Rating: Summary: Great Christmas Gift Review: I have told strangers about this book. Whenever I bump into someone who has also read this book, I feel like we share a special secret. This character and her stories are absolutely hilarious and totally engaging! This book is not a romance but has fun with a possible romance. It does have a little colorful language . . . which actually adds rather distracts from the story. I can't imagine any woman not thoroughly enjoying this book.
Rating: Summary: great book!! Review: I just finished Three Plums in One - what a great book! I'm surprised I haven't read this series before now as I have read all of Sue Grafton's. I must say this is one of the very few books that has made be laugh out loud - my 7 yr old son said "Mom, what's so funny?" The image in my mind of Stephanie's grandmother just makes my laugh - imagine her dressed in Doc Martins, flannel shirt, and jeans! I also like the scene in the third book when Lulu and Stephanie are chasing Mo with a dead body on top of his car and if flys off onto Lulu's hood!! I have just bought all the remaining books in the series and can't wait to start reading!!
Rating: Summary: EXCELLENT series!! Review: I kept hearing about Janet Evanovich everywhere. On a soap opera message board, book club flyers, talk shows, and everytime I was in a book store, one of her books was on display up front. When I saw the "Three Plums In One" book, I decided to get it and see what all the fuss was about. Some internet friends said, read the first one and you'll be hooked. I was laughing out loud from the first chapter! Everyone has a somewhat dysfunctional family, and the Plums are no exception. They are a wide variety of personalities and you can't help but be drawn into it. What mess will Stephanie be in next? What will Grandma do/say next? What job will Mom suggest to Stephanie next? Stephanie tries to just do this first job to help her make rent in a tight spot, but soon it snowballs into taking another case while she works on the first that was harder than she thought. Morelli and Ranger keep popping up to help, or hinder, her efforts, and keep things interesting! This book is a very easy read, and is HARD to put down!! I was laughing so much that my Mom said she wanted to read it after me, she read ALL 3 in a week!! I wasn't that fast, but it kept me busy during the LONG car ride on vacation. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes mystery/suspense or police type books. I am going to read the others ASAP!!
Rating: Summary: Ten Big Ones Review: I love the book, and I hope that Ms. Evanovich keeps on writing about Stephanie Plum and I hope that she gets married to Joe Morelli. What's with her constantly breaking up with him? Besides that, this book kept me laughing and I can't wait to read book 11. I love Ms. Evanovich's humor and the way she is able to describe people and incidents as if you are actually there! Keep on going Stephanie Plum!!
Rating: Summary: The Plum Series is a great find! Review: I read alot so finding a good new author is hard. I found that the Plum series are not only entertaining but you actually love the characters! The plots are thoughtfully done - you can't figure out who committed the crime until the books tells you. I couldn't put the first book down and thankfully I had the second book waiting for me after I finished the first. I'm up to number four and I find each one is just as refreshing as the first!
Rating: Summary: Great place for newbies to start Review: I've already written reviews for these three books individually so I wont repeat myself here....much. Suffice it to say that if you havent read any of the Stephanie Plum books but would like to start, this collection is perfect for you. In short, ONE FOR THE MONEY & THREE TO GET DEADLY are wonderfully hilarious. The second book, TWO FOR THE DOUGH, is okay but falls short in its humour and action content. The Stephanie Plum series is in its eight book now and probably will last another eight. Read this collection of the first three books that started the craze. Before the series goes stale.
Rating: Summary: The First Three Stephanie Plum books in One! Review: In 'Three Plums in One' you get the first three books in the Stephanie Plum series, 'One for the Money', 'Two for the Dough' and 'Three to Get Deadly'. Evanovich has created one of the most endearing, hilarious and completely entertaining characters to populate any genre of fiction you could hope to read in your lifetime. Stephanie Plum is an out-of-work lingerie buyer who falls into bounty hunting through a combination of a family acquaintance and a pressing need for food, shelter and neon shades of makeup. When you think of a Bounty Hunter you think of a smart, cunning, confident law-enforcement type, but after you meet her, you will think "Oxymoron" whenever you hear the phrase "Stephanie Plum, Bounty Hunter." Stephanie bungles her way through several fugitive apprehensions, as well as a rocky, quasi-romantic relationship, all the while giving us all the hilarious details in her frank, rambling narrative. Joe Morelli, a Trenton, New Jersey vice cop, plays Tracy to Stephanie's Hepburn, and Evanovich will have you in tears with her talent for writing the sardonic and sarcastic dialogue that takes place between these two. Each episode has an underlying mystery to solve, but soon after you start reading you will discover that no matter what Stephanie is describing in her narrative, you would happily read along, much in the same way you would listening to a master storyteller describe a root canal. 'Three Plums in One' is a fast, sometimes suspenseful and often (very often) hilarious read. The three novels run together seamlessly, creating a sense of continuity that will have you thinking it was written as one novel, and then divided. Read this book now. You will not be sorry. And, just for fun, count the cars.
Rating: Summary: Good Time Review: Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum is one of the most fun characters I've ever read. These books are pure joy to read. I hardly ever give books a 5 star rating, so you won't go wrong. Every one I have ever given ONE FOR THE MONEY to has enjoyed reading it.
Rating: Summary: What a fantastic series!!!! Review: My sister passed this book to me about two months ago, and I just finally got around to it last week. (You know the drill, I had other books to read, ones that I thought were better than this one.) Well I finished the book in less than five days! I just couldn't put it down. I found myself reading until dawn and even then was tempted to call in sick to work to keep reading! This series was both laugh out loud funny and suspenseful. The characters that Janet Evanovich has put together are so colorful! I don't know how she came up with them, but it makes her a pure genius in my mind. If you haven't read this series yet, you are really missing out!
Rating: Summary: What a fantastic series!!!! Review: My sister passed this book to me about two months ago, and I just finally got around to it last week. (You know the drill, I had other books to read, ones that I thought were better than this one.) Well I finished the book in less than five days! I just couldn't put it down. I found myself reading until dawn and even then was tempted to call in sick to work to keep reading! This series was both laugh out loud funny and suspenseful. The characters that Janet Evanovich has put together are so colorful! I don't know how she came up with them, but it makes her a pure genius in my mind. If you haven't read this series yet, you are really missing out!
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