Plum Lovin' (A Stephanie Plum Between the Numbers/Holiday Novel, #2)
by Janet Evanovich
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Read in February, 2007
I have a hard time with the Between the Numbers books. I like Stephanie Plum as a character - she is just real enough for you to think - Been there! and yet still gets in situations that are just not possible which allows for that absurd humor to shine through in the writing. (I am pushing 40 and I have never really blown a car up - I'm just saying.)
That aside this was still worth reading if you are a Plum fan. It's really not a commitment in time because you can whip through it in one long ...more
That aside this was still worth reading if you are a Plum fan. It's really not a commitment in time because you can whip through it in one long ...more
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Read in December, 2007
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friends, anyone liking comedy/chick lit or needing a good laugh
There are many things I think of, when I hear the name Stephane Plum. Cupid is not one of them.
I would go to Stephanie Plum for advice on making my hair bigger than Mt Rushmore or what boots might make my husband sweat behind his knees. Relationship advice from the largest commit-phobe in all of Trenton probably would not get me very far.
This is one of the only books where Stephanie doesn't destroy a car and Grandma Mazur manages to not cause hairy-kairy at a funeral, but the laughs ...more
I would go to Stephanie Plum for advice on making my hair bigger than Mt Rushmore or what boots might make my husband sweat behind his knees. Relationship advice from the largest commit-phobe in all of Trenton probably would not get me very far.
This is one of the only books where Stephanie doesn't destroy a car and Grandma Mazur manages to not cause hairy-kairy at a funeral, but the laughs ...more
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Read in February, 2007
What can I say? I love Janet Evanovich, I love the Stephanie Plum series. It is the sole series of books that every single time I read them, they cause me to laugh out loud. Every one of them has been clever and well written and absolutely hilarious.
This is a "between the numbers" book, meaning she just wrote a small Plum book to keep us entertained after releasing #13 recently. In it, Stephanie agrees to help out a match maker with her most difficult clients, one of whom is her si...more
This is a "between the numbers" book, meaning she just wrote a small Plum book to keep us entertained after releasing #13 recently. In it, Stephanie agrees to help out a match maker with her most difficult clients, one of whom is her si...more
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Read in December, 2007
This was a quick read...cover to cover took only about 2 1/2 hours. There wasn't much to it...not a lot of suspense or intrigue or really much interesting. I've been looking forward to reading this author for a long time, not only because she lives in NH but because everyone seems to be reading her stuff. I hope the rest of her books are more interesting than this one! I guess this would be a good beach/pool read...you know, when you're a little bit too distracted to pay attention to elaborate ...more
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Read in September, 2007
This book was okay. It was a quick read. I read it today and didn't start reading until 2 this afternoon. And that's with a napping break AND a break to watch the sobfest that is Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
I wouldn't recommend this book to someone who hasn't read any of the books in the series. It just barely explains events and characters from past books.
It also wasn't as funny as previous books in the series. I think that may be because the grandma wasn't featured a lot.
I wouldn't recommend this book to someone who hasn't read any of the books in the series. It just barely explains events and characters from past books.
It also wasn't as funny as previous books in the series. I think that may be because the grandma wasn't featured a lot.
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Read in April, 2008
I've been reading Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels since the seventh grade. (One for the Money, Two for the Dough, etc.) I did a class presentation in seventh grade on Two for the Dough, and afterward my English teacher sent a note home to my mom saying I needed more age-appropriate reading material. (The same thing happened in fourth grade when I brought Stephen King's The Stand as my book to practice reading aloud in.)
I've come to really love the characte...more
I've come to really love the characte...more
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The opening paragraph got me: "Men are like shoes. Some fit better than others. And sometimes you go out shopping and there's nothing you like. And then, as luck would have it, the next week you find two that are perfect, but you don't have the money to buy both. I was currently in just such a position ... not with shoes, but with men. And this morning it got worse."
As much as I love ... shoes, this book seemed to be a perfect fit for me. ;-) Unfortunately, this was my favo...more
As much as I love ... shoes, this book seemed to be a perfect fit for me. ;-) Unfortunately, this was my favo...more
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Read in June, 2008
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I'm really not a big fan of these 'Between-the-Numbers' novels. I'll keep reading them, just because I'm afraid of missing something. But I'm not really sure why or where they came from.
