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Committed: A Love Story | Elizabeth Gilbert
Look out for Elizabeth Gilberts new book, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, on sale now! At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who'd been living in Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to each other, but also swore to never, ever, under any circumstances get legally married. (Both were survivors of previous bad divorces. Enough said.) But providence intervened one day in the form of the United States government, which-after unexpectedly detaining Felipe at an American border crossing-gave the couple a choice: they could either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed to enter the country again. Having been effectively sentenced to wed, Gilbert tackled her fears of marriage by delving into this topic completely, trying with all her might to discover through historical research, interviews, and much personal reflection what this stubbornly enduring old institution actually is. Told with Gilbert's trademark wit, intelligence and compassion, Committed attempts to "turn on all the lights" when it comes to matrimony, frankly examining questions of compatibility, infatuation, fidelity, family tradition, social expectations, divorce risks and humbling responsibilities. Gilbert's memoir is ultimately a clear-eyed celebration of love with all the complexity and consequence that real love, in the real world, actually entails. From the Hardcover edition.
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PurpleyPumpkin
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I‘m late with yesterday‘s #CoverLove post because I couldn‘t access Litsy last night. 😅 Anyway, here‘s my post for the #orange prompt!
#myneverendingtbr

Eggs I get that a lot; it‘s nearly impossible to use Litsy in the evening… 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Seems to be happening every night! 4mo
PurpleyPumpkin @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Good to know! Thanks for confirming. I‘ll try to avoid late evening when posting. 😉 4mo
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peanutnine
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Eggs How lovely 🥰 2y
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rather_be_reading
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Mehso-so

I cant believe Ive never read this one! I really liked her story about her and Felipe and learning more about her emotions and her life. However, she dives into what marriage means to other groups and countries and some of it was a tad boring. I get what she was doing but I wouldve enjoyed a more focused story on her and Felipe.

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rather_be_reading
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Book 88

Cedricsmom I love this cover! ❤❤❤ 3y
LindaLaforgeAuthor If her others books are anything to go by this should be good eh :) 3y
Scochrane26 I read this book back when she was still with the guy. It was good at the time, but I‘m wondering if it seemed outdated now since she isn‘t with him & had the relationship w/ her best friend who died. I can‘t remember enough of the book. 3y
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rather_be_reading
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Finally getting some reading time!

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peanutnine
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Pickpick

This was an interesting read. She hates the idea of getting married because of her first divorce but has to marry her foreign partner in order for him to be able to stay in the country. This is basically her coming to terms with the institution, detailing the faults and intricacies.
She talks about the concept of marriage and how it has changed throughout history and in different cultures.
I thought it was enlightening and honest.

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peanutnine
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This has been a good reading month for me so far and I'd like to keep my momentum going 🔄
My goal for the next week is to finish reading the tagged book (which is due back to the library soon) and the Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (which my book club will be discussing on the 24th)
I also want to make some progress in Persuasion, which I'm listening to on audio 🎧
#FabulousFebruary @Andrew65

Andrew65 Great to have you with us, good luck 😊👍 4y
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peanutnine
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1. Tagged book is what I've picked up most recently but I've got like 5 books in progress as usual 😅
2. Ebooks are what I mostly read but I like audiobooks for my commutes sometimes as a break from podcasts
3. In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

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Tinyiko.N
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I had to read this after really enjoying “Eat, Pray, Love.” I like how while Elizabeth Gilbert has a conversational tone in her writing, she truly respects the reader and furnishes them with rich, researched information. I quite liked how she dug deep into the question of marriage and many of the points that she raised helped me shape my own views on marriage. I‘d recommend this to all woman.

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StephanieGeiser
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Mehso-so

I‘m not sure what I was expecting from this book but I wasn‘t over the moon about it. Gilbert obviously did thorough research regarding the traditions of weddings/marriage around the world and was brave in sharing her own skepticisms. (All useful things to someone who is currently planning her own wedding!) But in the end I found myself slogging. I wouldn‘t discourage anyone from picking it up but I‘m not shouting it from the rooftops either.

