I could not believe Oprah recommended this book! It seemed the author was babbling on and on about a lot of nothing. I realized that she did mention that she received an advance from the book, so she had to write something. I did however, found moments where she was somewhat witty and funny and oh so true, but she always messed it up by over explaining her witty comment. Then there were times when she really needed to explain something and she left me hanging. No one in our book club could relate to her galavanting all over the world, and yet we all wanted to travel. Sometimes she sounded like a silly school girl. Out of eight book club members only one of us could complete the book. I got as far as her travelling to Indonesia, but I felt I was wasting my time. Eat, Pray Love did make for a good book club conversation that lasted about an hour. Everyone read far enough into the book to discuss it. We tried to figure out her reasoning for doing certain thing such as how she puts others on a pedestal and makes herself sound less than ordinary. We all thought she was very brave to be a female traveling alone. The best thing about the book was the title. All of the book club members could relate to it when we put our own interpretations behind it.

In Free Food for Millionaires, the author Min Jin Lee shows that there is good and bad in every culture. Her description of each characters came to life and it seemed as if I could relate each of them to someone in my life. We are different yet we are the same. The problems that crop up in everyday life for Casey, the main character, shows the similarities of other cultures. The way the main character and the other people in her life handled it show the uniqueness of the Korean culture. All of the book club members enjoyed the book. I thought this was a juicy, sad, happy interesting book with a solid ending.