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Summary: Still cranking out the fun in the burg
Review: This is a review of the unabridged audio cassette version of To the Nines.Stephanie is still romping about the Burg with all the familiar friends to support and frustrate her. She still seems to be the reluctant Bounty Hunter who has learned little about her profession, but boy does she attract attention from the bad guy here. Shockingly, some unknown perp is killing people and threatening our hero! Ranger starts assigning his buddys to protect her, but Steph seems to have a knack of getting her protectors disabled, lost or left behind. This time the story, as if we care about the plot anyway, is about a visa bailee, a Indian man, Samuel Singh who disappears. I listened to this while driving to Mississippi for a family vacation and there are laugh out laugh moments. Steph, Connie and lula get a little trip to Vegas alone the way. I found this ironic since I was on my way to Biloxi for some blackjack while my kids enjoyed Kids Quest and other amusements. Valerie is expecting and everyone ends up living at mom and dads house... Valerie and her now 3 children and Kloughn share one bedroom, granny Mazur has a bedroom and mom and dad have one. Dad is using the toilet down at the corner gas station. You can guess where Stephanie is. Grandma Bella is having her visions and of course they seem to be mixed up. She sees lots of babies and also sees Stephie dead and in the ground. Some reviewers have called this book boring, Huh? Sure the plots are silly, but that is part of the fun. This book is contained on 5 cassettes. The reader does a great job doing the various voices. My copy had a poorly made tape 4, and yes I cleaned the heads but the last third of side 8 was like listening to something in slow motion. Fortuneately tape 5 was fine for the exciting chase in pitch dark. I can't believe that Evanovich keeps cranking out these wonderfully funny and entertaining visits to the wacky world of Miss Plum. I now have all 9 on audio and hope that there is a 10th.
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Summary: to the nines is a "10"
Review: Omigod, I loved this book. I must admit that once it's revealed that it's a game in which the players comunicate over the computer, it gives away the bad guy, but I laughed out loud so much, it was almost embarassing when people kept looking at me. I could have used a little more Grandma Mazur, but Lula made this book more than worth the read. I hope she keeps dieting forever, because Lula dieting was fabulous. Where is the spin off book about Lula. I loooooooove Lula. Definitely and improvement on "Hard Eight" and "Visions of Sugar Plums". If you've been a fan until now, this will be a treat, if you've never read these books this one is a great example of what you have in store when you go back to "One for the Money".
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Summary: Way to GO!!!!!!
Review: After being disappointed by Sugar Plums and kind of amblivant about Hard Eight I was hesitant to spend the money to buy the hard back copy of To The Nines but Janet Evanovich delivers in this book!! I found myself laughing outloud so many times! And with two awesome guys like Ranger and Joe I'd flipflop between them too!! One chapter I'm all for Stephanie and Joe and the next chapter I'm for Ranger and Stephanie! How long do I have to wait for #10?? If I had to say one thing negative about this book is that now that I've read To The Nines it's going to be forever until #10 comes out..... Janet ....write faster!!!!
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Summary: Perfect Summer Reading
Review: I heard the author interviewed on the radio and callers were raving about her books. I went to the library on Saturday and checked out books 1 and 2 ... I was hooked ... by the following Sunday I had finished the final book "To The Nines". I can't remember when I enjoyed a series of books so much. Some of the scenes (especially Lula on the all protein diet) were laugh out loud funny. The author also keeps the [sexual] tension simmering between Stephanie, Morrelli and Ranger. The "mystery" plots are good, but the cast of characters and how they interact really make these books special.
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Summary: The only author who makes me laugh out loud!!!
Review: Stephanie is back! I was a little worried after that "Visions of Sugar Plums" disaster...but all is well and it is SO GOOD to be back in the Burg!! Ten minutes into the book I was already laughing out loud hysterically when Stephanie and Lula have to arrest an FTA who is naked and has covered himself in vaseline. Evanovich has created a real fun bunch of characters and it's been a pleasure reading about them for the past 9 books! I hope these never stop!
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Summary: By the Numbers!
Review: If you're like me, you approach the latest book by your favorite authors with mixed emotions. Excitement, joy and anticipation are often dampened by the knowledge that when you finish it will be all over for another year, at least. And don't the good ones read too darn fast? Somehow I need to learn to savor but once I get started I just keep soaring through to the end
To the Nines by Janet Evanovich takes the reader on another zany adventure with Stephanie Plum, queen of the bounty hunters, and her wacky entourage of weirdos...that is they are weirdos to anyone who does not live in Trenton, New Jersey. In Trenton it is perfectly normal to see a bail jumper like Punky Balog mooning the entire block from his second story window. That being his most effective way of expressing how he feels about Stephanie trying to apprehend him. And, in Trenton, no one gives a second look at large black woman with a purse full of freshly fried pork chops. After all, Lula is just trying to become a supermodel by losing weight on "this great new diet where you eat meat all day long." Thus begins the ninth book in the Stephanie Plum series and Evanovich keeps up the pace all the way through.
