One for the Money

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Summary: Hooked from the opening sentences
Review: I first listened to this and the other Janet Evanovich books on audio. Man, was I hooked! Stephanie Plum is a gritty, gutsy, clumsy, offbeat not so hip everyday girl who makes you want to stand up and cheer! The other characters are also funky but extremely believable. Fantastic summer read. I am a voracious reader, who normally doesn't ever read the same book twice, but I now have these books on audio as well as bound copies and enjoy them over and over.

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Summary: It's disgusting (to me, anyway) - but violence sells.
Review: I was really enjoying this light and funny book until I got to the graphic descriptions of violence against women. Don't we get enough of that at the movies? I threw the book away.

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Summary: Stay with it
Review: At first I wasn't sure if I would like it, but once I got with the groove, I realized I was reading a hilarious book! The ending was wrapped up a little quick for me, though. I'd like to see Stephanie's skills develop more as a sleuth, whether a lucky one or not. Too often our heros spring full-grown from the author's imagination (i.e. Sherlock and Poirot), and we have no clue where they started. That makes them unbelievable albeit enjoyable at best. I am still a bit tentative about Evanovich's ability to keep this going, but I am going to give it a try.

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Summary: My favorite series!
Review: Janet Evanovich is now my favorite author. I've struggled to find books with a hero or
heroine I could identify with, humor, mystery and suspense.
I've finally found a series that has everything I could want.
THIS BOOK IS EXCELLENT!

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Summary: Irresistible
Review: Stephanie Plum is one of the best characters I've ever come across. She is tough and soft at the same time. As she embarks on her new career as a bounty hunter, the fun and action begins. I read the second book in this series before I read this one. I'm sorry I gave that book away. I would like to read it again now. Can't wait for the next installment.

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Summary: Laugh-out-loud reading, don't miss this one!
Review: After reading all the other reviews of this book, I feel mine is redundant, but I must say, READ THIS BOOK! Stephanie Plum's family is a riot, her love life a disaster, and her new career as a bounty hunter is so implausibly realistic... this is a lovable, imperfect character you will adore. And yes, Janet has two more in the series,Two for the Dough & Three To Get Deadly, and they are both great too! Hurry with a new one Janet! (I met Janet at a signing, and she is as funny and likable as Stephanie!)

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Summary: The beginning
Review: This was the beginning of my Steph and Joe addiction. Be warned! You might as well buy all of the following books while you are at it, because you will want to read them all. I laughed out loud several times. I love the characters, the mystery, the humor, the romance, the entire book.

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Summary: Not Grafton, but not bad, either.
Review: Stephanie Plum is what Kinsey Millhone might have looked like if she'd grown up in New Jersey instead of Santa Teresa. While to some degree Evanovich seems like another Grafton copycat, she has enough originality and style to have her own voice. I'd rank Stephanie Plum on par with Karen Kijewski's Kat Colorado and slightly above Sara Paretsky's V. I. Warshawski, but Kinsey Millhone is still the female P.I. queen.

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Summary: This book kept me laughing and reading way into the night.
Review: Stephanie Plum is my new favorite and so is Janet Evanovitch! I love a book that makes me laugh out loud and want to read passages to anyone who will listen. If I were Sue Grafton, I'd start looking over my shoulder. Thanks Amazom.com for helping me find Evanovitch!

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Summary: Read it once-then recommend it to people near you at stores!
Review: I first read Janet Evanovich because she was a wonderfully funny romance writer. But I now have the perfect set of books (One for the Money, Two for the Dough, and Three to Get Deadly) to give to every friend, acquaintance, and person standing near me in the same bookstore. I've read this book several times and still laugh out loud every time. I recommend it to everyone. I intend to have my more mature high school students read it as well. Thank you Janet Evanovich. Please write some more. I can't wait for anything new from this wonderful, funny, romantic, realistic writer.