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Bobbie Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day (Bobbie Faye #1)
by
Toni McGee Causey (Goodreads Author)
Bobbie Faye Sumrall knows that a day without disaster is a day in someone else's life. Criminals have kidnapped her good-for-nothing brother and are demanding her Contraband Queen tiara--the only thing of her mama's she inherited--as ransom. So Bobbie Faye has to outwit the police, organized crime, former boyfriends, and a hostage she never intended to take (but who turns...more
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
May 1st 2007
by St. Martin's Griffin
(first published April 14th 2007)
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This book series really reminded me of the Stephanie Plum books and I'd recommend it to fans of that series, especially those of the Team Ranger persuasion. =) It was actually funnier than the Stephanie Plum books. It started out quick and just kept barreling along. Plus it took place in Louisiana, which I'm a fan of.
Apparently at some point, around when book three came out I guess, someone decided to change the titles of the first two books and I don't know why. The titles of the first two are...more
Apparently at some point, around when book three came out I guess, someone decided to change the titles of the first two books and I don't know why. The titles of the first two are...more
MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS.
My first Bobbie Faye book was "Girls Just Wanna Have Guns," which I liked a lot.
I expected I'd like this -- the kickoff to the series -- just as well. I didn't.
The pace here was too frenetic.
Bobbie Faye's personality and humor are just as vivid and distinctive, but I just didn't care all that much.
And the Trevor-v.-Bobbie-Faye love buzz was much more sexy in the "Girls Just Wanna."
I found myself skimming, just following the plot, due to an excess of dangers and near mis...more
My first Bobbie Faye book was "Girls Just Wanna Have Guns," which I liked a lot.
I expected I'd like this -- the kickoff to the series -- just as well. I didn't.
The pace here was too frenetic.
Bobbie Faye's personality and humor are just as vivid and distinctive, but I just didn't care all that much.
And the Trevor-v.-Bobbie-Faye love buzz was much more sexy in the "Girls Just Wanna."
I found myself skimming, just following the plot, due to an excess of dangers and near mis...more
Contemporary Lake Charles, Louisiana
Bobbie Faye was looking forward to the Lake Charles Contraband Days Festival not waking up to a flooded trailer, a kidnapped brother or criminals after her mother tiara. Now she is going to commit a bank robbery and a carjacking just to retrieve her family heirloom. The bank robbery might have been unintentional but the carjacking was definitely intentional.
Now Bobbie Faye has a hard body extremely sexy Trevor on her hands when she took his truck hostage. At...more
Bobbie Faye was looking forward to the Lake Charles Contraband Days Festival not waking up to a flooded trailer, a kidnapped brother or criminals after her mother tiara. Now she is going to commit a bank robbery and a carjacking just to retrieve her family heirloom. The bank robbery might have been unintentional but the carjacking was definitely intentional.
Now Bobbie Faye has a hard body extremely sexy Trevor on her hands when she took his truck hostage. At...more
Started this book last year but didn't get past the first few pages. Picked it up again as a sort of palate cleanser from reading another genre and read all three books in the series in a little over a week.
I'm not going to lie, there is so much over-the-top-ness in the book I really am surprised I enjoyed it so much. But I think that is the key - this was pure entertainment and that is exactly what I needed in my life right now.
I definitely think fans of Stephanie Plum will enjoy the humorous t...more
I'm not going to lie, there is so much over-the-top-ness in the book I really am surprised I enjoyed it so much. But I think that is the key - this was pure entertainment and that is exactly what I needed in my life right now.
I definitely think fans of Stephanie Plum will enjoy the humorous t...more
First: This book was rereleased as "Charmed and Dangerous," with a few editing changes and a new cover. No, Amazon nor the publisher specify this anywhere.
This book is a tour de force that will keep you up long past your bedtime! Causey writes that a reader once told her she read the book while in the shower because she couldn't put it down, and I believe it! This book is the perfect mix of humor, adrenaline, and a little romance. I laughed so hard I cried!
