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Jun 09, 2011

Sabrina rated it:

I had one major problem (and a few small ones, but more about those later) with this audio book – it was over much too soon! The story is on the shorter side, and I felt these characters had so much more to say and I wanted to get to know them more!

This quirky little story really tickled me and I didn't expect that since my initial impression was that this might be a random audio miss. The voice of C.J. Critt immediately felt off to me. It seemed more mature and slightly gruffer than More...

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Nov 04, 2009

Debbie rated it:

After once again being woken up in the middle of the night by her upstairs neighbor’s ringing phone, Lousia Brannigan opened her front door to discover her morning paper had been stolen by the same neighbor. Then her car was vandalized (his fault) and she lost her job (again, his fault), but now they were working together to find out what had happened to a diplomatic pig. Pete Streeter was intrigued by a missing pig (of all things?). As a screen writer, he spun stories all of the time, he just c More...

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Aug 24, 2009

Kari rated it:

It took me two weeks to read Dracula and it’s taken me a day and a half to read this. When I finished it, my fiance looked at me and said, “Already? You just started.” What can I say, it was a cute, easy read and I love me some Janet Evanovich. That’s probably obvious since half the books I’ve reviewed have been by her.

Naughty Neighbor is before the Stephanie Plum era, but I see a lot of similarities. The lead female is always witty, the lead male(s) is always dreamy and the family More...

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Nov 11, 2009

Blodeuedd rated it:

I am gonna make this short since it was on audio and let's face it, I suck a audio. I got annoyed at the narrator, and some voices made me grind my teeth. It took so long and I must have rolled my eyes a hundred times over.

Louisa was now and again TSTL, and honestly so was he once or twice too. He was a macho pig, and she was a wimp and complained all the time. I did not like either of them.

But then we get to the real problem, it was audio, perhaps I could have like More...

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Feb 11, 2012

Rayni rated it:

I snagged this book off the exchange rack at the library simply because it was a Janet Evanovich book. I've looked at these "before the time of Plum" novels in bookstores, but didn't want to buy them because they look like "fluff" to me. So I was excited to find a chance to read a "guilty pleasure" book.

I read Evanovich's note to the reader in this book & loved it. She explains that "in a previous life, before the time of Plum" she had written 12 More...

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Apr 01, 2009

Serena rated it:

Another audiobook by Janet Evanovich, but this one is not in the Stephanie Plum series or the Between-the-Numbers series. Naughty Neighbor is one of Evanovich's earlier books, which have been dubbed "red-hot comedies."

Louisa Brannigan is a nose-to-the-grindstone press secretary for an up-and-coming senator, Nolan Bishop. Louisa and her neighbor, Pete Streeter, are at odds, particularly since he callously snags her morning paper and receives phone calls at all hours. Stre More...

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Aug 11, 2010

Rachel rated it:

This was one of the cheesiest romance novels I've ever read. I can do cheese (I love Twilight for God's sake!) but this was over the top even for me. In addition to the romance plot line there was also a mystery plot line that seemed implausible and I had trouble following. People say that Evanovich is really funny but that wasn't true of this book.

To be fair, this book was written pre-Stephanie Plum days and probably wouldn't have been rereleased if it wasn't for the success of the More...

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Aug 15, 2011

Tiffeny rated it:

Janet Evanovich is the author of all the Stephanie Plum books, of which I'm not a huge fan. I've only read one and it was a while ago, so I don't remember a lot about it. I think I remember there being too many F-words for my taste and I just don't remember caring for the characters too much. Apparently though before she wrote Plum, she wrote a series of paperback romance novels, that were published and then quickly went out of print. In the last few years though, probably since she's become More...

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Jun 26, 2011

Cyndi rated it:

This was my first-ever Janet Evanovich book and I absolutely loved it! It was a short, quick read, packed tight with great one-liners that made me laugh out loud. Just ask my poor hubby, who had to stop what he was doing several times to listen to me read funny passages to him!

The best thing about this book was the absolute MALENESS of the "hero." Evanovich wrote his dialogue and inner thoughts just like a real guy, which completely tickled me.

My fave line:

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May 29, 2011

Shannon rated it:

I thought it had its cute parts, but ultimately fell flat. Evanovich is far more talented than this book shows.

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Sep 21, 2008

Elizabeth rated it:

Cute story

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Apr 24, 2011

Sandy rated it:

Very light reading! This description reminded me of my daughter, Tamara. pp.127-8 "She was the firstborn in her family and like most children, she'd been the achiever...For all her intelligence and discipline, she'd been a drifter. She'd made the major decisions of her life by default. She's worked hard to excel at what ever task was before her, but she'd never charted a course for herself. She'd never felt impassioned about a career choice so she'd simply traveled the path of least re More...

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Mar 29, 2011

Iris rated it:

I'm not really sure what to say. I have no idea what the "pig" story was all about, I got fed up with all the "inner thoughts" by both, Louisa and Pete half way through the book - it felt repetitious, AND it wasn't really near as funny as most of the other Evanovich stories. Bottom line ... I wouldn't bother. As you can see, I can't even bother spending more time to write something about it .... says it all, doesn't it?

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Nov 06, 2009

Photojim rated it:

Reading this should give any starting author hope. This proves that one of your first books can be total crap and you can go on to be a very successful writer. The writing is choppy at best. The scenarios are more than improbable. The characters have few redeeming qualities. The plot is nonexistent. So why two stars and not one? Because it was merely bad. Sort or like something a friend has asked you to read. OK for an amateur, but not something you'd expect to be published anywhere.

