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One for the Money, 1: A Stephanie Plum Novel
One for the Money, 1: A Stephanie Plum Novel | Janet Evanovich
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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, windows are clean, and (God forbid you should be late) dinner is served at six. Now Stephanie's all grown up and out on her own, living five miles from Mom and Dad's, doing her best to sever the world's longest umbilical cord. Her mother is a meddler, and her grandmother is a few cans short of a case. Out of work and out of money, with her Miata repossessed and her refrigerator empty, Stephanie blackmails her bail bondsman cousin, Vinnie, into giving her a try as an apprehension agent. Stephanie knows zilch about the job requirements, but she figures her new pal, fearless bounty hunter Ranger, can teach her what it takes to catch a crook. Her first assignment: nail Joe Morelli, a former vice cop on the run from a charge of murder one. Morelli is also the irresistible macho pig who took Stephanie's virginity at age sixteen and then wrote the details on the bathroom wall of Mario's Sub Shop. There's still powerful chemistry between these two, so the chase should be interesting. It could also be extremely dangerous, especially when Stephanie encounters a heavyweight title contender who likes to play rough. Benito Ramirez is known for his brutality to women. At the very least, his obsession with Stephanie complicates her manhunt and brings terror and uncertainty into her life. At worst, it could lead to murder. Witty, fresh,and full of surprises, One for the Money is among the most eagerly awaited crime novels of the season.
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Roary47
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3✨The storyline for me was not enjoyable at the beginning. The crude wording throughout the book is something I would expect from a male author, but the characters did cause me to care about them. I want to continue the series, but maybe not own the rest. The mystery gave a good dose of twists and turns, and there was a lot of laugh out loud moments. #DogsofLitsy “Monica”

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️🐾❤️ 6mo
dabbe #magnificentmonica 🖤🐾🖤 6mo
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Roary47
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I‘m going to audio-build my new bedroom bookshelf. Hoping to get it together tonight.

Texreader Good luck! Post finished pics when you can! 6mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 6mo
Ruthiella Awesome! Definitely let us see the results! 😃 6mo
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AroundTheBookWorld
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“It was two years ago,” he said, dancing away from me. “Shit, Stephanie, it‘s unattractive to hold a grudge.”
“You are scum, Morelli. Scum.”
“Probably,” Morelli said, “but I give good . . . pizza.”
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Eggs Most definitely 👍🏼! Especially the com part 😁 (edited) 9mo
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AshleyHoss820
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I know these books are ridiculous and can be formulaic. However, they can be fun, silly, and a comfort read. I will say, though, that the boxer in this one is too much for me and I often skip some of the details. 😕 I love Grandma Mazur. Double #BookSpin for September #BarnesNobleChallenge One You‘ve Already Read

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Sometimes it's just nice to revisit a series with characters you already know and love!! 14mo
AshleyHoss820 @TheAromaofBooks I always say, popcorn fiction is still important! Sometimes you get tired of a 7-course meal and you just want a snack! ☺️ 14mo
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SerenaCrawford
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4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I will definitely read the second book.

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Rhondareads
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Twenty Fifth anniversary edition of this wonderful series first introduction to Stephanie Plum👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🍾🥰

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Eggs
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Book 1 of Stephanie Plum Series

Oh the life of a skip chaser/bounty hunter!! Murphy‘s Law reigns: whatever can go wrong for Stephanie Plum will go wrong for her. And she survives…

#Pantone2023 @Clwojick
#SeriesLove2023 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Fantastic 2y
Clwojick This is a fun cover! Haven‘t seen this version yet. ❤️ 2y
Eggs @TheSpineView 🤗🤗 2y
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Eggs @Clwojick Anniversary edition 2y
Andrew65 Always good to start a new series. 👏👏👏 2y
Eggs @Andrew65 I‘m really enjoying my series reading this year 2y
Andrew65 @Eggs That shows in your posts 😍 2y
Christy2318 I love these, especially the first dozen or so. I‘m jealous that you are getting to start at the beginning. 😁 2y
Eggs @Christy2318 awww ☺️ there are SO MANY!! 26 or 28… 2y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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Title #WithMoney 💰🔗💛 #TemptingTitles ☔️🌸💜

