Book vs. Movie and My Two Cents on Eat, Pray, Love

As I mentioned earlier I really like this book. Tonight was also a special book/movie review night. Double the fun!

Eat, Pray, Love is about the journey of the author and her travels to find happiness, faith, God and learn about herself. The book begins with her divorce and she realizes that she just isn't the person she used to be nor the person she particularly wants to be. We follow her to Italy (where she eats), India (where she prays) and Indonesia (where she finds love).

Book club tonight was a smaller crowd than usual and I agree with FM that it just had an off feeling to it. None the less it was a good discussion but I felt I censored myself because others had such strong dislike for the book. I still remained an active participant in the conversation. We also welcomed a new member (I know shocking). 3/7 people actually enjoyed the book, the others not so much. This was the first book that we have been so divided in opinions (which means we are growing). Book club just didn't have the same hooplah around it. ('Page Turner' was off her game tonight too)

After a quick/dinner discussion we headed off to the movie, we had a few sit the movie out. It's always interesting to see what gets left in a movie and what gets the boot. I'm a detail oriented person and I think that's why I'm let down by book to movie adaptations. When I read a book it really is the little things that stand out to me. I gave the movie a 3 (the book was a 4). I felt like there were small ah-ha moments in the book that were fairly significant to Elizabeth's journey and several of them were left out of the movie. Most of the page turners who didn't like the book enjoyed the movie. 'Old Lady' and I weren't as impressed. Even though the scenery in the book was amazing, I imagine that it in no way does it compare to the real thing.

Our October pick was also unveiled tonight. We shall be reading The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier. A spooky cover and good topic for an October Halloween month.

We also have our Page Turner Society one year anniversary approaching in November. We have a special selection method of the occasion. All of us will give a short description of a book of our choosing with the reasons we chose. Keeping it anonymous we will then select our favorite choice and the book with the most votes will win and be read for our one year anniversary.

You all know that I enjoy book club and if you aren't a part of one I highly recommend finding one. Make sure you have different people with different backgrounds because it's no fun when everyone thinks the same.

[I opted for saving my 20-something quarter life crisis story for later, it could get lengthy and I don't really know how to articulate it just yet, so hold tight it may or maynot be a future blog post]