ReviewReviewReviewReviewReviewDreaming In Black and WhiteJun 24, '06 12:05 PM
for everyone
Category:Books
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Author:Laura Jensen Walker
She's smart. She's savvy...She's...well, she's working on the thighs. And with God as her witness, she'll never let that man spoil her happy ending!

Phoebe Grant is everyone's favorite movie-geek -- unbeatable at trivia, convinced that all the world's a movie screen. She can organize a four-hankie chick-flickathon with a wave of her tall, nonfat, double-mocha. And she's a shoo-in for the job of her dremas -- movie reviewer for the newspaper where she works.

Enter Alex Spencer -- not only gorgeous but also a film-buff, perfectly cast for a celluloid kiss and a fade to sunset. Unfortunately, Alex is the villain who sends Phoebe packing to the last place on earth she wants to be -- back home to boring little Barley, California.

But wait. It couldn't be. Dark, handsome and annoying Alex...in Barley?

Can Phoebe protec her hometown -- and her heart -- and prove It's a Wonderful Life? Or is her promising future truly Gone With The Wind?


The first Christian chicklit I owned and read and I have no regrets! :) Coming fresh from re-reading my Shopaholic books, I saw some connections between Becky Bloomwood/Brandon (Shopaholic) with Phoebe Grant, the protagonist of this novel. The difference is, Phoebe is less of an airhead (I'm sorry to all Shopaholic fans :p), and she goes to church, attends a church singles group, reads the Bible and prays! :P

It is a cute and funny story of a person who has dreams of her own that she wants to reach, but Someone Bigger intervenes and steers her to a better place where He wants her to be. :) For sisters, it would make you appreciate your girl friends, your family and most of all, your singlehood. And it gives us an assurance that God indeed has a plan for each of us. :)

Heartwarming indeed. A definite recommend. Who knows Christian chicklit could be this good? :)

*** A longer and more detailed review in refineme.org soon. Sit tight. :)


sumthinblue wrote on Jun 24, '06
oohh... does powerboooks have this? i am such a chicklit junkie and a fellow Becky Bloomwood fan! Hehe... I'm saving up for the bookfair in August para mag-hoard ng chicklit.
tinamats wrote on Jun 24, '06
oohh... does powerboooks have this? i am such a chicklit junkie and a fellow Becky Bloomwood fan! Hehe... I'm saving up for the bookfair in August para mag-hoard ng chicklit.
I'm not sure if they have it. I bought mine from OMF Lit in Boni Ave. They might have it at the book fair. :) I need to save up for that too! I don't think I'll ever have enough books, haha. =D
sumthinblue wrote on Jun 25, '06
Oh cool! OMF gives 15% off at the bookfair. I'm handling publicity for the bookfair again this year, I'll be there everyday probably, although more to hoard books than to actually work hahaha...
tinamats wrote on Jun 25, '06
15% off nalang ngayon? last year they gave 20% off. Ang funny pa kasi when we were there (me, Tuesday and Bea), we were all so noisy ogling at all the books we want. =)) Kaya nakilala kami ng mga tao doon. Haha.
sumthinblue wrote on Jun 25, '06
20% nga siguro haha... I don't remember na... I just remember grabbing a whole bunch of books by Grace Chong and Tito Dok to get them autographed... Actually I owe OMF my illustration portfolio for a possible children's book, kasi they found out im an illustrator, kaya lang di ko pa naaayos =(
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