This time out Stephanie has gained some stature in the bounty hunting business and doesn't mess up her captures nearly as much as she used to. Growth, I like that. However, the laughs keep coming and a smile just seems to stay on your face as you read through the book. I like that too. Reading this series is like going to a dysfunctional family reunion as we get to spend plenty of time with Morelli, Ranger, Grandma Mazur and the other wacky people we've come to know and love. I especially like that.
It's easy to get so caught up with the zany characters and merry mayhem which fills the pages of To the Nines that you forget there's a darn good mystery going on which needs to be solved as well. Finding a bond jumper and a psycho stalker leads Stephanie and her companions on a wild chase that takes them to Las Vegas and back with nothing to show for it but another dead body. You may figure out who dunnit but the why will keep you guessing.
Janet Evanovich has done it again. For the ninth time she has written a book that will satisfy her many fans and attract a horde of new ones. Irresistible.
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Summary: I haven't laughed this much since I read THE EGG AND I
Review: Here's the scenario, folks. At this writing, I'm recovering from surgery where they took a metal plate and four screws out of my left arm (I broke it a year ago and this is the last procedure, thankfully). When I started reading this book I was feeling a bit sick, and tired out from the pain medication I was taking. This is the first Evanovich book I've read, so I wasn't sure what I was in for. I laughed out loud two or three times within the first page. The humor is natural, not at all contrived, and is a hilarious-but-true view of what it's like to be a young, single woman in an albeit unusual occupation. It's impossible for me not to idetify with Stephanie Plum; she's smart but does not have an IQ of 210, she hassles with having to pay her bills, and while she likes dressing in a very feminine manner, she still carries tennis shoes in her shoulder bag should her "strappy" shoes fail her. This book is a genuine mystery -- she's being stalked in New Jersey and it doesn't let up even in Las Vegas. It will keep you guessing as all good mysteries do. Her female cohorts are equally hilarious --especially the rotund Lula, who is on a diet strangely (VERY strangely) resembling Dr. Atkins'plan, although I seriously doubt that Dr. Atkins would recognize it. The humor is great, the story is page turning -- and even though it hasn't taken away my after-surgery pain, it has given me a lot of wonderful laughs. In fact, if "laughter is medicine," this one is a pharmacy!
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Summary: Fun, but lacking a bit
Review: Stephanie is at it again - I love this series, but this book missed it's mark. While I enjoyed reading it, it did lack the usual fun humor. It's definently not one I will read over and over again, but not one to be sold to the used book store either.
If you love this series, read the book - it's still classic.
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Summary: EXCELLENT BOOK!!! IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLUM MYSTERIES
Review: I loved it!!! The book is just wonderful!! It is a load of laughs. I could not stop laughing at some parts. Lula is soooo funny!! I liked the fact that story moved out of the Burg and to Las Vegas for a minute. The Vegas part was very interesting. Of course, you still have the love triangle between Stephanie, Joe, and Ranger. The plot thickens with those three. I can't wait to see how the author is going to play it out. Stephanie's sister is in this book also. She is a total trip. I could not put the book down. I finished it today. It only took me a week to finish it!!! The beginning was pretty interesting. She kept you in suspense trying to figure out who was the killer. The ending was great! I just loved it!! I can't wait for #10!!!
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Summary: Gotta Read It!
Review: If you are a fan of Stephanie Plum then you just have to read this book. You can't get all the way to eight and just stop! I gave this book four stars because it was really, really good, but not Janet's best work. I have to agree with another reviewer...I was really disappointed with Visions of Sugar Plums, so I hope there's better stuff to come. The story has the same Plum humor and the same great characters, but focuses a more on the love triangle of Ranger, Morelli, and Stephanie. I don't know who to root for! A search for a runaway bond takes Stepahnie, Lula, and Connie to Las Vegas. So different being out of Trenton! Lula is hilarious in this story and you learn more about Connie, but there wasn't enough of Grandma Mazur for me. That lady cracks me up. This book was a tiny bit predictable. Normally there's a twist or something that makes your mind wander, but this one focuses on the the "killer" too much and you can figure it out. That's the only bad thing about the story. Otherwise, it's good 'ole Plum. Definitely read it!
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