I dropped by the bookstore today to pick up my next project book.  I wrote in my journal yesterday (3 pages worth) and through the writing I decided that I’m not settled spiritually and want to find a way to balance my spirituality.  I’m exploring, reading, listening, taking notes.  So beginning on Monday TJ are going to be reading and discussing Joyce Meyer’s Woman to Woman: A Candid Conversation from Me to You.

Although I had reserved the book in advance, it wasn’t ready for me and I had to wait at the counter for them to find it.  While I was there (about 15 minutes) I started looking at the book featured at the counter and it really caught my interest!  The title is A Reliable Wife and it is by Robert Goolrick.

Description: He placed a notice in a Chicago paper, an advertisement for “a reliable wife.” She responded, saying that she was “a simple, honest woman.” She was, of course, anything but honest, and the only simple thing about her was her single-minded determination to marry this man and then kill him, slowly and carefully, leaving her a wealthy widow, able to take care of the one she truly loved. What Catherine Land did not realize was that the enigmatic and lonely Ralph Truitt had a plan of his own. And what neither anticipated was that they would fall so completely in love. Filled with unforgettable characters, and shimmering with color and atmosphere, A Reliable Wife is an enthralling tale of love and madness, of longing and murder.

Sounds interesting doesn’t it!

AND THEN….on the way out (I was so focused coming in because I was in a hurry that I didn’t look at the new fiction display) what is right in front of my eyes!

You remember how much I love Elizabeth Gilbert’s last book right?  I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE FOREVER!

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 horrific 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.

I looked at the price and the 30% off for members and thought “DAMN…..I used my last coupon on this Joyce Meyer book!”  That’s okay. Instead of going to Marshall’s to look for a dress for church Sunday, I came home.  I’ll wear my nice black slacks and pretty top to church and I printed out another coupon to use for my book.  I’ll be back for you Elizabeth!