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Posts Tagged ‘finger lickin’ 15’

Books Read:
Running Dark
Missing Mabel
Manifest
Finger Lickin’ 15
No One Lives Twice
Firefly Lane
The Starlet
Scandal
Always the Baker Never the Bride
To read the reviews on these books, click here.

Pages Read: 2789

Bookmarks Given:
1 bookmark: 0
2 bookmarks: 1
3 bookmarks: 3
4 bookmarks: 2
5 bookmarks: 3

Favorite Book:
There were a few books that I really liked this month, but I would have to say my favorite was Firefly Lane. I could not get enough of it and although it was 400+ pages, I was through it in no time. It’s a fantastic read and I keep recommending it to all of my co-workers.

Least Favorite Book:
I never thought I would say that a Private book would be my least favorite in a month, but Scandal was it. The other books were just so intense, this one didn’t do it for me. I thought it was a little boring, but am looking forward to the next one, as the ending left us with a major cliffhanger.

I did stop reading Match Made on Madison this month. I didn’t really give it a lot of time. I got some other books that I had been waiting on and since I just started, I just as easily stopped. I will get back to it at some point.

Goals for September:
I am really excited for the month of September. For one, it’s my birthday month! Woo! And this year, I am getting a Nook! Woo Again! So, I will probably put some books that are on my TBR shelf aside (obviously they already are) and check out some freebies and NetGalley’s on the Nook.

I have another goal with NetGalley. I want to get better at getting the books read and reviews ready before the books come out. This past month, I wasn’t able to do that. It’s September 1 already and I have three that came out today that I haven’t even started.

I am pretty much caught up with the series I am reading, but this month, I am looking forward to finishing The Hunger Games and the rest of the books in this series that are staring at me from my bookshelf.

And finally, I hope to make some more progress on my writing WIP. I have gone back through and made some additions and changes to the first 50 some pages. I have added some twists and turns that I really like and am still really excited about it. This month, I have a shift change on Friday’s and will be getting off at 12:30 all months on those days. I plan to spend those Friday afternoons, as fall nears, writing on the porch.

I have been a huge fan of Janet Evanovich since my future in-laws got me started on her right after Christmas. On my Christmas list last year, the entire Stephanie Plum series.

So far, the only one I haven’t read it Finger Lickin’ 15, but I prefer paperback books, so I’ll wait until it comes out in paperback.

I’ve checked out Janet’s websitefrom time to time to see which order the books go in (the between-the-number books) and to get the book covers for my blog. Today, I stopped by and realized how many cool things she has done with the site.

My favorite part of the website is the fun stuff tab.

In this month’s contest, you can try your hand at naming the next book. You have until August 31 to get in your choices for what the title for the 16th book should be. I’ve sent in a handful The winner gets a signed copy of the book. How cool is that?

But that is just the tip of the iceberg. They have added character profiles for the big names in the Plum series. And some of them even come with a cartoon character so you can see how Janet thinks they look. I’m not going to lie, some of them don’t look how I imagined them.  But it’s still really cool. And each character has a bio. For instance, did you know that Carl the Monkey’s favorite show is the “Powderpuff Girls”? Well now you do!

Some of the characters for the profile must be in the latest book because I haven’t heard of some of them. But if you’ve only read a couple, you can still get a brush up on the characters. There is a character list, along with a short description, for every book in the series! Super cool. I completely forgot this was how Stephanie got her job: ‘Morty Beyers- Bounty hunter working for Vinnie, out with a busted appendix.”

In the Fun-Facts section, you can find Plum Recipes and even some Plumisms that explain where some of Stephanie’s favorite things came from.

And finally, if you’ve been keeping up with the books, you may like to take part in the monthly poll. This month’s question asks, “Who is the last person you would invite to a pool party?”. Since I haven’t read 15, I don’t know who all the characters are, but I don’t like Joyce, so she would probably be my first choice!

I hope you check it out and find some things you like and maybe learn a little more about Stephanie and her fun-filled friends!

Oh, and I almost forgot. The characters from the Plum books are sending out the newsletters these days. The last one was from Lula, the next one will be from Ranger. I can only imagine.

As I was getting ready to post this, I clicked on a link that said Fingerlickinfifteen.com. It is soooo cool. When you pull up the page, it shows you a map of the ‘Burg. You can click on Stephanie’s apartment, Ranger’s building, Joe’s House, The Plum House, even Stiva’s Funeral Home. There isn’t a whole lot of interaction, but it’s still awesome.

I’m not actually sure who made this site, but I’ll definitely keep checking it out for updates!