Causey's writing style is wonderfully...more
This book is a tour de force that will keep you up long past your bedtime! Causey writes that a reader once told her she read the book while in the shower because she couldn't put it down, and I believe it! This book is the perfect mix of humor, adrenaline, and a little romance. I laughed so hard I cried!
Causey's writing style is wonderfully...more
This has to be the funniest book I have ever laid my hands on! I laughed till I cried for well over 30 minutes as I raced through the pages of the first 5 chapters. Bobbie Faye wakes up at 4am to a flooded out trailer, She finds out her brother is kidnapped and held for ransom over a worthless tiarra. The only shirt she can find to put on is a SHUCK ME, SUCK ME, EAT ME RAW babydoll tee. An electritian shows up to cut off her electrity, all while her trailer begins to collapse. Off to the bank sh...more
This book sat on my to-read list for so long that it actually changed names! This used to be called Bobbie Faye’s Very (very, very, very) Bad Day. I have no idea why the books in this series changed titles… It’s very (very, very, very) confusing.
Regardless of the title, this was a story I enjoyed. It’s non-stop action from the first page to the last, with a whole lot of humor and a touch of heart. Bobbie Faye reminds me a little of Stephanie Plum, only more of a disaster. The “testimonials” at t...more
Regardless of the title, this was a story I enjoyed. It’s non-stop action from the first page to the last, with a whole lot of humor and a touch of heart. Bobbie Faye reminds me a little of Stephanie Plum, only more of a disaster. The “testimonials” at t...more
Yeehaw ! What a ride this book was. This girl Bobbie Faye, has the worst and the best kind of luck all thrown into a hurricane and then flung at her. She is southern fried, hot headed, stubborn and smart and willing to face whatever she has too full on. Her love life is a mess, her home life is a mess, now her whole life is a mess. it all began with a water leak, a rotten brother and a tiara. There are Cops, FBI, Gunrunners, Voodo-ists, bank robbers and a couple sexy men to liven things up a bit...more
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I don't think I've had this much fun reading a book since Stephanie Plum first arrived on the scene. The story of Bobbie Faye Sumrall, Contraband Festival Queen and walking natural disaster moves at the speed of light. Bobbie Faye is infamous throughout the state of Louisiana for being at the center of so many calamities that insurance companies publish maps identifying various locations where she has struck. (The map at the beginning of the book is for the 'south western region' and includes tr...more
Oh boy, I want to meet Bobbie Faye. She is a fire cracker! I'm so glad for public libraries as I probably never would have found and read this book if it weren't for my library's New Release shelf. I would say that this is a comedic chick lit mystery... yep, I know, the lines are blurring more and more every day. :O)
Bobbie Faye wakes up one morning thinking that she will have the day to prepare for her home visit regarding her niece. Considering her explosive past (yes literally!), Bobbie should...more
Bobbie Faye wakes up one morning thinking that she will have the day to prepare for her home visit regarding her niece. Considering her explosive past (yes literally!), Bobbie should...more
This book made me laugh and laugh and laugh. It has some similarities to my my favorite book of all time, Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie. There's a fiesty main character who has the worst luck ever, there's the strong silent man by her side, and unimaginably funny things keep happening to them. As you can imagine, her Bad Day is just that, and Causey makes this day keep getting worse. The main difference between this book and Crusie's, however, which kept it from being a 5 star, is that...more
Hilarious! Kick butt girl takes on the world! Or, at least Louisiana.
Bobbie Faye is a gal I would love to meet, but fear ever meeting--if you know what I mean!
I was first intrigued by this book due to its book trailer. It's hilarious! And it doesn't exaggerate. It is totally the book.
Bobbie Faye, responsible for her niece while her sister dries out (long story), awakens to find her her trailer resembling a swimming pool (another long story). Before long, Bobbie Faye, who is the Contraband Days Q...more
Bobbie Faye is a gal I would love to meet, but fear ever meeting--if you know what I mean!
