Total poufy chick lit. Poor dialogue, not very interesting story. It's a quick read, and it's a feel good kind of book, but left a lot lacking for me. ( )

Keeping up with my resolution to read more about yoga in order to inspire me to actually do yoga I have just finished Balancing Acts. Not great writing (needed editing in fact) but some of the character awetre engaging enough for me to want to know the outcome. ( )

This book was alright.. I borrowed it from the library due to the yoga theme (a hobby of mine). It was an easy chick-lit read but wasn't a real page turner! ( )

Zoe Fishman's Balancing Acts is a book that kept me reading. . . I wanted to find out what would happen to each of the four women. I really enjoyed the sections about Sabine the most, perhaps. I had a little more trouble with the other three. Mostly, it was because I could not really understand Charlie's issues with Neil and Naomi's reluctance to pursue her photography. Also, I have never been to the New York City area, and have never been a huge fan of bagels. Overall, though, I really enjoyed the story overall. The conversations were perfect. I really wished this yoga studio existed, and that it is where I live instead of in New York (I've practiced yoga off and on for years). It all seemed so ideal. ( )

Balancing Acts by Zoe Fishman is a story about women's friendship, it's about a group of women in their 30's at different stages of their lives. They are all single, looking for their dreams and passion that seems to have gotten lost along the way since they left college. They all meet up at a college reunion and forge a friendship of sorts and meet for a six week yoga class. The book mainly focuses on this six week time period in the women's lives.

I am a fan of women's fiction and books about women's friendship and was excited when I heard about this book. It sounded wonderful and I also liked the link to yoga and what a group of friends could learn as they take a yoga class together. I'm sorry to say that the story just didn't work for me. It was a bit too soap opera-ish and sappy for me and I just never cared much for any of the characters or connected to them. I think that this book is geared more towards the twenty-something and thirty-something single or just married woman readers. It wasn't a book that worked for me. If you enjoy books about women's friendships with an added bonus of yoga classes and a bit of a soap opera style feel, you just may enjoy this book. ( )