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One for the Money (Stephanie Plum #1)
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Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author)
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Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, home to wiseguys, average Joes, and Stephanie Plum, who sports a big attitude and even bigger money problems (since losing her job as a lingerie buyer for a department store). Stephanie needs cash--fast--but times are tough, and soon she's forced to turn to the last resort of the truly desper...more
Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, home to wiseguys, average Joes, and Stephanie Plum, who sports a big attitude and even bigger money problems (since losing her job as a lingerie buyer for a department store). Stephanie needs cash--fast--but times are tough, and soon she's forced to turn to the last resort of the truly desper...more
Mass Market Paperback, 320 pages
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June 13th 2006
by St. Martin's Griffin
(first published February 1st 1996)
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This book mightn't quite deserve five stars, but the Good Lord up there in the sky has bestowed me with the ability to give whatever rating I want, and five is what I choose. This is one of those stories that can only be explained through quotes – Stephanie is unbelievably quotable – so be prepared.
I don’t even know what this series is. Crime? Mystery? Comedy? A bit of everything put together? Stephanie Plum, brand new, untrained bounty hunter from New Jersey has been in print for de...more
I don’t even know what this series is. Crime? Mystery? Comedy? A bit of everything put together? Stephanie Plum, brand new, untrained bounty hunter from New Jersey has been in print for de...more
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Dribble, dribble, dribble. To amuse myself I compiled a top 5 list of things from this book that any future bookclubs book shouldn't include:
1- a herioine who regularly wears spandex shorts (I see it was wrote in 1994, still...that was past the 80's...no excuses).
2- the term "crotch wrinkles." Used in a sentence: "By five o'clock I was feeling antsy, and my rayon skirt had serious crotch wrinkles."
3- a scene where a man masturbates on Ms. Plum's door (or any woman's door)
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1- a herioine who regularly wears spandex shorts (I see it was wrote in 1994, still...that was past the 80's...no excuses).
2- the term "crotch wrinkles." Used in a sentence: "By five o'clock I was feeling antsy, and my rayon skirt had serious crotch wrinkles."
3- a scene where a man masturbates on Ms. Plum's door (or any woman's door)
4...more
How is it that, having been an avid reader of mysteries for much of my life, I had never picked up one of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books? A gross oversight on my part that I have now rectified. I have finished the first one of the series.
I've been reading quite a few serious books this summer - "The Maytrees," "Falling Man," "Absolute Friends," and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" to name the most recent - and I was ready for a drastic chan...more
I've been reading quite a few serious books this summer - "The Maytrees," "Falling Man," "Absolute Friends," and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" to name the most recent - and I was ready for a drastic chan...more
Book: ★ ★ ½
Narration: ★ ½
I'm new to audiobooks, and at this point I'm not exactly sure how much they're for me. I can listen to whatever I want during my workday, so I figure, why not catch up on some reading while I do it? The problem is, I seem to come across more audiobooks that rub me the wrong way than those that don't. When the narrator is female and she reads the part of a male and is trying to either be sexy or menacing, I have a hard time with it. The same goes the other w...more
Narration: ★ ½
I'm new to audiobooks, and at this point I'm not exactly sure how much they're for me. I can listen to whatever I want during my workday, so I figure, why not catch up on some reading while I do it? The problem is, I seem to come across more audiobooks that rub me the wrong way than those that don't. When the narrator is female and she reads the part of a male and is trying to either be sexy or menacing, I have a hard time with it. The same goes the other w...more
Tatiana
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Recommends it for:
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Recommended to Tatiana by:
Heather
I've been seeing Evanovich books for years and not even once was I compelled to give them another look or find out if they were worth my time. I kind of regret it now.
This 1st book in the series about a female bounty hunter set in New Jersey ethnic neighborhood was quite a pleasure to read. The book was written about 15 years ago and definitely felt dated in many ways, especially in regards to "fashion" - spandex shorts, big hair, hoop earrings and all that. But the humor r...more
This 1st book in the series about a female bounty hunter set in New Jersey ethnic neighborhood was quite a pleasure to read. The book was written about 15 years ago and definitely felt dated in many ways, especially in regards to "fashion" - spandex shorts, big hair, hoop earrings and all that. But the humor r...more
Inara
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Funny and light-hearted book with a likeable heroine who never loses track of her goal to earn 10,000 dollars as a bounty hunter. Too bad it´s an old ex-lover she has to find but then - she still has a bone to pick with him....
