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Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum, #26)
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bookshelves: audio, exception-to-the-rule, liburrrrrry-book, loveable-losers, people-let-me-tell-you-bout-my-bes, read-in-2024
Jun 06, 2024
bookshelves: audio, exception-to-the-rule, liburrrrrry-book, loveable-losers, people-let-me-tell-you-bout-my-bes, read-in-2024
ME: I don’t really read past the first book in a series
ALSO ME: Hmmmmm, let me listen to #26 Stephanie Plum
I didn’t have anything queued up to listen to while walking this weekend and thought what the hell – let me hang out with my old pals Stephanie and Lula. If you’re familiar with this series, you know there’s not ever going to be much change to the formula. You have skips that outsmart the gal pals, at least one blown up vehicle, Stephanie gets tased, Lula or Grandma accidentally pop off a couple of rounds from their handguns, Uncle Salvador’s Buick makes an appearance, Ranger says “Babe” a lot, Stephanie’s mom is sneaky drinking hooch and ironing her anxieties away, MEATLOAF, POT ROAST, CLUCK IN A BUCKET AND PINNEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE!, there’s a mystery to solve, Stephanie gets kidnapped, Ranger or Joe (or both save the day) and we get the set up for the next . . .
Or twenty-seventh verse, as the case may be.
Highlights for this one include a Freudian slip by Stephanie regarding her real age and Lula’s tig ol’ bitties making an appearance where a comparison of her nipples to . . . .
Literally made me LOL so hard this man who was out watering his flowers while I was walking by seemed like he might have been a little afraid of me. Whoops!
These books are my comfort food – and now that I’m dabbling in audio I will definitely continue listening. But I HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE the change in format with regard to the titles starting with “Fortune and Glory.” I have an entire shelf that ranges from One for the Money all the way up to this one because the numerical names were “a real pip” as Grandma Mazur would say. I have hunted those hardbacks down in bargain bins and thrift stores for over a decade – but I won’t be adding the rest because the aesthetics are no longer there. Bummer.
ALSO ME: Hmmmmm, let me listen to #26 Stephanie Plum
I didn’t have anything queued up to listen to while walking this weekend and thought what the hell – let me hang out with my old pals Stephanie and Lula. If you’re familiar with this series, you know there’s not ever going to be much change to the formula. You have skips that outsmart the gal pals, at least one blown up vehicle, Stephanie gets tased, Lula or Grandma accidentally pop off a couple of rounds from their handguns, Uncle Salvador’s Buick makes an appearance, Ranger says “Babe” a lot, Stephanie’s mom is sneaky drinking hooch and ironing her anxieties away, MEATLOAF, POT ROAST, CLUCK IN A BUCKET AND PINNEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE!, there’s a mystery to solve, Stephanie gets kidnapped, Ranger or Joe (or both save the day) and we get the set up for the next . . .
Or twenty-seventh verse, as the case may be.
Highlights for this one include a Freudian slip by Stephanie regarding her real age and Lula’s tig ol’ bitties making an appearance where a comparison of her nipples to . . . .
Literally made me LOL so hard this man who was out watering his flowers while I was walking by seemed like he might have been a little afraid of me. Whoops!
These books are my comfort food – and now that I’m dabbling in audio I will definitely continue listening. But I HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE the change in format with regard to the titles starting with “Fortune and Glory.” I have an entire shelf that ranges from One for the Money all the way up to this one because the numerical names were “a real pip” as Grandma Mazur would say. I have hunted those hardbacks down in bargain bins and thrift stores for over a decade – but I won’t be adding the rest because the aesthetics are no longer there. Bummer.
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Reading Progress
May 28, 2024
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Started Reading
May 28, 2024
– Shelved
June 6, 2024
– Shelved as:
audio
June 6, 2024
– Shelved as:
exception-to-the-rule
June 6, 2024
– Shelved as:
liburrrrrry-book
June 6, 2024
– Shelved as:
loveable-losers
June 6, 2024
– Shelved as:
people-let-me-tell-you-bout-my-bes
June 6, 2024
– Shelved as:
read-in-2024
June 6, 2024
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Finished Reading
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Jun 06, 2024 07:55AM
There's something so easy going fun about the Plum books. I can see how these would be great on audio.
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Vivian wrote: "There's something so easy going fun about the Plum books. I can see how these would be great on audio."They are the perfect palate cleanser when I'm not sure what I'm in the mood for. I listened to the first couple when my kids were still little and playing travel ball. They were read by Lori Petty and she was great. Whoever read this one was super fun to listen to as well since she changed voices for the different characters in a not annoying way.
The first few have a different narrator, if you really liked that one, i'd skip the first like 4 or 5ope didn't read your above comment XD
It's Lorelei King
Brooke wrote: "The first few have a different narrator, if you really liked that one, i'd skip the first like 4 or 5ope didn't read your above comment XD
It's Lorelei King"
I think the first two were literally the first two audiobooks I ever listened to so I enjoyed Lori Petty's accent (and the familiarity with her voice since she was in movies). Now that I'm listening to more books I REALLY appreciate Lorelei King's reading. She's fun to listen to : )
