January Release: HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEMA

Have you ever looked for a sign? Something that tells you everything is going to be OK? Then you've got to read HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEMA by Gwendolyn Zepeda.

Jessica Luna is your typical 26 year old: she has man trouble, mom trouble, and not a clue what to do with her life (though everyone else in her family seems to have plenty of suggestions!) After a lifetime of being babied by her family, Jess is incapable of trusting herself to make the right choices. So instead, she bases all of her life decisions on signs. She looks to everything for guidance, from the direction her rearview-mirror-Virgin-de-Guadalupe sways to whatever Madame Hortensia, her psychic, sees in the cards.

When her sort-of boyfriend Guillermo, a gifted unmotivated artist, disappoints her again, Jessica thinks it's time to call it quits. Just to be sure, she checks in with Madame Hortensia who confirms that yes, it is time for a change. (Who knew $20 could buy so much security!) Right on cue, Jess meets Jonathan; he's the complete opposite of Guillermo--of all Jess's boyfriends, in fact. He's successful, has a stable job....and is white. Jess isn't sure if Jonathan is really the change Madame Hortensia saw. Sure he gives great career advice, but is he advising her on a career she actually wants? And yes he's all about commitment, but is it Jess or her mother who really wants marriage?

Jess runs back to Madame Hortensia for advice, but even she is out of answers. Now there's only one thing that's certain: no one--not her mother, her sister, her boyfriend or her psychic--can tell her what to do. For better or for worse, Jess will have to take the plunge and make her own decisions if she wants to have any future at all.

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Permalink Reply by sheistoofondofbooks on December 5, 2008 at 3:20pm

Miriam, I think I would enjoy *Houston, We Have a Problem* ... how do we go from here?
-- Dawn

Permalink Reply by Marcia on December 5, 2008 at 7:36pm

Hi Miriam,
If I'm not too late, from the beaches of Mexico, I'd like a review copy please. Something to look forward to when I get home besides grocery shopping and laundry. :-)
Thank you - Marcia
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Permalink Reply by Cheryl on December 5, 2008 at 10:36pm

I would like to review this book. Thank you

Permalink Reply by Tamara Baff on December 6, 2008 at 12:13pm

Hi Miriam,
This looks like fun...I would really like to review this.

here is the link for my review of This One is Mine:

Books by TJBaff: This One is Mine by Maria Semple

Thanks,
Tamara

BloggerPermalink Reply by Luanne on December 6, 2008 at 5:56pm