This first book in the series made me jump outright on the Stephanie Plum-bandwagon and I prepare myself for an enjoyable ride!
This first book in the series made me jump outright on the Stephanie Plum-bandwagon and I prepare myself for an enjoyable ride!
Stephanie Plum has hit some hard times. She’s lost her job as a buyer of cheap lingerie, fallen behind on her bills and has had her beloved car repossessed. She’s got moldy cheese and a stale loaf of bread in the fridge and she has hawked most of her furniture and major appliances to pay the rent and procure a P.O.S Nova. Stephanie doubts things could get much worse. She’s about to be proven wrong.
In a stroke of dumb luck, or perhaps, an evil twist of fate, Stephanie lands a job a...more
In a stroke of dumb luck, or perhaps, an evil twist of fate, Stephanie lands a job a...more
I. LOVE. THESE. BOOKS. SERIOUSLY. I am obsessed with this series. And you know when your brain keeps telling you that this is ridiculous, there must be a hundred books that are written better, or a better mystery, or whatever? Well, I don't care!!! This series is my ultimate guilty pleasure. I was hooked with the first one and have read the entire series thus far - including all the stupid mini books in-between. Now, those mini books I could do without and they always feel like an attempt ...more
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Stephanie Plum has just gotten laid off from her job as a lingerie buyer for a company that turned out to be owned by the mob in New Jersey. Her Miata has just been repossessed, she's sold everything of value, and her refrigerator is empty. Out of desperation, she goes to see her cousin Vinnie, a bail bondsman, about a filing job. That's just been filled, but the secretary lets her know that there's an opening for a bounty hunter, and the money's good. Stephanie blackmails her way into takin...more
I know I ought to put all the Stephanie Plumb novels that I've read into my Skeleton Closet, but they don't qualify because I am not embarrassed that I enjoyed them. (Unlike Twilight...sorry Ms. Meyer.)
Yes, these books are silly and trashy. But I LOVE that crazy Stephanie Plum. I love how much she loves her hamster, Rex (now that my daughters own them). I love how much she loves her crazy dysfunctional family (probably helps us love our own crazy dysfunctional families, right?).
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Yes, these books are silly and trashy. But I LOVE that crazy Stephanie Plum. I love how much she loves her hamster, Rex (now that my daughters own them). I love how much she loves her crazy dysfunctional family (probably helps us love our own crazy dysfunctional families, right?).
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One for the Money is a wonderful book! (REPOSTING DUE TO MOVIE RELEASE!)
I have always read psycho-thrillers, romance, paranormal romance etc. My momma told me, “You have to read Evanovich! You’ll laugh so hard!”
So, I did.
Stephanie Plum is a super cool character. She’s like any regular woman in the world, a fun personality shaped with a loving family, embarrassing moments and some bitter days. She lost her job. Her car was repossessed. She was forced to reso...more
I have always read psycho-thrillers, romance, paranormal romance etc. My momma told me, “You have to read Evanovich! You’ll laugh so hard!”
So, I did.
Stephanie Plum is a super cool character. She’s like any regular woman in the world, a fun personality shaped with a loving family, embarrassing moments and some bitter days. She lost her job. Her car was repossessed. She was forced to reso...more
So with the release of the movie, I thought some words were in order. First off, this book is nothing more than pure, uncut sugar for the brain. The writing is, meh. The characters are, meh; except for grandma, she's funny as shit. But the overall story really did nothing for me. For some reason I just couldn't get excited about a female bailbondsman trying to make ends meet. And her exploits never really engaged me. (I know that was a very poor, and probbaly inadequate summary, O well.) ...more
Sometimes you just need to read a book like this. With mediocre writing and a plot as see-through as Grandma's underpants, it will take your mind off life's more substantial material for a while.
So I've finally met Stephanie Plum. I wasn't disappointed. I read this in a matter of hours, and laughed most of the time. She gets fired from her job, so she goes to work for her cousin Vinnie as a bounty hunter. Needing big cash, she takes the case of Joe Morelli, a cop wanted for murder. She stumbles her way through everything from stealing cars, shooting guns, catching Failure to Appears. I like her because she suffers the indignities of the everyday woman--bad hair, etc.
Very fast read, just a couple of hours on a Sunday!!
