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Motor Mouth (Alex Barnaby #2)
by
Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author)
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In this much-anticipated sequel to Janet Evanovich's Metro Girl (the first installment in a series that introduced readers to Baltimore mechanic turned amateur sleuth Alexandra "Barney" Barnaby), the sexy bleached blonde and her hunky NASCAR driver and sometime boyfriend, Sam Hooker, stumble into a high-octane misadventure that implicates them...more
In this much-anticipated sequel to Janet Evanovich's Metro Girl (the first installment in a series that introduced readers to Baltimore mechanic turned amateur sleuth Alexandra "Barney" Barnaby), the sexy bleached blonde and her hunky NASCAR driver and sometime boyfriend, Sam Hooker, stumble into a high-octane misadventure that implicates them...more
Hardcover, 312 pages
Published
October 3rd 2006
by HarperCollins Publishers
(first published October 1st 2006)
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Baltimore mechanic turned amateur sleuth Alexandra "Barney" Barnaby), the sexy bleached blonde and her hunky NASCAR driver and sometime boyfriend, Sam Hooker, stumble into a high-octane misadventure that implicates them in numerous felonies, including multiple murder, breaking and entering, kidnapping, and, of course, grand theft auto. Now working as Hooker's race-day spotter -- and trying to come to grips with the handsome driver's recent infidelity with a salesclerk -- Barnaby guides her forme...more
I was really looking forward to the release of this novel and had high expectations. Too bad they all fell flat. Alexa Barnaby, known as Barney, gave up her boring job in insurance to be a spotter for Nascar driver, Sam Hooker, after their first adventure. Barney and Hooker’s personal relationship went south, however, after he cheated on her with a salesclerk. They team up to rescue their friend Gobbles when he gets locked in the car hauler of some shady characters, and find themselves framed fo...more
Ok, so maybe the situations are a bit implausible, but I do adore Evanovich's style and crazy characters.
Barney (Alex) and NASCAR guy (Sam) are at it again. Barney is a spotter for Sam's team. They're not together because he was doing a sales clerk, but she's still working with him. Another spotter (Gobbles) gets in a tight spot and then, well, in typical Evanovich fashion - everything falls apart. Barney and Sam hijack a car hauler of a competitor, rescue Gobbles, chop up two cars, find someth...more
Barney (Alex) and NASCAR guy (Sam) are at it again. Barney is a spotter for Sam's team. They're not together because he was doing a sales clerk, but she's still working with him. Another spotter (Gobbles) gets in a tight spot and then, well, in typical Evanovich fashion - everything falls apart. Barney and Sam hijack a car hauler of a competitor, rescue Gobbles, chop up two cars, find someth...more
Baltimore mechanic turned amateur sleuth Alexandra "Barney" Barnaby), the sexy bleached blonde and her hunky NASCAR driver and sometime boyfriend, Sam Hooker, stumble into a high-octane misadventure that implicates them in numerous felonies, including multiple murder, breaking and entering, kidnapping, and, of course, grand theft auto. Now working as Hooker's race-day spotter -- and trying to come to grips with the handsome driver's recent infidelity with a salesclerk -- Barnaby guides her forme...more
Synopsis:It's the last race of the season, and the wheels are smoking and the temperature is rising at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Alexandra Barnaby is NASCAR driver Sam Hooker's raceday spotter, his eye-in-the-sky, telling Hooker when to pass and when to get off the gas. From her vantage point high above the grandstand she's also seeing things going on in the infield that will change her life. Things that will lead to a stolen racecar hauler, a kidnapped Saint Bernard, a bizarre murder, some restl...more
Alexandra Barnaby is NASCAR driver Sam Hooker's raceday spotter, his eye-in-the-sky, telling Hooker when to pass and when to get off the gas. From her vantage point high above the grandstand she's also seeing things going on in the infield that will change her life. Things that will lead to a stolen racecar hauler, a kidnapped Saint Bernard, a bizarre murder, some restl...more
Barney is still kind of mad at Hooker for boinking a sales clerk, so she's holding out on nooky until further notice and keeping their mechanic/racecar driver relationship strictly professional (even if his car isn't the only thing of Hooker's that she wouldn't mind tuning up). But this being a Janet Evanovich novel, a simple race quickly becomes a murder mystery as it becomes clear that one of the cars (number 69, sponsored by a lube company) has been fitted with illegal but cutting-edge techno...more
I liked this one better than the first, it was hilarious from start to finish. Nothing went as they planned with hilarious results(and lots of dead bodies along the way).
