says an italian word randomly just to say it (and maybe look cool.) Each word in this book makes me want to scream "YES finally somebody gets me!! Liz Gilbert you are my best friend!"
This book is amazing and I will write more about it as I continue reading it. I think that the chapter about food and pleasure will be my favorite, since Italk and think about food about 95% of the time!
Pisa, Italia 2008