I enjoyed it, but it was a bit fluffy.
I enjoyed it, but it was a bit fluffy.
From a blog post I wrote in 2005:
Tamyra told me I should read Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series because Stephanie and I have something in common - things just "seem" to happen to us. Maria and I were talking about books and she said her Dad was reading them and sent her the first four which she loaned me. She also said they made her laugh out loud. Then, I was talking to Norene and she said she and her daughters have read all of the books.
OK, so I'm coming...more
Tamyra told me I should read Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series because Stephanie and I have something in common - things just "seem" to happen to us. Maria and I were talking about books and she said her Dad was reading them and sent her the first four which she loaned me. She also said they made her laugh out loud. Then, I was talking to Norene and she said she and her daughters have read all of the books.
OK, so I'm coming...more
This book had vivid characters and was well paced, but I demoted it from 3 to 2 stars due to profanity. I loved reading about Stephanie's spandex biker shorts, oversized T-shirts, and hair which was blown dry stiff due to gel and hair spray. Her high-top Reebok sneakers really took me back to my elementary school days of fashion. Fun memories. She really could have used a cell phone and voice mail, rather than a landline, car phone and a clunky answering machine. Thank goodness for our curr...more
Chagrined Confessions of a Sheltered Good Girl:
Ummm, I read it. I can't believe I read it. I can't believe I liked it. O.o
It's not the writing; she's a good writer (obviously). I'm just not sure ...how much time I should be spending in the darker side of the Jersey slums, that's all I'm saying.
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I'll admit, I only read one chapter, but that chapter made me want to scrub my brain out with Clorox, so I'm thinking I'll be sending this one back. St...more
Ummm, I read it. I can't believe I read it. I can't believe I liked it. O.o
It's not the writing; she's a good writer (obviously). I'm just not sure ...how much time I should be spending in the darker side of the Jersey slums, that's all I'm saying.
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I'll admit, I only read one chapter, but that chapter made me want to scrub my brain out with Clorox, so I'm thinking I'll be sending this one back. St...more
There have been so many ads for that darn movie, I started to feel like I needed to reread some of the books -- the early ones, back when they were still good. I think this one is interesting because JE hadn't really hit her signature tone yet. My mother's theory is that she intended to write a gritty, hard boiled bounty hunter mystery, but everyone complimented her on the funny parts so that's what she amped up in the sequels.
I enjoyed the early ones a lot. They are perfect sum...more
I enjoyed the early ones a lot. They are perfect sum...more
Wendy
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I had been told that this was a really fun series. They were not wrong. I laughed my way through this book in only about 30 hrs. It was just too funny to put down.
Stephanie Plum just lost her job and is now hawking stuff from her apartment to get money to live on. She hears that her cousin is looking for someone to do filing at his bail bonds business. But when she gets there she is too late to get the job. But he does have another job that will make her money fast. She becomes a Re...more
Stephanie Plum just lost her job and is now hawking stuff from her apartment to get money to live on. She hears that her cousin is looking for someone to do filing at his bail bonds business. But when she gets there she is too late to get the job. But he does have another job that will make her money fast. She becomes a Re...more
Learned? This is not a book that teaches. Well, I guess I didn't know that a "bounty hunter" picks up FTA's-"failed to appear" people out on bail who missed a court date. But this mystery series is smart, snappy, and FUN. "The Burg" in Trenton, New Jersey, seems a lot like my city, Buffalo, in enough ways to make the books even more amusing. Actually, Stephanie's mother is everyone's mother, etc. in enough ways to make us all enjoy turning these pages. Very economi...more
About 3.5 stars. Okay - this book while I rated it mid-range was pretty entertaining. Stephanie Plum is out of work and can't pay her bills. Her car has been repossessed and she is desperate. She blackmails her cousin Vincent into letting her help him with retrieval (bounty hunting). Her first mark happens to be someone that she grew up with and has had some frustrating and humiliating childhood experiences with. Joe Morelli is a vice cop who skipped bail when he is accused of killing an u...more
Honestly, I really love pulpy series mysteries. I really love them. I can't help it. My mom handed this to me and it was like she offered me crack, and all unknowing, like an innocent babe, I tried some, and now I just CAN'T STOP. Does my mother know that she potentially ruined my life by hooking me on crack, I mean, Janet Evanovich?! I'll have to ask her. Anyway, these are funny, and the main character has a hamster she really cares about, and they're set in Jersey, and there's a good sen...more
Emily
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Out of work, out of money, and about to lose her car, Stephanie Plum turns to her cousin Vinnie for a job as a recovery agent for those that have skipped out on their bail. Her target could not be sweeter, smooth talker and hormone magnet ex-vice cop Joe Morelli. Joe has been accused of murder and is eluding capture, but Stephanie plans to outwit him, she still has not forgotten about the two other times he dazzled her when she was younger, still holding a grudge? Well maybe.
