DETAILS: The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. Copyright 2009. Memoir/self-help
SUMMARY: New York City writer Gretchen Rubin undertakes a one-year project to make herself happier.
PROS: This is a wonderful book and I enjoyed it very much. Ms. Rubin is charmingly self-depreciating and funny and her book is helpful and enjoyable. I especially enjoyed her "Secrets of Adulthood," a list of lessons she has learned as she has gotten older. She includes comments from her blog on the subject which were interesting in that they showed other people's perspectives on the issues. I often found myself saying, "Oh, I know exactly what she means by that!" which is something I enjoy when I read books like this.
CONS: None.
BOTTOM LINE: This book is practical and funny and reminiscent of the Dalai Lama's The Art of Happiness and Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love. Five stars out of five.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Book Review: Committed
DETAILS: Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert. Copyright 2010. Memoir.
SUMMARY: In the sequel to Eat, Pray, Love, Ms. Gilbert is "sentenced to marry" after her boyfriend is denied access to the US unless they get hitched. While waiting for all the paperwork to go through, they travel around the world and Ms. Gilbert goes on her personal quest to understand and come to terms with marriage.
PROS: I loved Eat, Pray, Love and I was not disappointed with this one. It has the same funny, relatable feel to it and it was still packed with those moments that I love where I thought: "Wow, I know exactly what she means but I have never seen it all spelled out like that."
CONS: I wish she had included a little bit more of her travel experiences and stuff and less history of marriage and things. In parts it read a bit like a non fiction book about marriage and less like a memoir.
BOTTOM LINE: People who liked Eat, Pray, Love will not be disappointed and anyone who is on the fence about marriage will enjoy this too. Four stars out of five.
SUMMARY: In the sequel to Eat, Pray, Love, Ms. Gilbert is "sentenced to marry" after her boyfriend is denied access to the US unless they get hitched. While waiting for all the paperwork to go through, they travel around the world and Ms. Gilbert goes on her personal quest to understand and come to terms with marriage.
PROS: I loved Eat, Pray, Love and I was not disappointed with this one. It has the same funny, relatable feel to it and it was still packed with those moments that I love where I thought: "Wow, I know exactly what she means but I have never seen it all spelled out like that."
CONS: I wish she had included a little bit more of her travel experiences and stuff and less history of marriage and things. In parts it read a bit like a non fiction book about marriage and less like a memoir.
BOTTOM LINE: People who liked Eat, Pray, Love will not be disappointed and anyone who is on the fence about marriage will enjoy this too. Four stars out of five.
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