Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
Dutton, 2005
305 pages

Description:
A tribute to classic film and true romance, LOVE WALKED IN tells the story of two women - one older, one younger - and the unexpected ways in which their lives are forever changed by chance.
For thirty-one-year old Cornelia Brown, life is a series of movie moments, and "Jimmy ( Read more... )

I'm reading a lot faster than I'm reviewing, so I'll try to catch up with "batch" posts. Hope that's OK.

( Three chicklit books by writers of color... )

I decided to purchase this book on the basis of it being touted on a list for Filipino-American authors. The author, Marisa de los Santos was born in The Philippines and moved to the US when she was ten years old. I don't normally read chicklit, but people were quite excited about this book being picked up for filming and by it being promoted by ( Read more... )

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Not a warning but just a note to say I couldn't really express what I thought about the books in an especially meaningful manner but here you go.

Cut for rambling and pseudo-spoilers.

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I was desperately searching for something more upbeat after Beloved and Baseball Saved Us, and let's face it, the title Dixieland Sushi would get anyone's attention. A little research on the author revealed that her background is similar, though hardly identical, to my own -- child of one third-generation Japanese-American parent and one caucasian ( Read more... )