Evanovich, Janet - One for the Money

[oyceter]

Finished a few minutes ago and I'm still giggling.

Great last line.

I like Stephanie Plum a lot more than Thursday Next, mostly because she's a Jersey girl through and through, has really awful clothes, and has the worst luck ever. Or the best, it's hard to tell.

I haven't read many mysteries at all -- a few Agatha Christie's, a few Mary Higgins Clark's, and the Thursday Next book (which I think fits better in the mystery slot than sci-fi). I like this one a lot more than the others, maybe because it has a sense of humor, although the Eyre Affair did as well. But a lot of it is just Stephanie Plum. I also liked how she's just a beginner in this book, doesn't know what the hell is going on, and has to learn how to shoot, how to track people, and to do things like that. I suspect it'll be a lot of fun watching her get better at all this in the later books. And I just love the fact that she's constantly strapped for money, looks worse and worse every time, gets her eyebrows singed off, and in general gets in a load of messes the few mysteries I've read don't really get into. She feels like a real person to me... ok, maybe with snappier comebacks, like Crusie characters. Evanovich actually reminds me of Crusie a great deal.

Already crushing heavily on Morelli.

Comments

[angeyja.livejournal.com]

*big grin*

[oyceter]

You are so incredibly evil! ;)

I'm already half way through book two, and now I have to make an emergency library run to get three, five, six, etc. because the store doesn't have them!!

[angeyja.livejournal.com]

Bwahhhhaahhhha. (runs away cackling evil-y)


(I know you're loving it... and is there anything better than watching someone you like discover an author you also like for the first time? Too cool. Hope you keep posting on these!)

[oyceter]

I'm loving it so much! I laughed so hard last night I woke the boy up.

Ooo, I love watching other people find authors I love ^_^. Means more people I can gush to.

[penmage.livejournal.com]

Hehe. Janet Evanovich. Crushing heavily on Morelli, are you? Just wait till Ranger.

I love those books.

That is what I was going to say.

[ann1962]

Everyone should have a Ranger in their life - or at least for a weekend. ;)

Re: That is what I was going to say.

[oyceter]

Ack! The curiosity is killing me!

Re: That is what I was going to say.

[penmage.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. Oh very yes.

:wants:

[oyceter]

Ranger's not doing much now! Does he get much more involved later?

Wait, I don't really want to know ;).

I've got them borrowed up to book five already and I'm just on book two.

[penmage.livejournal.com]

Dude. Just appreciate teh hottness that is Ranger. He just keeps getting hotter...

[oyceter]

I will keep this in mind ;)

[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a fun book! I've never really been into mysteries, save reading The Orient Express for school, but you make it sound like a really good adventure with a pretty cool protagonist :)

I just bought a book on Sunday, and I finished it last night. Tamora Pierce's newest, Trickster's Choice, which is youth fantasy. So good! I couldn't put it down! It's been a long time since a book held my attention like that...

[oyceter]

It's so incredibly fun! I've never been into mysteries either, and I'm still not that interested in the main mystery plots of the books, but Stephanie Plum is just an awesome character. She totally makes the book, and then some.

Morelli doesn't hurt either ;).

Ooo, I keep hearing about Tamora Pierce but I haven't picked her up yet.

[penmage.livejournal.com]

Oh, Tamora Pierce is lovely, too. I've been reading her books for years, and then I accidentally met her at NYIBC this year. She's lovely both in person and in writing :).

[rue10.livejournal.com]

Love, love, love Stephanie Plum. Dressed as her for Halloween two years ago. :) (I did pretty good, except my hair wasn't quiiiiite curly enough.)

[oyceter]

That's awesome!! Did you get a Buick? ;)