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StephanieGeiser
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“Marriage IS those two thousand indistinguishable conversations, chatted over two thousand indistinguishable breakfasts, where intimacy turns like a slow wheel.”

rather_be_reading love this quote 5y
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StephanieGeiser
Committed: A Love Story | Elizabeth Gilbert

“The poet Jack Gilbert ... wrote that marriage is what happens ‘between the memorable‘ He said that we often look back on our marriages years later, perhaps after one spouse has died, and all we can recall are ‘the vacations, and emergencies‘ - the high and low points. The rest of it blends into a blurry sort of daily sameness, the poet argues, that comprises marriage.”

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agrondin44
Committed: A Love Story | Elizabeth Gilbert

I preferred Eat Pray Love but I enjoyed this book as well. Made me realize a lot about mariage that I had not though about. A book to read a little at a time.

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LouiseWalters
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Panpan

Felt like self indulgent tripe. Maybe the publisher demanded a follow up after the success of Eat Pray Love? In retrospect I don‘t like Eat Pray Love so much anymore.

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LizzieLou
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I must read this. They have to get married to get him in the country, childless by choice.

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WhatStaceyReads
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Halfway through and I'm only more committed to remaining single for the rest of my life.

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Betty
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I CAN commit myself to this I'm Terrible at Challenges challenge posted by @cathysaid ONE challenge for 2018

Drnkpnkprincess I love these bingo categories! It would be hard for me to pick only one book I “need.” 7y
BookishTrish 😂😂😂 7y
Amandajoy Love those squares! 7y
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cathysaid You can do it! I have faith in you 👏 7y
DGRachel This is the first I‘ve seen of this challenge. Dying. I‘m absolutely dying. This is perfect! 7y
DivaDiane That is hilarious! 7y
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Copwithabook
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Starting a new book today! I loved Eat, Pray, Love and am so excited to have stumbled across her follow up book. #accidentalfind

Copwithabook @Librariana I was in the right time and place in my life to really enjoy Eat, Pray, Love. I was a little lost and have always enjoyed spiritual journeys. I wasn't married then, but now that I am it also seems serendipitous to stumble across her other memoir. 7y
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wildwomanwriting
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Pickpick

I love how Ms Gilbert writes authentically and lovingly about her marriage. I love how I found this book at the time when I really needed a fresh, beautiful and deeper insights on being a couple.

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BooksForEmpathy
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Yesterday was a very happy day for us! We MADE rings!

Ian and I have never connected to the idea of marriage in a traditional sense. We believe in commitment, yet the legal part & expensive party are not particularly important to us. But, rings? We love that idea. So we made them! In an all day workshop, with a nugget of gold from his dad, who passed away in May. After lots of fire, sanding, hammering, and polishing, we put them on. For good.

