Eat, Pray, Love

I'm a big fan of my local library's online digital service, because it gives me the chance to "read" audio versions of my favorite books, without leaving my home, without giving me a chance to miss due dates. As much as I absolutely enjoy holding a real book, smelling the paper, flipping the pages, re-reading favorite sections, audio books have become a necessity of my lifestyle. I especially love the experience if the book is narrated by the author, because I think it captures the original emotions, intonations and expressions that the author intended to convey.

So, as I was aimlessly browsing my library's catalog, the book "Eat, Pray, Love", started calling out to me and said 'Read me'. Boy, am I glad I listened. Its a very fresh, honest, humorous, original written work the likes of which I havent had a chance to read in a long time. Its about a woman's journey through Italy, India and Indonesia to enjoy her food (Italy), experience spirituality (India) and balance (Indonesia). Since my copy is an audio book, and the book is auto biographical in nature, I'm having an even richer experience to hear the author talk to me. Its like having a conversation with someone you've known all your life. Only, you dont want to interrupt, because, she keeps you captivated with the answer to the unasked question, 'ok, whats next?', in every page. Its also uncannily relatable.
This book has been out there for a while. Since I'm usually the last to get on the bandwagon of anything popular, I didnt feel the urge to read this before, even though I'd lent some cursory glances to reviews a while ago. I havent completed the book, but the book has got me - hook, line and sinker. I can't do anything (except blogging, of course), before I can finish this bad boy.

Good Work! Elizabeth Gilbert.