It's almost Valentine's Day and Diesel is back. He needs to help out his friend Annie, who happens to be Stephanie's current FTA. She is also something of a matchmaker, and with February 14th coming up, someone has to make sure her cases find true love. So Diesel decides to enlist Stephanie. On the list: a 35-y...more
It's almost Valentine's Day and Diesel is back. He needs to help out his friend Annie, who happens to be Stephanie's current FTA. She is also something of a matchmaker, and with February 14th coming up, someone has to make sure her cases find true love. So Diesel decides to enlist Stephanie. On the list: a 35-y...more
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Mysterious men have a way of showing up in Stephanie Plum's apartment. When the shadowy Diesel appears, he has a task for Stephanie-and he's not taking no for an answer. Annie Hart is a "relationship expert" who is wanted for armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. Stephanie needs to find her, fast. Diesel knows where she is. So they make a deal: he'll help her get Annie if Stephanie plays matchmaker to several of Annie's most difficult clients. But someone wants to find Annie ...more
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Janet never fails me. As usual, Janet had me in stitches, laughing my ass off. How Stephanie manages to find herself in these situations, I'll never know, but one things is for sure ... the life of Stephanie Plum is far from boring. (How Janet manages to think this stuff up and get it down on paper without keeling over from laughing so hard, I'll never know.) I do know that I can not read the Plum series in bed while my husband's sleeping ... he doesn't take it kindly when I wake him up laughing...more
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Read in July, 2008
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Read in May, 2008
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Die Hard Stephanie Plum Fans
I'm just not sure how I feel about the Stephanie Plum books where she mixes in supernatural stuff. I mean, I'm a big fan of the regular Stephanie Plum books. And I'm a big fan of supernatural fiction. But somehow they just don't go together. I've tried to ignore the fact that Visions of Sugar Plums even existed. I didn't read this for quite sometime. But I saw it at the library, so figured I'd give it a try, and what do you know...more supernatural stuff.
It's not bad. Readable....more
It's not bad. Readable....more
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Read in January, 2008
The mysterious disappearing and reappearing, Diesel is back in this novel and knows where to find the latest bond skipper that Stephanie is looking for. Diesel is willing to hand Annie Hart over if Stephanie will play matchmaker to some of Annie's more difficult clients. Stephanie agrees and the two set out on a fun filled adventure through Trenton, to make love happen in time for everyone to enjoy Valentine's Day.
It's a short, quick, little read filled with the usual crazy antics Plum fans...more
It's a short, quick, little read filled with the usual crazy antics Plum fans...more
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Read in January, 2008
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I found the book first in a used bookstore. I picked up since I like to read everything and spare nothing unread. Well, opening the book, I find her saying that "men are like shoes, and you have to try them". I said to myself, these women are just abrasive and could find no better analogy than "shoes" out of all things! Well, she meant in the sense of experimentation and no degradation intended or anything as my Arab mind was too quick to jump to conclusions. The more I read,...more
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Read in February, 2008
In between the series book, so it's super short with hella big font. It's about Stephanie's Valentine's misadventures. It was funny.
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Read in January, 2008
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I liked the book but it was definitely too short. It was very fast paced. I don't really understand the between the numbers books. I guess I don't get why she is writing them. I don't like that you can't tell quickly where they go in the order of things but I guess it doesn't matter since it doesn't have much to do with the number books. I guess I don't get why Diesel would be introduced as a character and even another man in Stephanie's life. I didn't like him at all. I thought the mystery wasn...more
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valentines day is coming around the corner and desil pops back into stephanies life. looking for an unmentionable who gives people hives in search for a match maker he holds responsible for his crummy mariage. add Lou Delvina to the mix along with stephanie and desil playing matchmaker with, alber `clown` her sisters boyfriend and father of two of her four children, a shy butcher who likes the opera, a fourty year old virgin, a mother who has a houseload of pets and kids, and a vet who is in lov...more
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Read in June, 2008
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I enjoyed reading this book. A bit of Plum to tide me over until the next book (which is now out I believe. woohoo!) But I'm not sure how I felt about Diesel and that once again Stephanie has another very attractive man in her life who wants to sleep with her. I mean seriously?! What? does the girl have beer flavored nipples or something? maybe I'm just bitter. I want Diesel. Yet, once again, Evanovich doesn't fail in making me laugh out loud in many places...sex shops, commitment phobic induced...more
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Read in March, 2008
Well, she sure can churn them out! Curious to know why this book came passed me so many times working at the library I finally decided to see what all the fuss is about. Ridiculous story and faux-hip dialogue seemingly drawn from daytime television. Even the story didn't engage me at all, which is what I understand to be the real drawn of such books. I've been called a snob for refusing to appreciate these books because they are so popular and wide-selling, which I can live with sure enough as I...more
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