8little_paws That is awesome!!! 8y
Bookworm83 Love it!! 💕💕💕 8y
LindsayReads I so love everything about this. Cheers, you two! 💝💝💝 8y
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MicheleinPhilly That is FANTASTIC! Love it! ❤ 8y
Bookcation74 So cool!! 8y
pppooraikul Wow! 😍😍 8y
sofiaga Adorable 8y
jessberk13 That's beautiful! Congratulations! 8y
MallenNC That is so meaningful! 8y
KarenUK Very cool 💕💕💕💕 8y
vicgreentoriafield Amazing, congratulations! 8y
haileybean I love this. Congratulations! 🎉🎉😃 8y
Donna_sBookMinute Ohhhhh 😌beautiful. Congratulations😍on following your personal definition of love and commitment. I feel good about this. 8y
moranadatter Congratulations! That sounds like a lot of fun. 8y
Handmade_Redhead What a fantastic idea! I love how personal this is. 8y
rockpools Congratulations! That's just wonderful! 🎉 8y
JoeStalksBeck ❤❤❤❤❤ 8y
LauraBrook This is so wonderful! Congratulations! How fantastic that you two found each other and got to make your own rings - and from gold from his Dad, too? Unbelievable! So awesome, and it gives me hope for the world. 👏🏼 8y
Cinfhen Congrats 🎉💞😊 8y
sprainedbrain That is beautiful! ❤️ 8y
Jillsandypants How beautiful!! 8y
Tanner That's so lovely. Congratulations! 8y
Gayan I love everything about this! 💗 8y
Leelee.reads Thank you for sharing! What a lovely, wonderful event. I'm happy for your joy ❤️ 8y
Godmotherx5 What a fantastic memory. Thanks for sharing. 💝 8y
Shortstack This is brilliant!!! What a special celebration! 8y
Desha Beautiful ❤️ 8y
KateTheBookworm How cool! Congrats 😊🎉 8y
megt Beautiful! Congratulations!!! 8y
kylienoele That's amazing! Congratulations! 😍🎉💗 8y
Megabooks Woo hoo!! Fantastic!! 💕💕💕💕🎊🥂 8y
Gissy Ahhh! So romantic!! Congratulations! 💏💖💕💓 8y
MyNamesParadise So sweet!! Congratulations!!!! 😍😍😍❤️❤️ 8y
LeahBergen Congrats! That's beautiful 😍 8y
DebinHawaii Beautiful! 💜 8y
ReadingsByTheC Awesome. Congrats! 8y
minkyb Fabulous!!!! 8y
Jhullie What a fantastic idea. Commitment doesn't need a huge expensive party, I totally agree. Love your rings 😍 8y
BookThia Now that's just lovely. I adore the sentiment of forging your own rings as you forge your lives together. Beautiful. And I am married to a bearded Ian too. 25 years in May. It's not always easy but it is always worth it. Best love to you both! 8y
GlitteryOtters That is so cool! 8y
Imagineannie That's a great story. My parents had a justice of the peace wedding and 50 years of marriage; I've had 20 years after being married in a living room. 8y
britt_brooke Cool! 👏🏻💕 8y
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Iindseyo
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So true! Side note: where did the blurring feature go with the new upgrade? Am I crazy?? Trying to jerry rig this quote was not my best moment.

BookishMarginalia I was told they're working on bringing the blur-by-finger back 8y
Ericmanciniwriter I'm having the same problem. Turns out I'm a little OCD when it comes to blurring everything but the exact quote I want 8y
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rachaich
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marriage becomes hard work once you have poured your life's expectation for happiness into the hands of one person.
Ain't that the truth ;)

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reading-addict.94
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Pretpostavljam da sam ocekivala previse, nakon prve njene knjige koju sam procitala. Citanje ove knjige je za mene zaista bilo bolno: toliko toga napisanog, a nista nije receno, preduga poglavlja... Puko istrazivanje i nista vise. Sve sto je napisala u ovoj knjizi, mogla je napisati u dnevniku i raskrstiti sama sa sobom tu "bolnu temu" ponovne udaje.

Knjigoholicarka Ni meni se nije svidio njen stil pisanja, al' nikako... a toliki hit i bestseller 😕😕😕😕😕 8y
reading-addict.94 Tjeram se da zavrsim ovo malo sto mi je ostalo, jer ne volim da ostavim knjigu na pola, ali mi tesko ide. A kada se sjetim da sam je kupila da malo mozak odmorim... 😞 8y
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Linsy
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Found this lovely church while driving down the California coast and listening to Elizabeth Gilbert ruminate on love and marriage a few months back. Seemed fitting. #readingoutside #roadtrip #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge

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WanderingBookaneer
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WanderingBookaneer
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Bibliogeekery What programs do you use for your posts? They are always so lovely! 8y
WanderingBookaneer @Bibliogeekery : VanillaPen (app) 8y
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