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Mar 11, 2009

Kara rated it:

This is one of her early books and you can tell. Is it fun? yes Can you see glimpses of her Motor Mouth series and One for the Money (which are both excellent)? yes, but she doesn't have the character development that happens later on. She is practicing becoming a seasoned writer with this book. Better than a harlequin romance, but not much (probably only because I like the humor).

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Oct 07, 2008

April rated it:

This is one of Evanovich's earlier works, and man, does it show. Though there are flashes of humor throughout, the plotting is inconsistent, the characters are underdeveloped, the mystery lacks complexity, and the romance is implausible.

On the other hand, this is the kind of thing that kept Evanovich writing, and she eventually hit One for the Money, Stephanie Plum's debut. While the characters in this book--the Naughty Neighbors in the title--are no Stephanie and Morelli (or Ranger More...

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Aug 01, 2011

Scherry rated it:

Readers! Short and simple romance novel, almost like a good Mills and Boons but has a twist to it...Not very engrossing nor recommended to read when you consider the other romance novels which are out there in the world! But yet extremely adorable characters and very interesting scenes in terms of humor and conversation.

Happy reading if you do decide to read this! Enjoy! :)

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Mar 29, 2010

Jessi rated it:

Okay, the early Evanovich books are cheesy and more than a little uneven. Louisa is a press secretary for some politician or another. Pete is a screenwriter and novelist on the track of a new story. And they live together. Well, kind of. She's in his downstairs apartment and very annoyed 'cause he's so loud. But she doesn't realize that he can hear her too. The story is bleh. Avoid.

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Jun 11, 2010

Jess rated it:

Made it through one and a half CDs before I had to quit. I think I only made it that far because I was in my car and my ipod had died. Not good at all.

Annoying leads--couldn't tell you if I disliked the man or the woman more--bad writing, and I didn't like the narrator at all. Avoid.

Are any of her books not involving Stephanie Plum less than terrible?

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Jan 22, 2012

Mary rated it:

This was audiobook. I disliked the narrator most. But there was just nothing different about this book. I felt like I could've written it in a college class. The Narrator completely OVERREAD/OVERACTED the parts. You know how things are sooooo bad you have to finish it out of shear "train wreck" quality. That was this narrator.

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Oct 22, 2009

Jeanne is currently reading it

I'm currently listening to this book... I got it as an audiobook for my recent road trip. It is pretty good so far for a cute romance, but my ADD keeps kicking in and I can't stay focused!! You definitely know where this book is headed, but it is still a fun read. However, it may be a while before I finish this one. :)

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Jul 17, 2009

Lisarenee rated it:

Another one of the Loveswept books from Evanovich prior to Stephanie Plum series. Seemed like the prototype for Morelli was in this one. Not a cop but the personality is there. Seems like Evanovich must really like Boston Cream Donuts. It seems like almost every book has the main character eating one or two or three.LOL

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Apr 13, 2010

Michelle rated it:

The biggest thing about this book that bothers me is that a cat is being fed foods that would kill it. Evanovich should have done her homework.

I was in the mood for a quick chuckle, so I turned to Janet Evanovich. Witty, cute, and ridiculously trite. But face it, no one reads Evanovich and expects answers to life's big questions.

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Feb 15, 2010

✿Dawn✿ rated it:

This was a really cute fun read. Great for the beach! There were some parts of the book that were not so much annoying as it was poor editing. In the beginning of the book the author explains that these are all re-releases of books that she wrote a long time ago. And that they changed a few things to update the book ie: VCR to DVD. However, they missed a few spots. But other than that, it was a good read.

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Mar 03, 2009

Jennifer rated it:

This book was a disappointment. It was a complete fluff read. The book was too short. There wasn't even time to become attached to the characters. This could be because it was one of Janet Evanovich's earlier works. But I would not have chosen this as a book to be rereleased. There just wasn't much to like.

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Jun 13, 2010

Belinda rated it:

For Evanovichfiles this book is a lot of fun because it was written before the Plum series; when JE was clearly developing Pete Marino's character and a love of doughnuts (whether she knew it or not!) The plot is a little silly and definitely not up to par with the StephPlum books, but for those of us who admire JE, it's a tasty read.

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Apr 24, 2011

Megan rated it:

Read it in bed one morning in just a few hours. definitely entertaining but nit the best I've ever read. A little predictable. But after reading a couple harder to read books, this was a nice change of pace. So easy and entertaining. Didn't love love the characters but it was good enough!

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May 27, 2009

Sarah Pi rated it:

Listened to this on the 9 hour drive home today. My first Janet Evanovich. It was breezy, a little smutty, and entertaining, which makes for a good audiobook. I had kind of expected there to be more to the mystery, but it was sort of a non-event. That's ok. I was entertained.

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Jan 17, 2012

Julee rated it:

Really cute story and I love Janet's writing style, but I was surprised that it was so honed in only on the relationship. I guess I was expecting some crazy shenanigans like the Plum books, I kept waiting for Louisa to be kidnapped by the bad guy and in the midst of Pete trying to save her she "accidentally" rescues herself. So I was a little bummed that it was way more romance and less action and mystery, but I still loved it.

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Nov 15, 2011

Carole rated it:

I was disappointed in this book. Although it was humorous at times, the main characters were annoying. Part of the problem could have been that I listened to the audio version and the narrator was such a ham. She overacted and her reading was so over the top, it was extremely annoying.

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