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Warren has once again written a fun, witty, humorous, engaging story filled with all the good solid stuff (faith based) she mixes in all her books! I love that when I put down a book written by Warren, I come away having been challenged to look more at my life, my faith, & my walk.

Everything's Coming up Josey is (I believe) Warren's first chick-lit novel. It is both interesting & fun to journey with Josey as she goes to Russia as a Missionary. Sure she may not always have her "ducks in a row" or do things quiet right but then how boring of a story would that be and how unrealistic! We are not perfect people and we mess up... Life is messy and chaotic. God however is perfect and consistent and He loves us through it all!

So if your ready for a little adventure, some romance and some time to learn via Josey what it means to have Christ live in you and to do the good things/works He has prepared for you to do then pick up the book and join the often humorous journey with Josey. I have to say that if you enjoy this novel you should really look at her PJ Sugar series which I loved. Of course, I have really enjoyed all her books... So I don't think you can go wrong with a book written by Warren.


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Everything Coming Up Josey Josey Book 1 Susan May Warren 9780373785612 Books Reviews

Everything's Coming Up Josey is Susan May Warren's first (and most welcome) venture into the field of Christian chick-lit. All I have to say is, watch out Kristin Billerbeck!

Josey needs a change. A big change. Her sister (check that - her younger sister) just married her former fiancé, and ever-present, ever-dependable best friend Chase has announced his engagement to the Queen of the s. Strangely enough, the thought of losing Chase bothers Josey more than her sister's marriage - a circumstance she isn't willing to analyze too deeply at the moment. After all, Chase was supposed to be her last resort, right? Always available to save her from the doom of spinsterhood. All this, plus her less than thrilling job at the local newspaper leaves Josey ripe to make some serious changes in her life. Longing to "leave a trail of wow" behind her wherever she goes, she decides to take the plunge and commit to a year long stay as a missionary in Russia.

Susan May Warren unveils the mystery behind being a first year missionary with a deft comic touch. The character of Josey is a fresh, funny, candid voice in the world of chick-lit. Josey left for Russia with a two-fold purpose - the desire to achieve "eternal significance" and the equally burning desire to forget her uncomfortably changing feelings for her close friend Chase. Warren's writing shines as she deftly builds towards Josey's discovery that her stint as a missionary isn't so much about what she's capable of, but about what God can do when she surrenders her will to His leading.

I have to end this review by saying I love Susan May Warren books. Suspense, romance - the genre doesn't matter, reading her stories simply make me smile. With Everything Coming Up Josey, Warren not only makes a huge splash with her chick-lit debut - she delivers an incredibly entertaining tale of a modern woman attempting to balance her faith, family, and dreams, who discovers that the very best place to be, the only place to work it all out, is the center of God's will.

A Josey sequel will release in 2007...but thankfully one doesn't have to wait long for SMW's next release -- Sands of Time, book #2 in the Mission Russia series, hits shelves in October.
Everything's Coming Up Josey
By Susan May Warren
Review by Roseanna M. White
Price $13.95

Things couldn't get much worse. The man she brought home to Minnesota dumped her and is marrying her little sister. The hometown boy she has not had a crush on all of her life-no, really, he's just her best friend!-is engaged to a gorgeous could-be-. Josie's feeling out of place and without any real goal in life, and then there he is. A missionary who looks out over her church body and says, "We need you." That sealed it. She's going to Russia.

Okay, so Josie figures out pretty fast that being a missionary isn't exactly a glamorous job, and when she arrives in Russia she learns that it's even less than that. She thought she'd be teaching English to children. Turns out it's to adults. She thought it would be a chance to meet a nice guy. Shows what she knows. She thought it would be an opportunity to find herself and strengthen her faith. . . but she starts to wonder if maybe those aren't the best reasons to travel halfway around the world. Her roommate's a bagel-stealing woman of dubious principles, her Russian neighbor's determined to set her up with a mysterious grandson, and she can barely speak enough of the language to figure out what exactly she's buying in the local food markets. But surely God can work it all to good, right? Right?

Everything's Coming Up Josie is a light, fun read that deals with serious issues with humor. Using her own experiences as a missionary to Russia as a base, Warren tells a tale that kept me laughing and thinking for hours. We go with Josie through various romantic interests, pulled deep into the thought process of this very lovable character since it's written in first person. Josie is very real, very flawed, and very much a young woman I'd love to be friends with. She has insecurities that haunt her every step of the way, a few prejudices that she has to work through, and a heart big enough to overcome the little problems that sneak up from having more exuberance than experience in the missionary field.

The best part of the book, in my opinion, is that you genuinely don't know who you're rooting for when it comes to those love interests. There's the hometown boy, Chase, that has history in his favor, but he lacks the faith. Not to mention not being on the same continent at the moment. Then there's Caleb, who has all the markings of a perfect hero-along with dreadlocks and a distinct preference for grunge. Then there's her teaching partner, toss in that mysterious grandson. . . Josie's year in Russia is certainly a page turner, and we're treated to her thoughts and fears and dreams every step of the way.

In short, the only thing I didn't like about this book was that I had to put it down after I turned the last page. It falls into the category of chick lit, written not only in first person but also in the present tense, which might throw some more traditional readers off. I, however, found the voice so grabbing that I soon forgot that I didn't read this kind of book every day. It was a thoroughly entertaining read that was also thought-provoking and touching. Pick it up, and you won't want to put it down again.
Warren has once again written a fun, witty, humorous, engaging story filled with all the good solid stuff (faith based) she mixes in all her books! I love that when I put down a book written by Warren, I come away having been challenged to look more at my life, my faith, & my walk.

Everything's Coming up Josey is (I believe) Warren's first chick-lit novel. It is both interesting & fun to journey with Josey as she goes to Russia as a Missionary. Sure she may not always have her "ducks in a row" or do things quiet right but then how boring of a story would that be and how unrealistic! We are not perfect people and we mess up... Life is messy and chaotic. God however is perfect and consistent and He loves us through it all!

So if your ready for a little adventure, some romance and some time to learn via Josey what it means to have Christ live in you and to do the good things/works He has prepared for you to do then pick up the book and join the often humorous journey with Josey. I have to say that if you enjoy this novel you should really look at her PJ Sugar series which I loved. Of course, I have really enjoyed all her books... So I don't think you can go wrong with a book written by Warren.