Showing posts with label Janet Evanovich. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Janet Evanovich. Show all posts

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Pleasantly Surprised By Stephanie Plum!

I recently started reading the Stephanie Plum series.  I've read the first two, One For the Money and Two for the Dough.  I enjoy these books.  I think they're really funny.

I finally got to watch the movie, One For the Money, yesterday.  I went into it not expecting much.  I'd heard really bad things about it, but I'm happy to say that I was pleasantly surprised.  I didn't think it was all that bad, and I liked Katherine Heigl as Stephanie.  Would I have wanted to pay $12 to see it in the theater?  Maybe not.  But for a $1 rental it wasn't bad!

I think those who enjoy the books will like the movie as well.



Source:  IMDb




Monday, April 30, 2012

My Thoughts On Two For The Dough

Source:  Goodreads



Summary from Goodreads...
From the author of One for the Money comes the second clever comic mystery featuring irrepressible bounty hunter Stephanie Plum.  Here, Stephanie finds herself on the trail of a killer who happens to have a distant relative who's a vice cop with questionable ethics, a libido in permanent overdrive, and a habit of horning in on Stephanie's investigations.


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This was my second Janet Evanovich book.  I read the first book in the Stephanie Plum series, One for the Money at the beginning of March.  I really liked it, so I thought I'd give the second in the series, Two for the Dough a try.  I wasn't disappointed.  This was such a fun book and a pleasure to read!  

Stephanie is still trying to make a living bounty hunting, and is still bad at it.  She still has a knack for getting herself into bad situations that her love-hate childhood crush Joe Morelli always seems to be there to get her out of.  The interaction between Stephanie and Joe is one my favorite parts of these books.  Another great character in this book is Grandma Mazur, Stephanie's grandmother.  She is hilarious!

I laughed out loud at this book several times, and that's rare for me.  There are lots of books that have made me cry, smile, or chuckle, but not many that have made me laugh out loud.  I'll definitely be reading the next one in the series.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

90's Style...

I'm really enjoying Two for the Dough!  I'm about a 1/3 of the way through and I think Stephanie Plum is even more hilarious in this one than the first one.  I love reading about her 90's style...

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

My Thoughts On "One For the Money" by Janet Evanovich

Source:  Goodreads


From the back cover...
Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, home to wiseguys, average Joes, and Stephanie Plum, who sports a big attitude and even bigger money problems.  Stephanie needs cash--fast--but times are tough, and soon she's forced to turn to the last resort of the truly desperate:  family...


Stephanie lands a gig at her sleazy cousin Vinnie's bail bonding company.  She's got no experience.  But that doesn't matter.  Neither does the fact that the bail jumper in question is local vice cop Joe Morelli.  From the time he first looked up her dress to the time he first got in her pants, M-o-r-e-l-l-i has spelled t-r-o-u-b-l-e.  And now the hot guy is in hot water--wanted for murder...


If Stephanie can nab Morelli in a week, she'll make a cool ten grand.  All she has to do is become an expert bounty hunter overnight--and keep herself from getting killed before she gets her man...





Janet Evanovich
Source:  Goodreads



This month has not been a very productive reading month for me, I finally finished my first mystery for the month, and it was a good one.

I had never read anything by Evanovich before, so I wasn't sure what to expect.  I had seen the previews for the movie, and I have to say I wasn't that impressed.  After reading the book though, I'm sure I'll watch it.

This was a really fun book.  Stephanie Plum is funny and honest and I really liked her.  I started to care about her early in the book, and that's always a plus for me.  I like to settle into a book early and stay there.  There was enough action, danger, and intrigue to keep me interested.  All around I really enjoyed it, and I'm sure this won't be the last Stephanie Plum book I read!


After watching the preview again, I'm super excited to see this!




Monday, February 27, 2012

Two More For This Month And Planning For March...

We had a really busy weekend, so I got very little reading done.  I did make some progress on The Thorn Birds, and I continue to like this book very much.  My goal is to finish The Thorn Birds and Daughter of Joy by the end of February bringing my romance total for the month to eight books, and my total for the year so far to sixteen.

Next month I'll be reading mysteries...March is Mystery Month for the Cupcakes War Reading Challenge 2012 which is hosted by Brenda at Curling Up With a Good Book.  I've started downloading books to my Kindle Fire and searching out books that I may want to read.  There are a couple I'm pretty sure I will read to kick off mystery month.

They are...



This one will be a group read for the reading challenge.
Source:  Goodreads



Source:  Goodreads