One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Two for the Dough
Three to Get Deadly
I started reading this series (again) after finding out via the internet that they are making a movie based on the first book - One For the Money I think it is called. I was so extremely excited until I learned that they had cast Katherine Heigel as Stephanie Plum. I can't imagine anyone less Stephanie-like than Katherine Heigel. I mean really. She seems like such a B, and is not funny, and is not goofy or any of the characteristics that Stephanie has in the books. Bad bad casting. Everyone else seems fine - most are relatively unknown, but at least they look right for the parts. Hopefully they can act. I will be mad if they FINALLY make this series into a movie and then ruin it.
Anyway, I read the first three so far - and I like them, obviously I like them, but I really like the series more and more as it goes on. And the early books not as much. Things are not quite perfected yet - Lula is not as sassy, Ranger is not as sexy (and in one book he wore a black leather jacket with beaded fringe - no Ranger I know would ever wear such a terrible thing, even if it was the 90s) and the whole Stephanie-Ranger-Joe triangle is not as developed as I like. But all that withstanding, I still like the books alot. I think I will just keep plowing through the series until I finish or get distracted by something new. But right now I am enjoying it!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
No. 93: Out of Control
Out of Control by Suzanne Brockmann
I have read this book so many times. It might be my favorite romance novel of all time. Seriously, the more I read it the more I LOVE IT!!! It has almost all of the elements required to be a perfect romance novel - an excellent hero (Kenny "Wildcard" Karmody) who I love and would marry if he were real, an excellent FMC (Savanah) who is funny and brave and imperfect and awesome, and danger and mystery and a secondary love story that is fantastic (Grady and Molly) and another love story/historical story that is the best one ever (hello double agents, a prince, WWII, and a secret basement prison!) and there is heartbreak (Sam and Alyssa) and explosions and shooting and torture and dramatic rescues and the best line ever delivered by a MMC to a FMC during their first meeting "You are so fucking pretty."
In sum, I love this book. Everyone should read it. Because it is awesome.
I have read this book so many times. It might be my favorite romance novel of all time. Seriously, the more I read it the more I LOVE IT!!! It has almost all of the elements required to be a perfect romance novel - an excellent hero (Kenny "Wildcard" Karmody) who I love and would marry if he were real, an excellent FMC (Savanah) who is funny and brave and imperfect and awesome, and danger and mystery and a secondary love story that is fantastic (Grady and Molly) and another love story/historical story that is the best one ever (hello double agents, a prince, WWII, and a secret basement prison!) and there is heartbreak (Sam and Alyssa) and explosions and shooting and torture and dramatic rescues and the best line ever delivered by a MMC to a FMC during their first meeting "You are so fucking pretty."
In sum, I love this book. Everyone should read it. Because it is awesome.
No. 92: Mockingjay
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
I read this book as fast as I possibly could. It was so good I couldn't wait to know what happened and, importantly, who Katniss ended up with. Because we all know she was going to end up with someone. It was obvious. And, happily it ended just the way I wanted it to. It is very satisfying when things turn out the way I want (although not fully the way I want because of TRAGEDY and war) and there is a semi happy ending even if it is only for some. But it was goooood.
I read this book as fast as I possibly could. It was so good I couldn't wait to know what happened and, importantly, who Katniss ended up with. Because we all know she was going to end up with someone. It was obvious. And, happily it ended just the way I wanted it to. It is very satisfying when things turn out the way I want (although not fully the way I want because of TRAGEDY and war) and there is a semi happy ending even if it is only for some. But it was goooood.
No. 91: Catching Fire
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
I was a fool for not reading this book when it first came out last year. I have many excuses (lost it, got a kindle, an an idiot) but basically if I had known how good this book was back then, I would have bought another copy and read it 3 times by now. It is good. I do not want to spoil it for anyone, so let me just say:
Go to the store, buy the whole series, read it immediately. Thank you.
I was a fool for not reading this book when it first came out last year. I have many excuses (lost it, got a kindle, an an idiot) but basically if I had known how good this book was back then, I would have bought another copy and read it 3 times by now. It is good. I do not want to spoil it for anyone, so let me just say:
Go to the store, buy the whole series, read it immediately. Thank you.
No. 90: The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games by Suzane Collins
The first time I read this book I thought it was so crazy and amazing I couldn't stop thinking about it. I desperately wanted to know what happened after. What I didn't know was that is was the first in a series, I could have saved myself a lot of speculation if I would have known that back then.
Then the second book came out, and I ordered it and was super excited about it but never read it. I am not sure why but I suspect it is because shortly after I got the book (the actual book) I got my kindle and then subsequently lost the actual book. And I didn't want to buy it on the kindle because I just bought that book (wherever it was) and it would be crazy to buy it twice.
And then a week or two ago I heard that the third and final book in the series was about to be released and I got all excited again. So I decided to read the first two books in time to read the third on the day it was released. And I did.
And this book was just as crazy and amazing and awesome as it was the first time I read it. Even though I knew the ending (and couldn't forget it like I usually do because it is unforgettable) I couldn't put the book down and was forced to hand my children over to the loving care of their great-grandparents for several hours so I could finish it.
The first time I read this book I thought it was so crazy and amazing I couldn't stop thinking about it. I desperately wanted to know what happened after. What I didn't know was that is was the first in a series, I could have saved myself a lot of speculation if I would have known that back then.
Then the second book came out, and I ordered it and was super excited about it but never read it. I am not sure why but I suspect it is because shortly after I got the book (the actual book) I got my kindle and then subsequently lost the actual book. And I didn't want to buy it on the kindle because I just bought that book (wherever it was) and it would be crazy to buy it twice.
And then a week or two ago I heard that the third and final book in the series was about to be released and I got all excited again. So I decided to read the first two books in time to read the third on the day it was released. And I did.
And this book was just as crazy and amazing and awesome as it was the first time I read it. Even though I knew the ending (and couldn't forget it like I usually do because it is unforgettable) I couldn't put the book down and was forced to hand my children over to the loving care of their great-grandparents for several hours so I could finish it.
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