In or...more
In or...more
Stephanie Plum is broke. What's worse, she hasn't told her mom she lost her job six months ago. When she finally does, her grandmother pipes up that her cousin Vinny, the bail bondsman, needs someone to do filing. Well, when Stephanie shows up at Vinny's, she gets talked into becoming a bounty hunter for patrons that have jumped bail. Thus a series is born. In this first book of the series we are introduced to a number of characters that will continue to appear in the following books. My fa...more
Caution: You will giggle in public.
Stephanie Plum, former buyer of cheap lingerie, finds herself jobless, facing a fridge with only mold and condiments and an inability to pay her bills. Hopeless, she turns to Vinnie, a cousin of whom she isn't particularly fond, for work. When she finds the only job has already been filled, she blackmails Vinnie into allowing her to try a few retrieval cases and be a bounty hunter for a week. Her top case is that of Joe Morelli. Town seducer and th...more
Stephanie Plum, former buyer of cheap lingerie, finds herself jobless, facing a fridge with only mold and condiments and an inability to pay her bills. Hopeless, she turns to Vinnie, a cousin of whom she isn't particularly fond, for work. When she finds the only job has already been filled, she blackmails Vinnie into allowing her to try a few retrieval cases and be a bounty hunter for a week. Her top case is that of Joe Morelli. Town seducer and th...more
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Watch out, world. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey.
She's a product of the "burg," a blue-collar pocket of Trenton where houses are attached and narrow, cars are American, window are clean, and (God forbid you should be late) ...more
Watch out, world. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey.
She's a product of the "burg," a blue-collar pocket of Trenton where houses are attached and narrow, cars are American, window are clean, and (God forbid you should be late) ...more
In this book, the first of the Stephanie Plum series, we meet Stephanie Plum, a lady who is looking for a new job since she lost her old job as a lingerie buyer. Unable to find any other job, she ends up in her cousin Vinnie's office. He is a bail bondsman and she becomes a bounty hunter.
She's got no idea how to do the bounty hunting gig but she has no money, loses her new car to repossession and has started to hock all her small appliances to stay afloat. She finds out there is a ...more
She's got no idea how to do the bounty hunting gig but she has no money, loses her new car to repossession and has started to hock all her small appliances to stay afloat. She finds out there is a ...more
I stumbled upon this author through a web forum I used to go too. One of the ladies in the forum mentioned any book by Janet Evanovich was great to read.
I mentally kept this author in the back of my mind & the last time I was at the library I came across these books by accident. Man am I glad I did!
I am HOOKED. I read this book in about 4 days & a few days later I just had to go back to the library to check out book 2 & 3 in this series!
I love the author's wri...more
I mentally kept this author in the back of my mind & the last time I was at the library I came across these books by accident. Man am I glad I did!
I am HOOKED. I read this book in about 4 days & a few days later I just had to go back to the library to check out book 2 & 3 in this series!
I love the author's wri...more
I wanted to like this book. I have been watching the growth of the chick lit genre with interest, especially in the sub-sub-genre of chick-lit legal thrillers and mysteries. I think there's cool stuff happening here.
Unfortunatley, I'm not a fan of this book, and I won't be continuing this series. I was looking for something easy and breezy, but not dumb. Stephanie Plum, the main character, made decisions that didn't make sense to me. I suppose the writer could have described the...more
Unfortunatley, I'm not a fan of this book, and I won't be continuing this series. I was looking for something easy and breezy, but not dumb. Stephanie Plum, the main character, made decisions that didn't make sense to me. I suppose the writer could have described the...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.
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“I like the way you've let your hair go curly," he finally said. "Suits your personality. Lots of energy, not much control, sexy as hell,"
Joe Morelli to Stephanie Plum”
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“I'm telling you, it's fu**ing hard to be classy”
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