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Cool 😎 💰 📚 2y
Eggs These titles always intrigue me - have you read any of them? 2y
JuliaTheBookNerd @Eggs Not yet, they are on my endless TBR 😬 2y
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JenReadsAlot
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 💰📚👌🏻 2y
Eggs Popular one👌🏼 2y
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Kshakal
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Eggs Clever 💛❤️💛 2y
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LiseWorks
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Eggs 💛💗💙 2y
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AkashaVampie
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Hello Littens... I have a challenge for u, if u are feeling creative. Create a mood board for ur current read. Here is mine for One For The Money. I think i did ok.
If u try it out, use the hashtag #BookishMoodBoard and don't forget to tag me.
Hope u have fun and can't wait to see what u come up with.

P.S. I used Canva which is free (they have stuff u can buy also). They have mood board templates.

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Meshell1313 Oooh love this! Will post mine asap! 2y
AkashaVampie @Meshell1313 feel free to tag anyone. 2y
TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! 2y
Eggs Thanks for the tag 🤩 2y
Ruthiella Thanks for the tag! 😀 2y
TheAromaofBooks Oooo fun!!! 2y
MicrobeMom Thanks for the tag! I am going to try this out!! 2y
TheBookHippie I do these in my journal ♥️ I‘ll try to snap a pic. 2y
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Shannon_McKinney
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Quick audiobook while playing a few rounds of Herbaceous solo. I was hoping for a laugh out loud funny funny book. Unfortunately, I didn‘t find the writing particularly funny. The book was fine. 2.5 ⭐️

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TheSpineView
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#Movie2BookRecs @klou
Prompt: The Nice Guys

Richryan52 How have you been? It‘s been a while 2y
Klou Great choice! 2y
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LoverOfLearning
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Solid 3 stars. I work with trauma victims so I was not pleased with the level of violence and abuse. Major trigger warnings here ⚠️

The main character was unlikable but that makes perfect sense considering it's book 1 in a long series.

I liked the concept of her being a bounty hunter but im not sure it was successfully executed. Some of her dialog was so far fetched from normal everyday conversations.

I'll unlikely I'll pick up book 2.

brittanythebookdragon I read book 18 (kind of) like a year or so ago and I DNF because it‘s the same every book. Also, after 18 books, the love triangle is tiresome and frustrating. I wonder how I‘d feel about this series if I picked it up now versus back in senior year of high school when I found book 1. 3y
LoverOfLearning Ahh yeah that seems like a fair assessment. I can say that if I picked this book up in high-school I would've had a way different perspective and likely would've picked up book 2. 3y
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Bookzombie
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#WondrousWednesday

@TheAromaofBooks Thank you for tagging me! I haven‘t been very posty lately.

1. Janet Evanovich - I read the first 25 books in the Stephanie Plum series. #TeamRanger
2. Couch, recliner, or bed, but I read everywhere.
3. Sometimes

Since it is almost the end of the day, I tag anyone who wants to participate. 💗

Dragon Team Ranger 🕶 3y
AmandaBlaze Ranger rules! 3y
Eggs Thanks for joining in 👏🏻📚🙌🏻 3y
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TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I have a book by Evanovich on my shelf somewhere that still hasn't been read! 3y
Bookzombie @Eggs Thank you! 3y
Bookzombie @TheAromaofBooks 🙂 Is it a Stephanie Plum book? I stopped after book 25 because they weren‘t as fun anymore. I sometimes think about just going back to the beginning. 3y
TheAromaofBooks No, it appears to be one of her romance novels - Manhunt! I got it in a swap box this past December, actually. 3y
AshleyHoss820 Yes!! I am also Team Ranger! 🥵😂 3y
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vlwelser
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Thanks for the tag @Eggs I didn't totally drop the ball this time! #WondrousWednesday 🦋❤

1. I have no idea, but it could be any of the following Charlaine Harris, Janet Evanovich, Cassandra Clare or Agatha Christie. All write very entertaining series.

