What Real Alaskan Women Read
Eat, Pray, Love
I am into the first part of the book, and find that I had to force myself to put it down. I love the writing quite a bit. The dry humor and the tone. She reminds me of the Holt Sarcasm. Opening the book is like having a good friend over for coffee.
There are already several sections in the book that I have totally identified with. The section that she describes being able to tentatively ask herself what she wants. She would grudgingly ask herself for small things like a pencil box, or leave a party early to read a book. This is so me. My husband all the time asks me what I want and when I finally pause to answer this question, I do not know what it is I really want. I often say, "well, we should pay for new tires on the car." Or I will ask what he wants, and follow his adventure. Not that I regret any adventure that I have ever been on, but at some point I am going to have to figure out what I want. And not to say that I have not denied myself my passion for teaching.
BUT, it does seem as if I have some parallel so far to the main character in the book.
But now I have to say, this book is very difficult to read after having read Three Cups of Tea. While this woman is worried about her "world," there are entire groups of people suffering from starvation, war, abuse, violence, etc. Why should we care about her sorry, sad story. YET, I cannot put the book down.
There is something about her need to find a relationship with God. This is fascinating. And what is more fascinating is her want to have a devotional relationship with God and still indulge in human/ carnal indulgences.
I suspect this might be a quick read for me, a typical "chicklit."
There are already several sections in the book that I have totally identified with. The section that she describes being able to tentatively ask herself what she wants. She would grudgingly ask herself for small things like a pencil box, or leave a party early to read a book. This is so me. My husband all the time asks me what I want and when I finally pause to answer this question, I do not know what it is I really want. I often say, "well, we should pay for new tires on the car." Or I will ask what he wants, and follow his adventure. Not that I regret any adventure that I have ever been on, but at some point I am going to have to figure out what I want. And not to say that I have not denied myself my passion for teaching.
BUT, it does seem as if I have some parallel so far to the main character in the book.
But now I have to say, this book is very difficult to read after having read Three Cups of Tea. While this woman is worried about her "world," there are entire groups of people suffering from starvation, war, abuse, violence, etc. Why should we care about her sorry, sad story. YET, I cannot put the book down.
There is something about her need to find a relationship with God. This is fascinating. And what is more fascinating is her want to have a devotional relationship with God and still indulge in human/ carnal indulgences.
I suspect this might be a quick read for me, a typical "chicklit."
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