I enjoyed the book until I found out that she had sold the rights for it to be made as a vehicle for Julia Roberts. I'm not sure why this caused me to dislike the book when I had initially enjoyed it.

Then again, I approached it as a fun read - I have two little kids, so I really get escapist art. Now, when I watch a movie, I just wanna be entertained with a nice, two hour trip away from my daily grind. No thinking please! And the book was funny.

I suppose I liked the book more when I could imagine myself eating pasta, meditating for a while and then having sex with a hot brazilian fellow (not that I don't love my hot Jewish fellow!) than imagining Julia Roberts doing all that fun stuff.