Okay, well I did enjoy her description of Italy and the people and the food. I, too, am envious of her for getting to do that. I guess it's just her lack of life experience, or inability to think a little deeper on things that bothers me. I'm now into the part where she's in India at the ashram. I majored in philosophy with a minor in religious studies. I studied a LOT of Hinduism and read the entire Bhagavad Gita with comments from my class and professor. I've meditated for years, practiced yoga, continued reading, and flirted with taking a guru on myself, including hers. She starts off saying she is keeping her guru secret but she drops enough hints that anyone who has been around knows exactly who her guru is. I just find her statements about mantras, kundalini energy, etc. to be trite, as well--as if she's not willing to properly research her topics. I'd be happier if she'd keep to her personal experience and not go where she's not well equipped to handle the subject. I'm surprised at myself on this one. I usually enjoy whatever we read in the book group I belong to and am pretty easygoing about things. But this one bothers me. Maybe I'm getting old. Ha.