2. I will read literally anywhere. Preference in NE in Feb is couch/living room.

3. I used to. It's a fun concept. But I kind of read all of the time now in the new normal.

Eggs Love Charlaine Harris❤️ Thanks for playing 🙏🏻 3y
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Juliev
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This was a perfect vacation read. I‘ve never ready any from this series.

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Pigpen_Reads
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#ItHadToBeYou

I missed Day 6: Best Friends yesterday. So, here is my pick. Stephanie and Lula's friendship is so hilarious. I can't help but wish for a friendship like theirs! 😅 maybe not so much the crazy situations they get themselves into. Hahaha

@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🤩 3y
Eggs Well done 👍🏼 3y
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samantharoberts
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Skipped watching TV tonight to finish this one! I really enjoyed it and now I‘ll have to watch the movie ☺️

Cazxxx I love this series but I thought the film was awful! 3y
samantharoberts @Cazxxx that‘s what I was afraid of! I didn‘t hear good things about the movie, but I did love the book at least ☺️ 3y
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Nessavamusic
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#sundayfunday
1. I love any book, but pretty hardcovers are my favorite.
2. I have gifted tagged several times to relatives.
3. Absolutely, and I have splurged on some already! I would live a Wizard of Oz rare edition!

BookmarkTavern Wizard of Oz would be wonderful! Thank you for sharing! 3y
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TheSpineView
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#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Prompt: Domino

Klou This sounds good! Great choice+ 3y
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VioletMoonBooks
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Cazxxx I‘ve had a great time with Stephanie plum over the years. Such a fun series! 3y
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Skeeterisme
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Restarting Stephanie Plum

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NatalieR
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I have definitely been seeing Janet Evanovich‘s books in bookstores, etc. for years and always passed despite hearing good things. I finally figured I‘d give the author a try. Anytime I start a new series, I have to start at the very beginning. I like Stephanie Plum well enough. I‘m not hooked on the series just yet, but I am willing to read the next one to see the potential of this author.

AkashaVampie Love that house. 3y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I love your haunted book store. 🖤 3y
Gissy Love that haunted bookstore 📚👻🖤🖤🖤 3y
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Jaimelire
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Easy read, entertaining. Read the book,and watched the movie right after. As usual, the book was better. I give this 3.5 out of 5 ⭐️

BkClubCare One down, a few (many ! Multiples!!) to go!! 3y
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TheSpineView
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#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Prompt: Tbe Big Lebowski

Klou Perfect! 3y
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SanjanaGhosh
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Mehso-so

45th book of the year.

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Mollyanna
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This is between a pick and so-so for me. I had to keep reminding myself that Stephanie was new to bounty hunting because, boy did she do some stupid stuff. I‘ve heard such wonderful things about this series that I will give the second book a go.

This was my second finish for #nutsinmay another finish for #seriesread2021 and my #bookspin for February and May 😂

Traci1 Haha, Steph never really gets past the doing stupid stuff level of bounty hunting. But the books are great fun. Lula and Grandma Mazur kind of steal the show, though. 3y
Mollyanna @Traci1 🤣Good to know. Glad to hear that Lula and Grandma Mazur are in future books. I would read the books just for Grandma 😉 3y
TheSpineView 👍📖📚 3y
Andrew65 Great 👏👏👏 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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Elizabeth2
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#fridayfeeling @Cuilin

The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich has made me laugh out loud. These books are my guilty pleasure!

Thanks for the tag @Eggs and @DarkMina ! ❤️❤️

slategreyskies That series cracks me up! I still remember the scene where Lula was on the Atkins diet and carrying bacon in her pockets, only to be chased down the street by a dog wanting her bacon. I laughed so hard I cried! 😂 😂 😂 4y
Elizabeth2 @slategreyskies yes!!! And all of Grandma Mazur‘s antics. She and Lula are my favorite characters! 😂 4y
DarkMina I have heard this series is good. I will have to check it out. 4y
Cuilin I‘ll have to check it out. Thanks for playing 👍 4y
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RedxoHearts
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1. Her name was Daisy she was a chiweenie mix. I got her as a tiny puppy when I was 3 and had her until she was 20. So I grew up with her and she shaped me into the dog crazy lady I am now 🤣
2. That I can rest today. I spent awhile yesterday cleaning and priming my front door to be painted. I'm still tired and sore LOL

