Eat*Pray*Love - The Book

Just finished Eat, Pray, Love sooooo....you know what that means....I can finally see the movie!! Yippeee!! I'm actually planning on seeing it tomorrow with my mom (we've both just finished reading the book).

It was so inspirational to read about a woman going through the hardest time in her life and evolving into a peaceful, happy, and balanced person. It is the essential "You can get through anything" and "It's okay to let go of the past" book. Definitely worth your time!

Eat Pray Love

Last week, I started reading Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love....otherwise known as the Julia Robert's blockbuster coming out this Friday! Although I'm only on page 44, I made an agreement with myself that I wouldn't see the movie until I finished the book...hopefully I'll be done by Friday! Haha! 

By page 24, I was totally hooked on this book. Liz is talking with a ninth generation medicine man in Indonesia seeking advice about finding balance between enjoying earth's delights and devoting herself to God. His response was this...

"To find the balance you want this is what you must become. You must keep your feet grounded so firmly on the earth that it's like you have four legs, instead of two. That way you can stay in the world. But you must stop looking at the world through your head. You must look through your heart, instead. That way, you will know God."

I love that advice! Hope this brings a little balance to your day!

Carrie On

Yayyy!!! Carrie is back!!! Sex and The City 2 came out in theatres this past weekend and I finally got to see it tonight!! And the FASHION IS FABULOUS!!! The movie was super cute and a great movie for a girls night out. The Sex and The City girls head to Abu Dhabi this time and embark on many funny and fashionable adventures. If you liked the first movie, you'll definitely like this one too!

I also finished Candace Bushnell's newest book, The Carrie Diaries. It is such a fun, fast read and introduces you to Carrie Bradshaw before she moves to NYC. This book follows her life as a small-town girl finishing up her senior year of high school. Definitely chick-lit and definitely a fun summer read! Get ready for a sequel to this book too! The ending is fabulous!

“I like my money right where I can see it... hanging in my closet.” -Carrie Bradshaw

Chick Lit Alert !!!

WARNING: The following is all about cute and romantic books I've read and would recommend. Manly men may not want to read the rest of this post...hahaha! But seriously, I've read some really great books over the past year and I just want to share some of my fav titles for summer reading (a.k.a. girly, fun reads).

THE SUGAR QUEEN by Sarah Addison Allen
Josey is kind of a "repunzel" type girl...stuck taking care of her ungrateful mother in their huge house instead of living her own life. She leads a very lonely existence of romance novels and junk food (specifically candy) until Della Lee comes into her life and shakes it up. This is a magical story about gaining confidence, finding love, and making your own place in the world. Plus it has a great ending!! Also, I've read her other books Garden Spells and The Girl Who Chased the Moon and I'd recommend them too!
 

 
PRAYERS FOR SALE by Sandra Dallas
This was such an enjoyable read especially if you're partial to the Rocky Mountains or enjoy novels with historial backgrounds. It takes place in 1930's Colorado in the town of Middle Swan. Hennie is an eighty-something trying to figure out if she should leave everything she knows in Middle Swan to move to the South to move in with her daughter or if she should stick out her golden years in the mountains. She meets Nit, a seventeen year old, new to the Rockies and very naive. This is a story about strong women in a mining town looking to eachother for insight and friendship. It really made me realize how incredible the people (especially women) during this time period had to be to survive!
 

 
CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC by Sophie Kinsella
I know the movie came out a couple years ago and you've probably already seen it..BUT this book is such a fun read! The book goes into a lot more detail. Plus, the funny situations Becky gets into are priceless! She is trying to figure out her life, love, and ways to avoid the bank manager. I expecially loved this read because I've been that girl that doesn't want to open her credit card bill for fear of seeing that "amount due" at the bottom of the page. haha! So if you want a super fast read, pick this one up! Then invite your girls over and watch the movie :-)
 

 
THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE by Katherine Howe
I read this book around Halloween time because I've always been intrigued by the Salem Witch Trials. Connie Goodwin is a graduate student trying to find a topic for her thesis when she is called to ready her grandmother's abandoned house for sale near Salem. She finds a key, a physick book, and an undeniably need to unearth the past. I don't want to tell you anymore because the book too good!! If you like mysteries and history, you'll really enjoy this book.
 

THE CARRIE DIARIES by Candace Bushnell
I just started reading this last night and I already love it!! It you like Sex and The City (series, movie, or book) you'll really really enjoy this book. This book shows the background of Carrie before she was wearing Manolos and writing in NYC. The story depicts her life as a normal high school senior trying to survive small  town Connecticut in the late 1970's. So far it is FABULOUS!