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Summary: Frosted Flakes
Review: As the first in the series of nine (thus far), I found myself whizzing through the pages of this light-humored story. The ever-evolving tale takes place in Trenton, New Jersey, where Stephanie Plum tells the reader the story of her haphazard life, first hand. Stephanie Plum is the stereo-typical "Jersey girl" who recently has lost her job as a lingerie sales girl and finds herself working for her cousin Vinnie as a bounty hunter (of all things). Stephanie focuses most of her attention on apprehending Morelli, a cop gone bad, whom she lost her virginity to in her younger years and also somehow managed to run over shortly thereafter. Will she catch him or will he capture her??
#1 Plum quote: "I ate frosted flakes for breakfast this morning. I figured if it was good enough for Tony the Tiger, its good enough for me."
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Summary: A Laugh out Loud good read
Review: One for the Money introduces us to Stephanie Plum and her outrageous family and friends. Stephanie is an out of work lingerie buyer. To pay her bills she becomes a bounty hunter for her cousin Vinny. He has given her one week to bring in Joseph Morelli-her pay, $10,000. Stephanie tries to learn the tricks of her new trade and catch Morelli in her one week time so she can earn her money and get her life back on track. Along the way the reader is in for one heck of a good, laugh-filled ride.This book is hilarious. I found myself literally laughing out loud. Stephanie falls on her face quite a few times (not literally) and has to pick herself back up. It is so funny to read about the situations she gets herself into. Her family is a real hoot too, especially Grandma Mazur. She definitely added some laughter to the story. One for the money is a good, light read. It is a little crude at times with some in your face situations and language. With that aside though this book is very entertaining and easy to read. Not a book for kids though.
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Summary: "Starting Off With A Bang"
Review: Great twists and great humor in this book. After reading two other Plum books, it was fun to see how it all began for Stephanie. I sort of see Steph as a female version of Charlie Brown. She's always screwing up (which is half the fun of these novels), but refuses to give up in her endeavours. Excellent pace to the story with lots of weird things happening to poor Stephanie, from being handcuffed to a shower rod to being stalked by a psycho serial rapist boxer. I also loved the weird relationship she establishes with Joe Morelli, helping him while at the same time trying to collect on his bounty. Just read it and see. There were also some pretty entertaining scenes with Steph's wacko family. Her gold medal-class worrier of a mother, her father who just goes through life shaking his head in disbelief at his family, and my favorite, Grandma Mazur, who simply refuses to act her age. Take it from a native of the Trenton area, you'll dig this book.
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Summary: LOL : )
Review: Okay, so it's not the type of book full of symbolism and in-depth meaning. However, Evanovich's book is definitely worth the read. In short, it's about this woman (Stephanie Plum) who's desperate for cash, so she decides that it's within her abilities to become a bail-breaker-finder (which is sort of like a head hunter). Needless to say, when you take a girl with no experience going after criminals, things become pretty funny! Evanovich also introduces other characters, such as Stephanie's grandmother who acts like she's in her twenties, which adds humor to the book. Many of my co-workers raved about Evanovich's books and spoke constantly about how hilarious they were. I was not disappointed at all. In fact, once I began reading, I couldn't stop. The story line is solid and intriguing and fast paced.. A definite must on your vacation (or wherever)! Oh, this story does have some sexual undertones and cussing-just thought I'd warn you in case you don't like that kind of stuff or if your kid wants to read it!
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Summary: Dysfunctinal Defined
Review: I read this book on the reccomendation of my aunt. She was right on the mark!
I was so enthralled by the tale of Stephanie, the world's most inept Bounty Hunter, that I had to run out and get the next book, and the next, and the next. I read all of the first 8 in a week!
These books are all written with humor, great descriptions of all the sexy, funny, equally inept, talented, and dysfunctional people that surround the main character.
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Summary: Down and Dirty in New Jersey
Review: Stephanie Plum is outta work and needs to get into some form employment before she has no furniture left to pawn off for gas and the occasional bit of grocery shopping. In an act of desperation she decides to get her duck loving uncle to give her a job as a bounty hunter, chasing down criminals in the New Jersey Ghetto. My wife was always laughing when she was reading these books so one day I took a look myself, thinking it was another 'women's' book I was reluctant to show an interest at first but then I got hooked, I went on to read he next nine books and they just seemed to get better. Just when you think nothing else can happen to this poor woman something does. If she isn't being stalked by some crazy heavyweight boxer she is burning down funeral parlors with her old Grandmother in tow. These books are great; interesting story lines will keep you guessing while hilarious scenarios will keep you laughing all the way through. A well deserved 5 Stars.