Nute It is a gift to be able to rest after a tiresome chore. I hope that you are feeling wonderful today!💕 4y
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Reynosa8701
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I just organized my bookshelf and added the books I own to my bookshelf on #goodreads

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DGRachel
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This is a reread for me. I‘ve enjoyed the first 15 books or so of this series and this is not my first reread of the earlier books. The characters are entertaining and memorable, even if the plots are not. I always forget how this one ends and I always forget that this is the one with the creepy, giggling, psychopathic boxer. Ramirez gives me nightmares. Not a huge fan of this narrator. I prefer Lorelei King who does later books.

Traci1 I've gone back and reread this one a couple times, and it's always a little jarring for me because this one seems a bit darker and more menacing than the later books. 4y
DGRachel @Traci1 You‘re right. I don‘t remember the others being nearly as scary. I may have to do a reread of the whole series on audio soon. 4y
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Elizabeth2
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#ThankfulThursday @Cosmos_Moon

🌸 When I joined Litsy in 2016, there was already an Elizabeth and an Elizabeth1, so I‘m Elizabeth2. Not very original, I suppose. 😂

🌸 I am thankful for my faith this week.

Thanks for the tag @Eggs and @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm

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mrp27
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#top20series #20series20days

Another love/hate series. When I first started the series 20 years ago Stephanie Plum was new and exciting but now after 26 books her shtick is old. I still keep reading with hope that the series will end and Stephanie will finally pick between Joe and Ranger.

Andrew65 Not read these. 4y
LeeRHarry I feel exactly the same. 4y
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Sresendez12
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I missed day 1 so here are two of my #top20series. The Stephanie Plum novels always make me laugh. I know so people say they are redundant at this point but I always look forward to a new one and a new set of laughs. The Mortal Instrument series is a love from high school. I love the magic, romance and overall story line. I‘m in the middle of a reread of this one #20series20days

Andrew65 Only read the first book of the Mortal Instruments Series. (edited) 4y
EadieB I've only read a couple of Stephanie Plum and they are enjoyable and will make you laugh. Never read Clare but I know many people who enjoy her books. 4y
Nute I‘ve heard that the Stephanie Plum books are very humorous and make you laugh out loud. I like that! 4y
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Deblovestoread
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Tagged
Michelle Obama
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
OMD - Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark
Ob La Di, Ob La Da

#ManicMonday #LetterO

JoScho Great song. Thanks for playing 💛 4y
TrishB Who doesn‘t love a bit of OMD! 4y
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Airykah13
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I‘m actually a little surprised by how much I enjoyed this! I thought it would be corny but it was a fun read. Stephanie got herself into some dumb situations but she prevailed.

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Lexeegee
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My grab bag from half price books came today. 5 books they pick for 15 bucks . I am really happy because I haven‘t read any of these 😊

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LiterarySloth
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I really enjoyed this one. It may be in part due to the fact that characters are almost never named Stephanie. It‘s kind of funny seeing my name in something. This one is funny and very enjoyable. I‘ll definitely look for more of the series.

Book 5 of lay-off. Let‘s see how many I can get through.

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Princess.ofthe.pages
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Here‘s my #bookspin for April! Going for a #doublespin. @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Looks like a great stack!! 5y
behudd Ooh some great ones! #6 is one of my favorites! 5y
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LiterarySloth
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My grandma lent me this book. I‘m kind of excited to read it because you rarely see the name Stephanie in literature. I like the idea of sharing the name of the main character.

Book 6 of the never ending weekend.

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rock.kowgurl
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Oh how I love mystery/crime fiction! Everything Evanovich writes is like a tasty dessert after dinner. This first book in the Stephanie Plum series is a great setup. Cannot wait to read the rest.

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melissajayne
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3.5⭐️ This was a nice break from the heavier books I have been reading. #2020 #bookstagram #fiction #mystery

Sharpeipup Stephanie & Lulu are always good for a laugh. 5y
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