Bought this book when Big Bad Wolf came to town and instantly fall for the title since the first glance. Then, I started to read the book, woah, it's totally hard for me, personally.

Not really have any idea about US geography and history made it even worse to complete this "funny road-trip" book with spiritual question. The only thing which turn the page was my curiousity upon lesson per lesson that I could learn. Several stucks in my mind and it just feels so warming.

Well, the book portrays a countryside-born American and move to New York man in his 50s who was in need of spiritual journey. He embark journey with his brother in law-a prominent spiritual guru with nice retreat. Many things happened everytime they embark and arrive in new places and it's just part of the lesson.

The last thing I quoted from the book somehow correlates with the circumstances nowadays in which we are probably on the verge of insanity..."maybe, or maybe the real purpose of being alive: Enjoy what you could, while you could in the midst of this kettle of boiling pain. Don't be afraid of pleasure. Seize the day!"

Cheers, Buddha!

I got this book as an Early Reviewer copy from Library Thing. I will pretty much read anything that Roland Merullo writes -- it is so interesting to read a spiritual author who refuses to be categorized into a particular viewpoint. I agree with so much of the philosophy of this and all his books (my favorite was American Savior, about what would happen if Jesus ran for president). I will say that I think the Buddha theme has been a bit overdone (I've read Breakfast with Buddha and Lunch with Buddha) -- I felt slightly preached at during this book. But -- minor complaint, I just really like this author's writing!

This is the third in a series, and I really loved it! It has many lovely facets. Be prepared to laugh, cry, think, feel, understand, and want to share it with others.

This book is both easy to describe and very hard to describe, which seems very fitting for a book loosely about Buddhism. Otto sets off on a road trip with his brother-in-law Rinpoche in the hopes of making sense of the recent tragedies and changes in his life. There is also a sub-story about his niece and her potential importance to the world.

Funny, charming, and thought-provoking, I look forward to going back and reading the first two books of this series. My only complaint was the ending. It felt so rushed after all of the build-up. And it left many thing unanswered, leading me to believe that there will be more to the series. (Dessert with Buddha?)

I loved how thought provoking this was, and I loved the road trip aspect, having been to many of those places. Very enlightening!

I have really loved and appreciated this series and if this is the last installment, then I'm okay with that: there is a hopeful and open ending that seemed right for these characters. Otto and Rinpoche, and now Shelsa (who I wish there were more of), are characters that are dear to my heart and who have helped to expand my own consciousness, at least while I'm reading the book. Very well-written and engaging, I couldn't help but wish for a bit more dialogue and fewer long stretches of Otto's internal thoughts, but that is the kind of book it is, so I don't fault it.

It was an okay sometimes fun book though slow to get into at first. I did not read the first two books in the series and probably won't. It did not seem to go anywhere for quite awhile though. Did have a few nice meditative points to make. The characters seemed foolish at times for grown men. But I guess that is the power of the pen.

Delightful story. Some good reminders.

There are books you like from the get-go and books you don’t. This is one of those I don’t.

I don’t like preachy books and this one is just a bit too preachy for me. And it’s a sequel and I’m not much for sequels.

You may be fine with it. You may love it, in fact. Don’t take my word for it. Sometimes I’m a little idiosyncratic about my reading.

Oh dear. Just not my cuppa tea, I’m afraid.