I was first intrigued by this book due to its book trailer. It's hilarious! And it doesn't exaggerate. It is totally the book.
Bobbie Faye, responsible for her niece while her sister dries out (long story), awakens to find her her trailer resembling a swimming pool (another long story). Before long, Bobbie Faye, who is the Contraband Days Q...more
The first thing I noticed about this series is that there is action. So much so, that one almost forgets what the whole premise is for the story. Bobbie Faye Sumrall is the most unusual person I've ever read about. If something that is going to happen, it will happen to her. And everyone will know about it. Thing is, it makes for a pretty good read. I can see this series being made into a TV show in the future. Bobbie Faye and all of her crazy and not-so-crazy friends and relatives, including se...more
Toni McGee Causey's first Bobbie Faye book, Charmed and Dangerous, is a non-stop, action-packed ride from start to finish. Bobbie Faye wakes up to find her trailer is about to implode, and her day goes downhill from there. As Bobbie Faye is accused of robbing a bank, carjacking & kidnapping, and a host of other crimes, you start to feel sorry for the poor girl, and even sorrier for those who are caught in her trajectory. You won't be sorry if you buy this book - I liked it so much I went out...more
In all honesty, I bought this book because there was a lobster on the cover (sue me, I think lobsters are cute) and it was only $3 at Half Price Books. So it was really just an added bonus when it turned out to be a good book. Set in Louisiana, there's plenty of swearing and action packed shenanigans involving near misses with flooded trailers (of the double wide variety), FBI agents, black bears, and illegal art dealers. Even with the silliness of the story, and the very (very, very, very) bad...more
Just when I think I know what a bad day is, Bobbie Faye comes along and makes all of mine look like a day at Disneyland. This book grabbed me by the throat & wouldn't let go, dragging me through one of the most entertaining adventures I've ever read. I loved Bobbie Faye's strength and determination. Titanium magnolia for sure. This heroine has skills too, knifing a snake to a tree then bending over trying not to throw up. She can shoot better than her ex-boyfriend cop & most of the thugs...more
J'ai vraiment bien aimé ce livre, l'héroïne est complètement déjantée, loufoque et il faut le dire catastrophique ! Oui si il y a un bien un mot qui la définit c'est bien celui la ! C'est un désastre ambulant à elle toute seule.
On tombe tout de suite dans l'histoire, Bobbie Faye se retrouve plongée dans une histoire abracadabrante ou sont en jeux son frère et sa nièce mais ce que ne savent pas les ravisseurs c'est qu'on ne touche pas à sa famille. Sinon c'est le désastre total garanti !!! De plu...more
On tombe tout de suite dans l'histoire, Bobbie Faye se retrouve plongée dans une histoire abracadabrante ou sont en jeux son frère et sa nièce mais ce que ne savent pas les ravisseurs c'est qu'on ne touche pas à sa famille. Sinon c'est le désastre total garanti !!! De plu...more
This was far from LOL. I knew this would be cheesy based on the title. And I can do cheesy...in the right way. This is certainly not how I like my cheese. I think Bobbie Faye is an annoying twit who always has something to say...which if what she said was clever, well ok then...but it hardly ever is. It reminds me a little of "I know you are but what am I" from grade school. One dumb example: "I'm perfectly okay. Do I not embody the profound okayness of an okay person? I'm so freaking okay, they...more
OK, true confession time. I was asked to quote this book before pub. The Advance Copy arrived at my house. It simply vanished. A year later it was discovered at the bottom of my toddler's toy chest. We think it was the color. Or maybe my daughter is more precocious that I thought. Toni, if you're out there, please please forgive me! This is one of the most hilarious, uproarious series going. It's part mystery, part chick-lit, very Southern, totally unique and laugh-out-loud (and I mean every pag...more
First: This is the same book as "Bobbie Faye's Very (Very Very Very) Bad Day," with a few editing changes and a new cover. No, Amazon nor the publisher specify this anywhere.