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I had my hopes up with this series, but .... hmmm .... the second installment didn't really live up to the first one and any of my expectations. It was a good book, great story, great plot, I love Sam Hooker, but it was long and drawn out.
Alex Barnaby and NASCAR guy Sam Hooker are back solving a murder or two within the racing community. All very technical and sometimes way beyond my understanding, but not to the point where I was completely lost. I honestly believe if Janet Evanovich would give...more
Alex Barnaby and NASCAR guy Sam Hooker are back solving a murder or two within the racing community. All very technical and sometimes way beyond my understanding, but not to the point where I was completely lost. I honestly believe if Janet Evanovich would give...more
I ordered 2 books through interlibrary loan & they both came today! EEK! I have to read them in TWO weeks!!! Now, the question is, which do I read first? Running with Scissors or Look Me in the Eye? Then as if that doesn't complicate matters enough, I also have Motor Mouth & Shape Shifters to read, ACCKK
+ A great book with a lot of action and fabulous characters. I love the style how Janet writes. It's quick, well thought out and has humor.
+ The scenes with Felicia, Rosa and Berg (the dog) are hilarious.
+ Everytime you think you know what is going to happen, something else happens. Or you are right, but then someting else is going wrong again.
+ When it's getting more tensive, suddenly there is a great joke, when you least expect it. The characters and scenes come really alive while reading....more
+ The scenes with Felicia, Rosa and Berg (the dog) are hilarious.
+ Everytime you think you know what is going to happen, something else happens. Or you are right, but then someting else is going wrong again.
+ When it's getting more tensive, suddenly there is a great joke, when you least expect it. The characters and scenes come really alive while reading....more
I must admit, there were some times that this had me chuckling. Mostly I think because I listened to the first Barney novel by Evanovich as an audio-book and I can still hear the reader's voice in my head as Hooker. "Darlin'!"
The further adventures of BArney and Hooker, once again in trouble and once again in Miami. The details about NASCAR tend to bore me, but I did enjoy some of the interplay amongst characters. Discussions on "the man in the boat" and such were amusing. I did have to wonder...more
The further adventures of BArney and Hooker, once again in trouble and once again in Miami. The details about NASCAR tend to bore me, but I did enjoy some of the interplay amongst characters. Discussions on "the man in the boat" and such were amusing. I did have to wonder...more
Well, I enjoyed the first book of this series because it felt different from the Stephanie PLum books. But now in the second book, gone are the younger fun characters that were there from the beginning, but the ones that we really just Florida versions of the Jersey characters are still there. Add to that the big dog, that eats everything and scenes that are identical to ones that I actually read- the dog eats and entire box of prunes, I mean it must have happened personally to Janet Evanovich s...more
I feel that same about this book as I did the first, although I think this book is worse. Everything is still incredibly unbelievable. I thought the writing was funny in places, but not great at all. This book is a very low 3 stars, and it only gets that third because it made me laugh. Overall, not a book I would really bother recommending to anyone.
There's just no way any of the situations is this book are actually plausible. One or two of them I might be willing to overlook for the sake of th...more
There's just no way any of the situations is this book are actually plausible. One or two of them I might be willing to overlook for the sake of th...more
I really enjoy reading Janet Evanovich novels. To put it bluntly they are funny, totally unrealistic, and mindless good reads. I was waiting to get pulled into this series like I've been pulled into the Stephanie Plum series. It took awhile (pg.77) but it was worth the read. I felt this was Plum's Trenton just in NASCAR with more money to quickly travel, there's even a dog. (I wonder if Evanovich has a large, droolly dog?)
If you like NASCAR, you'd like this book. The plot is that a friend "Gobbl...more
If you like NASCAR, you'd like this book. The plot is that a friend "Gobbl...more
Motor Mouth, Janet Evanovich’s second book in the Barnaby Series (Metro Girl is the first), is a comic romp through NASCAR. The humor is mindless but extremely funny. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to future Barnaby books almost as much as the Stephanie Plum Series.
