Week 3 Assignment 3

Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Since you enjoyed Eat Pray Love so much, you may try reading Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It.  It offers several inspiring stories of people whose lives were transformed by the book. The writers share their inner journey toward self discovery. You may also enjoy Split, by Suzanne Finnamore and Wild, by Cheryl Strayed.  Both authors went through painful divorces that led them on a search for internal happiness and self fulfillment.

Vampire Stories

I'm not a big fan of the teen angst love stories, either!  Something you may consider is the book Blood and Ice by Robert Masello.  It is a vampire mystery and a captivating love story that is more appealing to adults.  You may also be interested in Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire.  It was one of the first books in this genre that made vampires more likable characters, with whom the reader could sympathize and relate. And if you like it, there are several other books in the series.

The River of Doubt by Candice Millard

I recently read this book and loved it!  If you are a fan of true life adventure stories, you may also enjoy In the Kingdom of Ice, by Hampton Sides.  It is the true story of the ill-fated voyage of the USS Jeannette.  The ship becomes ice-bound and the crew must abandon it to search for a way home through the arctic tundra.  It is an absorbing tale of survival against countless odds.  Similar titles you may enjoy would be Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, and In the Heart of the Sea, by Nathaniel Philbrick.