Am I the only one who hates "Eat, Pray, Love"?

This book was all over the media a few years ago as this profound guide to spiritual enlightenment, so I picked up a copy. I got through about 80 pages and couldn't take anymore. I wanted to scream, "How can something so pretentious and narcissistic be so popular?! I want my twelve bucks back, Ms. Gilbert!"

Maybe I'm just jealous because I had babies before I got to do any traveling or self-discovery. But to me the whole book had this disingenuous "Watch me be spiritual!" vibe to it. (Maybe I'm being unfair. Maybe it wasn't the whole book, just the first part that I read.)

Now the movie's out and everyone's raving about it, and I'll admit it looks somewhat appealing, if for no other reason just so I can fantasize about what it would be like to take a yearlong trip around the world, sans enfants. And I do like Julia Roberts.

*sigh*  Back to laundry...

Am I the only one who hates "Eat, Pray, Love"?

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