Evanovich started as a romance writer but found her voice in the Stephanie Plum Series. Evanovich has found a similar voice in the Barnaby series. Alexandra Barnaby is another strong, funny and likeable character who...more
Evanovich started as a romance writer but found her voice in the Stephanie Plum Series. Evanovich has found a similar voice in the Barnaby series. Alexandra Barnaby is another strong, funny and likeable character who...more
An excellent sequel to Metro Girl the first Alex Barnaby novel. Alex "Barney" Barnaby and Sam Hooker make an excellent pair in these fast paced, action packed steamy novels. Barney is a hilarious, spunky, sassy character full of wit. Hooker is a Nascar driving, Barney loving hottie. The tag team make for a great second novel in the series. Although they stumble and make some mistakes along the way they're not so bad at the crime fighting, mystery solving business. The additional characters Rosa...more
I had my hopes up for this one since I enjoyed the first book in the series, but I didn't care for this one as much as I did the first one.
In addition to the two main characters of the story, a couple of the'extra'characters from Metro Girl are back in this one, thankfully.
It was a bit long and drawn out for what the really story was. I don't really mind that the story line and jams they get themselves into quite are far-fetched...I think that's part of the fun of these books, in my opinion.
I...more
In addition to the two main characters of the story, a couple of the'extra'characters from Metro Girl are back in this one, thankfully.
It was a bit long and drawn out for what the really story was. I don't really mind that the story line and jams they get themselves into quite are far-fetched...I think that's part of the fun of these books, in my opinion.
I...more
Plot: Alex and Hooker are back again bumbling around while solving a mystery. They get into some really crazy situations, but always make it out without harm. This novel introduces Beans, Hooker's new St. Bernard. He adds a fun charm to the story. I was a bit underwhelmed at the point where the mystery is revealed, it seemed too forced and complicated. It didn't feel to me like it matched the vibe of rest of the story.
Characters: I'm liking Alex more and seeing a bit more how she isn't just like...more
Characters: I'm liking Alex more and seeing a bit more how she isn't just like...more
Mar 27, 2010
Marci Barnes
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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I really liked listening to this book on CD. I LOVED the "reader" CJ Critt and I think I will pick up books that she has read in the future just because of that. She is hysterical with her accents that range from Texan to Mexican to New Jersey to snob.
This is the first Evanovich novel I have read/listened to and I wasn't sure what to expect. She had a great mix of funny, sex, intrigue and mystery in her story to make it thoroughly enjoyable. I really like the characters and went right to the lib...more
This is the first Evanovich novel I have read/listened to and I wasn't sure what to expect. She had a great mix of funny, sex, intrigue and mystery in her story to make it thoroughly enjoyable. I really like the characters and went right to the lib...more
Well, this wasn't quite as good as the first one. I am happy that a lot of the same characters were in this, and the "whodunnit" bit was well done. I really enjoyed the dog in this one, but sometimes Evanovich made him too much of a stereotypical "big, goofy dog". This book was a lot of fun, and a super easy read. It is a great choice if you want to lighten it up for a bit. You could get through both of the books in this series really quickly. There wasn't anything at the end of this one that ma...more
Alexandra Barnaby is back.
Alex has a passion for cars and an engineering degree. She works for Sam Hooker who is a NASCAR driver and also used to be her boyfriend until he was caught cheating on her.
Part of Alex's job description is working as a spotter doing a race. When she is asked to do a fellow spotter a favour, little does she know just how complicated this one little favour is going to make her life.
It's a fun story, with good characters.
Recommended reading for all Evanovich fans and rom...more
Alex has a passion for cars and an engineering degree. She works for Sam Hooker who is a NASCAR driver and also used to be her boyfriend until he was caught cheating on her.
Part of Alex's job description is working as a spotter doing a race. When she is asked to do a fellow spotter a favour, little does she know just how complicated this one little favour is going to make her life.
It's a fun story, with good characters.
Recommended reading for all Evanovich fans and rom...more
This was the first "Barney and Hooker" book that I have read. I have read all of the Stephanie Plum books to date and see a lot of similarities between the two. Beautiful woman in an on-again off-again relationship with a guy with a big goofy dog that eats everything, getting caught up in heist and multiple shootings, having to clear her name before getting caught, and lots of various colorful supporting characters.