This book is a tour de force that will keep you up long past your bedtime! Causey writes that a reader once told her she read the book while in the shower because she couldn't put it down, and I believe it! This book is the perfect mix of humor, adrenaline, and a little romance. I laughed so hard I cried!
Causey's writing s...more
This book is a tour de force that will keep you up long past your bedtime! Causey writes that a reader once told her she read the book while in the shower because she couldn't put it down, and I believe it! This book is the perfect mix of humor, adrenaline, and a little romance. I laughed so hard I cried!
Causey's writing s...more
Note: This was apparently originally published as Bobbie Faye's (Very, Very, Very) Bad Day.
I really did enjoy reading the adventures of Bobbie Faye. The book is amusing, action-pack, and just plain fun. It is however, almost exhausting to read. I should have finished this in a few days and yet after spurts of reading a few chapters, I'd put it down and not pick it up for weeks. I won't eagerly go out and buy the next novel in the series.
Bobbie Faye is known throughout Louisiana for the devastat...more
I really did enjoy reading the adventures of Bobbie Faye. The book is amusing, action-pack, and just plain fun. It is however, almost exhausting to read. I should have finished this in a few days and yet after spurts of reading a few chapters, I'd put it down and not pick it up for weeks. I won't eagerly go out and buy the next novel in the series.
Bobbie Faye is known throughout Louisiana for the devastat...more
I'm not sure how much I liked this book, it was certainly entertaining. Bobbie Faye reminded me a lot of Stephanie Plum - only double. No one could have this much happen to them in one day...it made me feel a little frenzied. It will be a while before I read the second in this series.
From the backcover:
Bobbie Faye Sumrall knows a day without disaster is a day in someone else's life. Criminals have kidnapped her good-for-nothing brother and are demanding her Contraband Queen tiara - the only thin...more
From the backcover:
Bobbie Faye Sumrall knows a day without disaster is a day in someone else's life. Criminals have kidnapped her good-for-nothing brother and are demanding her Contraband Queen tiara - the only thin...more
Could this day get any worse? If you are Bobbie Faye Sumrall, the answer is yes. Bobbie Faye's day is outrageously bad. From page 1, she is dealing with one disaster after another. Her trailer falls apart (literally), her brother get kidnapped, she's somehow involved in bank robbery...and that is all before 9:30am!
This is a quick-witted, fast-paced read. Lots going on here...Bobbie Faye has to figure out along the way why the kidnappers are interested in her scrap metal tiara. She's also trying...more
This is a quick-witted, fast-paced read. Lots going on here...Bobbie Faye has to figure out along the way why the kidnappers are interested in her scrap metal tiara. She's also trying...more
Bobbie Faye Sumrall knows a day without disaster is a day in someone else's life. Criminals have kidnapped her good-for-nothing brother and are demanding her Contraband Queen tiara—the only thing of her mama's she inherited—as ransom.
So Bobbie Faye has to outwit the police, organized crime, former boyfriends, and a hostage she never intended to take (but who turns out to be damn sexy!), in order to rescue her brother, keep custody of her niece, and get back in time to take her place as queen in...more
So Bobbie Faye has to outwit the police, organized crime, former boyfriends, and a hostage she never intended to take (but who turns out to be damn sexy!), in order to rescue her brother, keep custody of her niece, and get back in time to take her place as queen in...more
Hysterical.
That's the best word to sum up this book...I laughed through 90% of it. Bobbie Faye is a riot, and if it weren't for bad, no scratch that, horrible, luck, she'd have absolutely no luck at all.
The story starts out in Bobbie Faye's trailer, the very modest place she calls home. She wakes up surrounded in water and realizes that her trailer is flooding. Shortly thereafter, the power company shuts her power off for non payment, and things don't get much better from there. Actually, these...more
That's the best word to sum up this book...I laughed through 90% of it. Bobbie Faye is a riot, and if it weren't for bad, no scratch that, horrible, luck, she'd have absolutely no luck at all.
