Wednesday Book Promo: Two For the Dough April 22, 2009
Posted by realitybypass in Book Review, Mystery.Tags: Plum Novels, Stephanie Plum
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‘allo there gentle reader. It’s that time of week where in we speak of books read and enjoyed or not so enjoyed or…well…something.
First though, I want to draw your attention to a contest happening over at Bitten by Books, which is a faboo website no matter how you cut it. One of our favorite authors, Anton Strout (yes, his second book wasn’t my favorite but I still have faith) is being interviewed and answering questions and there is a fabulous prize to be won. Go and read.
Anyway…moving onto the book for today. Two For the Dough by Janet Evanovitch has been around for ten years or so and is a mystery/chick lit/humor piece. I have a hard time defining it, but you can find her books in the mystery section of most libraries and book stores. This series is going on sixteen books and on a whim I started rereading (Or relistening too, audio books good) the series in the last couple of months. Two For the Dough features Stephanie Plum, an ex lingery sales woman from the Jersey Berg who has hired on as her cousins bond bail enforcement agent (bounty hunter) and the trouble she gets into. I like these books a lot. They’re a decent mystery with the amusement of a woman with a family with recognizable amounts of crazy, friends who are even more so, boyfriend situations that swing between sweet, sizzling and rage all backed by pot roast and trips to the beauty salon. For me this is a fun brain candy series of books and I find I can step into the series at just about any point and get my barrings enough to read and enjoy. I don’t feel any need to own all sixteen volumes, but definitely a fun ride. Stephanie is smart and sassy, but still very much a girly girl even though she gets much better at her apprehending folks as the books go on. Perhaps my favorite technique from this book is a stun gun to the rear end of a perp who thinks mooning her will make her go away. He…like everyone in the series…should learn it takes more than that to get rid of Stephanie Plum!
Genre: Mystery/Chick Lit
Age: Adult
Content: Brief sexuality, language, severed body parts
Overall: Borrow