Since I am seeking light, enjoyable, funny, action books right now this one fit...more
Since I am seeking light, enjoyable, funny, action books right now this one fit...more
I had this on CD for while driving. I was laughing! I was in suspense... and there was even romance. I have been to two NASCAR races and been to Charlotte for one of them, and that is where part of the book takes place. I think having that knowledge, and the crazy mall in Charlotte, which is also referenced, made this book even better. I had never read one of her books, so I am not sure if Janet Evanovich normally writes like this... but I would read another one! This was just a good book to rea...more
I enjoyed it about as much as I liked its predecessor, Metro Girl, and as I was finishing it up this afternoon, I realized why - Barney and Hooker remind me a lot of how Eric Christian Olsen and Daniela Ruah play Deeks and Kensi on NCIS: LA. I wonder why, out of all the Evanovich canon, the movie folks out there chose the Plum novels to adapt for the big screen instead of Barney and Hooker's adventures. Maybe getting NASCAR's cooperation was too difficult. It's too bad, because I think this woul...more
Because Motormouth has the same type of action as Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series I can't help but compare the two. Motormouth loses in comparison. The characters in this book are not as endearing as Plum and her sidekicks. Evanovich needs to pull a new trick out of her hat. Nothing new or original.
And a major slam for the audio version. The reader was overly animated, so much that the characters came across as Saturday morning cartoon characters. Okay if you want to imagine Bugs Bunny cursin...more
And a major slam for the audio version. The reader was overly animated, so much that the characters came across as Saturday morning cartoon characters. Okay if you want to imagine Bugs Bunny cursin...more
The first book was so much better but this is still a good quick read that features your faves from Metro Girl. Hooker, Barney, Felicia and Rosa are here.
I have to admit that the tone and certain things reminded me of the Plum series. Hooker is Morelli & Diesel rolled into one with some Lula comments. Rosa is Lula. Felicia is Connie and Barney is Plum. Different setting same idea.
That being said, I feel that this book may benefit from a third just to wrap it up nicely and finally give a good...more
I have to admit that the tone and certain things reminded me of the Plum series. Hooker is Morelli & Diesel rolled into one with some Lula comments. Rosa is Lula. Felicia is Connie and Barney is Plum. Different setting same idea.
That being said, I feel that this book may benefit from a third just to wrap it up nicely and finally give a good...more
Mar 26, 2009
Stacey
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Evanovich fans
Shelves:
2009-books,
audio-book
I was looking for a few more audio books and this one happened to be on the shelf at the library. I've loved most of the Evanovich books I've read so I went ahead and picked this one up even though I hadn't ready the first on in the series.
I really liked Motor Mouth though and am going to go back and read the 1st one in the series (as soon as I get a chance-so much to read, so little time). I loved the characters although I thought some of the racer's names and team sponsors were a little corny...more
I really liked Motor Mouth though and am going to go back and read the 1st one in the series (as soon as I get a chance-so much to read, so little time). I loved the characters although I thought some of the racer's names and team sponsors were a little corny...more
Alexa Barnaby (Barney) gave up a dull insurance company job and went to work for Sam Hooker; a Nascar driver. The story opens with Barney working as a spotter for Sam Hooker racing team. Since "Metro Girl" Barney and Hooker's personal relationship came to an end, however she still works with the racing team as both a spotter and mechanic. They team up to rescue their friend (and spotter for Nascar driver Spanky) Gobbles when he gets locked in the car hauler by some thugs affilated with Spanky's...more
First I have to say that I am a HUGE Janet fan. I have all her books and have read and re-read them a zillion times. When Metro Girl came out I was excited... I was not thrilled with Metro Girl, but I liked it. I felt like it was a rushed book, not the greatest but good. Then she started Motor Mouth and kept pushing back the release date so I thought she was really taking her time with this one and it was going to be better. I was wrong! My sister and I bought the book on it's release date. My s...more
Well, my mom picked up this book in the middle of my Stephanie Plum obsession last year, and I read it basically because I was out of the numbers books to read. I really don't like (kind of despise) the whole NASCAR thing, so Miami and NASCAR weren't too much of a draw for me.
Unfortunately, two things are probably skewing this rating: 1) I read this book before Metro Girl so I missed some of the set up and 2) I read it while in the middle of a Stephanie Plum marathon... That being said the book...more
Unfortunately, two things are probably skewing this rating: 1) I read this book before Metro Girl so I missed some of the set up and 2) I read it while in the middle of a Stephanie Plum marathon... That being said the book...more
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Janet Evanovich is the #1 bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels, twelve romance novels, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and graphic novels, Wicked Appetite (the first book in the Lizzy and Diesel series,) and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author.
Also published books under the name Steffie Hall.
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