The story starts out in Bobbie Faye's trailer, the very modest place she calls home. She wakes up surrounded in water and realizes that her trailer is flooding. Shortly thereafter, the power company shuts her power off for non payment, and things don't get much better from there. Actually, these...more
I loved this!
It was a romp from beginning to end. Bobbie Faye is a woman I'd love to know: outrageously funny, quick-witted, tremendously flawed, and courageous beyond measure.
I'm not going to spoil the plot by recounting it here. Let's just say that nothing and nobody are what they seem to be. And that Bobbie Faye may be the luckiest unlucky woman in the world!
I've downloaded the next two Bobbie Faye books and am using them for rewards for cleaning. *rolls up sleeves and gets to work
It was a romp from beginning to end. Bobbie Faye is a woman I'd love to know: outrageously funny, quick-witted, tremendously flawed, and courageous beyond measure.
I'm not going to spoil the plot by recounting it here. Let's just say that nothing and nobody are what they seem to be. And that Bobbie Faye may be the luckiest unlucky woman in the world!
I've downloaded the next two Bobbie Faye books and am using them for rewards for cleaning. *rolls up sleeves and gets to work
This is a great read, if you need some laughs. The main character, Bobbie Faye Sumrall, is a caring person who defends her family and protects her niece and helps her brother, when he's in trouble. Known as the Contraband Days Queen, this mystery takes you all over the place in New Orleans. We understand why this bad day has gotten worse by the minute. And with every twist and turn, we're in for a surprise at the end. Every dog has its day, but for Bobbie Fays, she ends up with tons of rotten lu...more
this book is my life. seriously. except things don't tend to end up as well for me as bobbie faye. don't you love it when you pick up a book that you've never heard of, have no expectations for, and it ends up being a really, really fun read! I loved it! I'm so glad to find out bobbie faye has a series, already ordered the next book. and I'll be talking southern all week. y'all.
and also, this book was really, *really* funny. and I really needed funny right now.
and also, this book was really, *really* funny. and I really needed funny right now.
Bobbie Faye has a reputation for causing trouble, two errant siblings, a young niece, and a number of big problems. To start with, her trailer is collapsing, and a stone-cold killer has kidnapped her brother. He wants a ransom from Bobbie Faye, but she doesn't own anything that's worth anything much. Next thing Bobbie Faye knows, she's stuck with a hostage, and he's hard to handle but really competent and willing to help her. But can she trust him, or anybody?
The cover said that fans of Stephanie Plum would like this book ("be thrilled") actually. I did enjoy it, although it felt a bit rushed. It seemed like the action was too fast, too whacky to really get a feel for the characters, but it hooked me enough so that I went ahead an bought the other two in the series. I enjoyed those more.
In all three books, I did enjoy the "quotes" from fictitious people about the main character, Bobbie Faye, and what a disaster she is, at the beginning of each chapte...more
In all three books, I did enjoy the "quotes" from fictitious people about the main character, Bobbie Faye, and what a disaster she is, at the beginning of each chapte...more
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Toni McGee Causey is the author of the critically acclaimed and nationally bestselling "Bobbie Faye" novels—an action/caper series set in south Louisiana. While pursuing an MFA in Screenwriting, Toni had scripts optioned by prominent studios and, just this year, produced an indie film, LA-308, which now has offers of distribution pending. Toni began her career by writing non-fiction for local news...more
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“Let me guess: you were one of those kids who had a chair dedicated to you in detention in school."
"Was not. They retired my chair after it sort of accidentally caught on fire. There's a plaque there now.”
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"Was not. They retired my chair after it sort of accidentally caught on fire. There's a plaque there now.”
“a day without a disaster would be a day in someone else's life. - Bobbie Faye”
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