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Summary: Oh My! Is that a GUN!?
Review: Stephanie Plum is a laid off lingerie buyer for a store that just went out of business because of its shady connections. She's late on her care payment and she can't find a job. So what does she do? In typical burg (Trenton, New Jersy) style she blackmails her cousin Vinnie into giving her a job as a Fugitive Aprehension Agent, aka a bounty hunter. This is the first in a series of so far 9 book by Janet Evanovich featuring Stephanie Plum and her adventures. If you LOVE to laugh these are the books for you. I'm talking about laughing till you cry type laughing, big belly laughts. Ms. Evanovich thoughout her series maintains and improves on a series of characters that we grow to love or hate as the case may be. The author has a easy reading writing style that coupled with her obvious sense of humor combines to create a book and a series that are funny, entertaining and with a dash of mystery thrown in are very much worth the reading time!
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Summary: Did it Backwards!
Review: I did this backwards - started with "Hard Eight" and loved it, so worked my way backwards to the first. Evanovich is great at giving the reader quirky characters. True, she does remind me of Grafton, but that doesn't take away from the fact that she can deliver a book that's entertaining and fun to read. Now onto the latest!
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Summary: Undie buyer learns how to shoot
Review: Being laid off in Trenton, NJ, means having to hock your stuff to pay the rent and buy gas, as well as endure family dinners (or starve) over at M&D's house. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so ex-discount lingerie buyer Stephanie Plum goes to work for cousin Vinnie, a bail bondsman, as a skip tracer, i.e. a bounty hunter who retrieves those who've skipped bail. In ONE FOR THE MONEY, author Janet Evanovich kick starts Stephanie's new career. Plum immediately jumps into the proverbial deep end by convincing a skeptical Vinnie to give her a chance at finding Joe Morelli, a local cop accused of murder. The finder's fee is 10 grand, and that'll buy a lot of chow nuggets for Rex, Stephanie's pet hamster. Plum's considerable appeal lies in her complete ineptitude for her new career. (It doesn't help that she and Morelli have a "past". At six, she'd allowed Joe to play train under her skirt in Old Man Morelli's garage. At sixteen, Stephanie was relieved by Joe of her virginity behind the pastry counter at the bakery where she worked. At nineteen, she intentionally clipped Morelli with the right front fender of her Dad's Buick.) Within the first few days on the job, Plum finds Joe four times, but fails to make the bust, a tough assignment if your quarry leaves you buck naked, dripping wet, and handcuffed to your own shower curtain rod. Or your car keys have been tossed into the putrid muck at the bottom of a dipsy-dumpster. Another source of amusement for the reader is Stephanie's family: Mom, Dad, and Grandma Mazur. The inspiration for Grandma might well have been Dorothy's mother Sophia on the TV series GOLDEN GIRLS. ONE FOR THE MONEY was originally published in 1994. This paperback edition was published in 2003. In the intervening nine years, seven additional Stephanie Plum adventures have been added to the series. In the back of this edition, there's a brief synopsis of all eight novels to date, which also defines for each book the "Historic Moment", "New Characters Introduced", and "Automotive Factoid". It's apparent that Evanovich continues with the personalities introduced in ONE FOR THE MONEY, as well as bring in new ones. And Stephanie continues to have car problems. I'm giving this first book in the series five stars because it's truly amusing and the Plum character is (for me, at this late date) fresh. Books written by formula to create a series sometimes become tiresome. TWO FOR THE DOUGH is on my shelf to be read. Once I hit two 3-stars in a row, I'm done. We'll see.
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Summary: One for the money
Review: One For The Money is a mistrey book and it is about a girl named stephnie plum and she lost her job her car and she is out of money.She goes to her cousin for a job as a bountie hunter and starts here work.There are a few twists and turns in this book and that is what is so good about the book.I enjoyed it and i know you will to.
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