A gift and LOVELuck

"Eat Pray Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert, originally uploaded by harmoniousmanic.

I have been helping my friend Karen design and launch her new websites and have had a grand time playing and creatively collaborating with her. We both have talked about community, why it is so important to us, how to extend beyond our existing communities to share and grow. Part of that, for me, has been Weekend Exposure. For Karen it is the LOVELuck Bookclub. It is a monthly bookclub that is centered around food, movement, laughter, and community. All things I love.  And this bookclub works so well for me because:

• It's free (except for that part where you have to go to your local bookstore and buy the book)
• It's centered around an  online forum, not monthly meetings, meaning anyone in the world can participate.
  
• Again, because it uses a forum, all time constraints are lifted.  I can read a previous month's book and still be able to share my thoughts and read the thoughts of others.

Reading is a favorite thing of mine. I usually have three or four books going at once but reading has fallen along the wayside since moving. English books are not so hard to come by, but they are much more expensive. I have been s...l...o...w...l...y... reading the new Jeanette Winterson book. Dragging it out as long as possible so I don't have to purchase another book.  Today I received my copy of this months LOVELuck book, Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.  It's all about a woman who leaves what she has always known behind to find love, good eats, and learning abroad.  How fitting. It was gifted to me from Karen and I was so stoked to see the package sitting on my desk this afternoon.  (Thanks K.....I can't wait to start chatting with you about this book).

Have you already read this book?  What did you think?  Go to the LOVELuck Forum and share your insights.  This is another community that I would love to see grow, grow, grow.

*Update*  Amanda walks around town and happens into a discount bookshop....with an English books section.  She then proceeds to have a private celebration internally.